Vilhelm Konnander's weblog

What makes a candidate stand for an election that he knows he cannot win, and in the process is destined to drift to the verge of bankruptcy...

This week, Polish president Lech Kaczyński called for early parliamentary polls this autumn. However, it is unlikely that elections will put...

Was Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko right to call for parliamentary elections? This is a question that in recent days has been the sub...

Chicken race was a perilous game among youngsters in the US during the 1950s, said to originate from East European immigrants. The game mod...

Will Viktor Yushchenko remain president of Ukraine? This is what is currently in the balance in the ongoing political crisis in Kiev. In wha...

Why is it that a WW II-monument repeatedly sparks bilateral crises between Estonia and Russia? This question has, in recent days, gained new...

On Wednesday, news broke that a new orange coalition government is forming in Ukraine. Both president Yushchenko's Our Ukraine and the ...

On December 4, elections were held for the Moscow Duma. They were seen as a rehearsal for the 2007 parliamentary and the 2008 presidential e...