Comments on: You can help

By: Scott MacMillan

Scott MacMillan — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:18:42 +0000

I was trying to do the same thing in March when I started my blog, which covers some Czech politics. There’s a whole slew of Praguebloggers now, who are mostly long-term expats covering Czech politics and other stuff, often of a random and personal nature.

Here’s a list of sites I found back then:
http://www.scottymac.blogspot.com/2003_03_16_scottymac_archive.html#91056227

Also, see my blogrole for other Pragueblogs.

By: markus

markus — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:23:29 +0000

to clarify, I was merely joking when I said I thought the purpose of this blog was to kick http://europundits.blogspot.com/ though I think they’d earn a kick now and then.

By: Markku Nordstr?m

Markku Nordstr?m — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:57:30 +0000

Chris Brooke: That Latin site is maintained by YLE national radio of Finland. I remember hearing about it in a Finnish broadcast: the site runs in parallel with regular Latin broadcasts from YLE.

I guess this is just one more effort of the Finnish state to make it seem special.

It’s great to see how our tax-euros are spent.

By: David Weman

David Weman — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:15:33 +0000

I actually knew about almost all of the suggestions, but it’s good to be reminded.

Thank you all.

By: David Weman

David Weman — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:47:42 +0000

‘”Basically I want every worthwhile English language blog about european politics to be on our blogroll.”

Why the limitation to English-language? Add a language code after a blogroll entry if it isn’t English, sure, but exclusion seems to be silly.’

Never said that. Being more restrictive with non-anglo blogs (and also uk politics blogs now that I think about it) is probably necessary though, there’s too many of them.

I’m not gonna add any though, only know English and Swedish so I can’t judge the quality.

By: David Weman

David Weman — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:32:40 +0000

Airstrip One seems like an interesting blog, intelligently non-loopy anti-eu, but then you read this:
http://airstripone.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_airstripone_archive.html#106357654265141066

By: Frans Groenendijk

Frans Groenendijk — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 04:47:26 +0000

Of course I welcome this effort of establishing some “political euroblogosphere”.
I agree with Bob on the “lefty” directory etc. “”Lefty” or “Righty” blog rolls may be of special interest to those perennially inclined to regard their politics in a football perspective but not for the rest of us who want to see how the analysis runs before reaching conclusions or making choices.”
This partly answers “I thought the purpose of this blog was to kick
http://europundits.blogspot.com/ ” of Markus.
Although some sparring with them could be interesting.
Then there is the language-issue. On my own site I have been struggling with the question “Blogging in English or in Dutch?”. (if it is not Dutch is should be English-no doubt).
A possible way out: writing in Dutch on my own site and writing in English elsewhere. My Dutch posts should be on (purely) Dutch issues. But then: there are little left….
BTW: I hope this humorous feature; this lighter side of the site on the papist european conspiracy -here represented by the contribution on Latin- is not confusing to many people.

By: Mats

Mats — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 00:29:34 +0000

Great idea! Nice to see that you have Dagens Nyheter (in the language of the Heroes and the Honour). I go to Bonobo (already at your blogroll), Frans Groendijk, and Foreign Dispatches, I think Edward have them all in his comment above.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 23:19:06 +0000

I think you’re already linked to most of the suggestions I would have made, so I’ll simply confine myself to saying thanks for the blogroll.

By: Chris Szabla

Chris Szabla — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:55:25 +0000

Is that Latin news site in verse? Haha.

Esperanto might be another worthwhile option concerning a “Eurolanguage.”

My own blog, Diplomatica (http://www.diplomatica.org) has been rather stagnant lately, but I promise to get back in the game eventually. The content in general has been a tripartate division of sorts between European, American, and generally global affairs…I wonder if that fits into the rubric.

I’ll be attending a forum of Balkan leaders here in New York within the week; perhaps if there’s interest I’ll make that the subject of a rejeuenated site.