Rare that I bother with personal stuff here but I am saddened at the demise of human rights activist, Tom Hyland. We met and cooperated on the East Timor human rights abuses perpetrated by the Indonesian government 1975-1999. Viva Timore Leste.

I never mentioned my visit to Romania, in the summer of 1996. My ex fiancee had dumped me a few months before. We had worked with Moldovans (ethnic Romanians and ethnic Russians) and I was invited to Moldova (by the Foreign Minister). I landed in Bucharest after spending the night at Gatwick, trying to sleep on the floor to save money and catch the ( Read more... )

The west is getting its knickers in a twist over the upcoming Slovak election. Has it underestimated tensions between ethnic Slovaks and Magyars in border areas ( Read more... )

Round of applause as I break through the barrier and into the top thousand Livejournal blogs.

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