In every language under the sun, including in English from the good old New York Times: Mr. Nastase, who will turn 62 on Friday, had denied any wrongdoing and insisted that the case was politically motivated. He had appealed his March 30 sentence after he was convicted of illegally raising $2 million for his failed presidential campaign in 2004 by drawing from the profits of … Continue reading Incompetent at Everything
Today the Eye brought me this report from the “Economist Intelligence Unit” (that’s really the name), a lot of jibber jabber about the economies of the “Balkans”, of which Romania is supposedly one (Hungary isn’t though). Click on the link to read the entire thing but you’ll be glad to know that the only reason Romania isn’t suffering more is because of how backwards it … Continue reading Widespread Apathy
Today I find myself in an unusual position. To begin with, if anyone ever tells you that I plagiarized a paper or doctoral dissertation, you can be sure they are lying simply because I’ve never authored one. I don’t have a university degree of any kind and there are no academic papers with my name on them. But that doesn’t mean that I’ve never written … Continue reading Papers, Please
Oh shit: Prime Minister Victor Ponta has been accused of copying large sections of his 2003 PhD thesis in law from previous publications, without proper reference. Nature has seen documents compiled by an anonymous whistle-blower indicating that more than half of Ponta’s 432-page, Romanian-language thesis on the functioning of the International Criminal Court consists of duplicated text. Moreover, the thesis was republished with very minor … Continue reading Skeletor Gets Pinched
In an article I otherwise more or less agree with, the Unsleeping Eye picked up something interesting that’s worth discussing. Craig Turp, probably the only professional foreign resident writer in Romania whom I respect, added this throwaway line to his piece on the ICR scandal: Has civil society ever issued a statement demanding something be done about the fact that 42 per cent of homes … Continue reading Go With The Flow
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