Vilhelm Konnander's weblog

Who would not agree that a night at the disco is better than a night with a Kalashnikov? Hence, "the supply of discotheques in conflict...

Which are the common assets of a nation and who should be allowed to utilise them? This is a question of heated debate for current Russia, a...

Are the Baltic states facing an impending economic crisis? So seems to be the case, due to the current overheating of both Estonian and Latv...

" Russia is a northern country and if temperatures get warmer by two or three degrees Celsius it's not that bad - we could spend le...

Take two relatively harmless compounds, say nitro and glycerine, mix them together and you have a very potent combination. Petersburg's ...

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

Last Thursday, an agreement was signed between Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan on the contruction of the Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railroad, further ...

As Turkmenistan is facing presidential elections on 11 February, it is becoming increasingly clear that the late Nyýazow's successors ha...

A recent US proposal to deploy a ballistic missile defence system to NATO-members Poland and the Czech Republic, has provoked stern reaction...

A story partly based on a recent piece on Borat and Kazakhstan published on this weblog , today made the frontpage of the Norwegian daily Af...