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War in Georgia / South Osetia: news sources and new media activism
News sources in English for those following Georgia - South Osetia - Russia conflict:
Interprressnews - Georgian news agency, gives most up-to-date news in real time. Use temporary login ‘ipn’ and password ‘5894′ to access all full-text news.
Rustavi 2 - Georgian independent TV channel. If successful enough you may access their video (i wasn’t).
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Ukrainian Space Agency sends Bebo social network users’ messages into space
The Message From Earth project, which launches on August 4, will invite Bebo users, celebrities and politicians to submit messages and pictures that “consider the planet from a fresh perspective” and raise awareness of environmental pressures on our planet.
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RDF is covering the £20,000 data cost of the four-and-a-half-hour transmission from the National Space Agency in [...] -
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iCamp, the Russian barcamp
Rostislav Vylegzhanin of Center for Internet Politics and Evgenyi Savin; of SUP inspired by Blogcamp CIS and Baltics 2007 in Kyiv chose an unusual place for Russia’s biggest barcamp. Some 450 geeks spent up to five days in yurts and tipis 90 kilometers away from Moscow.
The venue was Ethnomir (EthnoWorld), an open-air ethnic museum/hotel. Participants of [...]
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Investors from German-Speaking Countries on PrivateDC Business Tour to Ukraine and Russia
06.14.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsBrains to Ventures have recently brought to Ukraine and Russia a bunch of investors from Germany, Switzerland and Austria looking for connections with Eastern European IT business. PrivateDC business tour included visiting St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kyiv.
Program of the tour may be found on PrivateDC website.
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Eastern European Links: Richest Man in Europe, Seedcamp Follow-Up, Social Media Used by Neo-Nazis, McCain’s Ukrainian Connections
Ukrainiana: Akhmetov, Net Worth $31.1B, Named Richest Man in Ukraine, CIS, EU
Summary: According to recent research by Dragon Capital and Korresponent magazine Rinat Akhmetov of Ukraine is becoming the richest person of Europe with USD 31.1 billion assets. Second richest Viktor Pinchuk with $8.8B is sponsoring Paul McCartney’s open air concert tonight in Kyiv.
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Barcamping in Eastern Europe. Tbilisi, Georgia, Barcamp Caucasus
06.09.08 | Permalink | 4 CommentsOn this photo: Ukrainian and Latvian Barcamp participants painting word BARCAMP with their mobile devices. Photo by Kyrylo Kalugin.
Hey, I’m now in Tbilisi. I spent two recent days on Barcamp Caucasus. Caucasian barcamp seemed a little bit artificial with no local Georgian community behind it, but anyway was an inspiring event. It was held in [...] -
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Seedcamp cosider starting another full-fledged Seedcamp in Central and Eastern Europe. Account of Seedcamp Eastern Europe
Internet marketing in Ukraine on May 21-22
Seedcamp Eastern Europe on May 21-22
Seedforum Kyiv on May 22
All in Kyiv, all in different locations. I visited Internet marketing in Ukraine on Wednesday, Seedcamp on Thursday but haven’t managed to attend Seedforum.
Seedcamp was brought to Kyiv by IDE Gruop, UK-based company founded by Ukrainians.
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Social network aimed to monitor impact of the Olimpics 2014 in Sochi (Russia) on the local community receives $600,000 award from Knight News Challenge
Two projects proposed by Eastern Europeans became winners of Knight News Challenge 2008 supporting innovative initiatives in social media.
Project receiving $600,000 award presented as…
The people of Sochi, the Russian resort city hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics, will be able to use the latest online tools to both discuss and influence the impact of the [...]
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