Drumu’ spre pârnaie
As you can see, the above graphic comes from Business Day, listing the number of people in prison per 100,000 inhabitants. Besides America there at the top (SUA), all of the other countries are in the European Union. Romania is right about “average” and has roughly 23,000 people behind bars. Of these, just 133 are… Read More ›
Word of the Day: Bălmăjeala
Ahh… sometimes when I listen in on (or in this case, read) Romanians, I hear them use some pretty amazing words and that always reminds me to include them in one of my Word of the Day posts. Today I tip my hat to this fine post by a blogger, talking about how much she… Read More ›
Japanese Nuclear Nightmare Could Be Our Own
For all of us living here in Romania, I suppose it is rather good news that we’re nowhere near being downwind of any radioactivity (Rom) from Japan’s crumbling nuclear reactors. For people living in Japan, however, it looks like there might be some serious trouble. For the best round-up of information on this topic (in… Read More ›
