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| Articles about Eastern Europe |
| Will Russia Recognize the Georgia Breakaway Regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia? - NATO/U.S. Policy in Eastern Europe | | 2008-03-21 20:32:23 | | Reuters: Russia MPs urge recognition of Georgia separatistsBackgroundGeorgia, a former Soviet colony, has two de facto independent states within it: South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Neither region is recognized by any country internationally. Both regions have strong economic and political connections with Russia, and Russia has peacekeeping troops in both regions. In other words, Russia has a lot of leverage in these two areas.Russian MPs voted unanimously yesterday to urge the Kremlin to recognize the two regions as independent if Georgia succeeds in its goal to join NATO. Russia has already decided to send more peacekeepers to both breakaway states.Why is Russia being provocative?There are four main reasons Russia flaunting its influence and being confrontational:• Possible NATO membership for Georgia and Ukraine• Kosovar independence• American approval of new shipments of arms to Kosovo• The European missile shieldThe first impetus for Russia’s actions is the same impetus for | | By: Thoughts on the World | | |
| | Easter in Eastern Europe | | 2008-03-08 02:57:00 | | Easter in Eastern EuropeEaster's the most important festival throughout Eastern Europe, and food preparations begin in earnest during the week running up to Easter, known as Passion Week. An enormous range of pastries, cakes and biscuits are enjoyed during the Easter celebrations. Easter Saturday - a basket of food, known as the blessing basket, may be taken to the priest to be blessed. Only at that stage will people believe that Lent truly is over. This beautifully decorated basket is crammed full with symbolic foods such as a figurine of a lamb made from sugar (as a symbol of Christ, the Lamb of God), decorated coloured eggs (to represent resurrection), bread and salt (for prosperity and health - the bread represents hard work, the salt protects from rotting), meats and sausages (for bounty and fertility), and horseradish (which stands for the bitterness of Christ’s suffering). Easter Sunday - families break their Lenten fast by sharing a blessed egg, which is cut into sm | | By: Thai Food Recipes Cooking Thai Food Menu Spicy Her | | |
| | New Publication: The National Qurestion in South-Eastern Europe... | | 2008-02-18 09:12:00 | | Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the publication of my book "The National question in South-Eastern Europe. Genesis, Emergence and Development of the Albanian national identity in Kosovo and Macedonia". The book is published in French at the publishing house Peter Lang in Bern.
You can find a description of the book at:
http://www.peterlan g.ch/index. cfm?vID=11320& vLang=F&vHR= 1& | | By: 10 Academic Resources Daily | | |
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| Long Vacation - Trip to Eastern Europe | | 2007-02-22 14:59:00 | | Dear all:Very sorry that I haven't posted for quite a long time and didn't reply the comments for such a long time. Actually, I am now on the trip to Eastern Europe (Czech, Hungary, Austria etc) with the money i earned from Gsense. The day before I left was so busy at packing and handling other stuff, and cannot spare some time to leave a 'on vacation' message to my loyal readers. I hereby want to say sorry and feel deep apologization. I promise I will reveal more Gsense secrets (as well as the trip pics) to all of you after back to Hong Kong.By the way, I am now at Desdren of Germany, and wish all can make more money from Gsense as well.Cheers,Adsense Decoder | | By: Da Gsense Code - Reveal Google Adsense Secrets | | |
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