Archive for June 2016

Diana Abgar – an Armenian writer, diplomat, and ambassador to Japan of the First Republic of Armenia. She is the first Armenian woman diplomat and possibly the first woman to have ever been appointed in any diplomatic post.

CEE Spring is over! Let’s gather the fruits

Author Vira Motorko on 3 June 2016 in CEE Spring, News

It is uncomfortable to write that “the Spring has ended” but the CEE Spring article writing competition is really over. It lasted for 10 weeks – a long time, enough for the fruits to ripen. Let’s see what we all acquired...

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One month to go, and the Romanian community already draws some conclusions

CEE Spring writing contest has gathered again over 30 countries and communities of Central and Eastern Europe. Starting with late March, Wikipedia users have written more than…

The culture, history and tradition of Central and Eastern Europe is at the heart of both the Wikimedia CEE Spring Contest and the Carpathian Ethnography Project. This year, these two initiatives meet -- and everyone is warmly invited to participate in…

This week the participants of the CEE Spring 2017 are concentrating on topics related to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Poland. All three countries give lot's of opportunities to write interesting articles and all three are worth knowing better.

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It is uncomfortable to write that "the Spring has ended" but the CEE Spring article writing competition is really over. It lasted for 10 weeks – a long time, enough for the fruits to ripen. Let's see what we all acquired during this wonderful time.

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When in doubt what to write about, write about Estonians – this running gag of unknown origin is the most common answer to a Wikimedian looking for a topic for CEE Spring. But what if you are out of sources or inspiration for Estonia-related articles…

Tonight Ukraine won the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, the longest-running annual international TV song competition. Congratulations!

Eurovision is about the music, but also about culture, politics, traditions and people, and learning…

CEE Spring 2016 is still happening. You've got three more weeks to write about Central and Eastern Europe!

The large article writing contest, CEE Spring 2016, enters its final three weeks. People have been writing about countries and regions of Central…