Democracy
Strategy 31: Russians protest for right to demonstrate
Just a fortnight after the ‘indignant’ protests of Europe, Russians are marching onto their streets and into their squares. However, their motive isn't the greed of those in power but rather the violation of their right to peaceful assembly. Alexandra reports from Saint Petersburg
democracy, moscow, russian federation, dmitry medvedev, politics, vladimir putin
Spanish user describes 'big bad twitter'
‘21st Century Agora’, the ‘New Public Sphere’ and the ‘Fifth Power’ - the micro-blogging service has been labelled many things since its launch in 2006, some of which seem grandiose and others which don’t sound right at all. Labels for twitter are a variation of the following three themes: that it is a place, a medium and a tool
democracy, technology, twitter, libya, techno-media, 'indignant citizens' movement, revolution
Visit to the EHU: Belarusian elite university exiled in Vilnius
The decision was taken: the European humanities university, created in Minsk, Belarus in 1992, packed up to join Vilnius (and democracy) in 2004. In this oasis of free education, Belarusian youth have been exiled further and further to the west
democracy, eudebate on the ground, eudebate2009, lithuania, university, russian federation, belarus
