I was feeling pretty good the other day after writing my post about the December 1 festivities when someone pointed out to me that maybe I had my history wrong. I portrayed the 1918 declaration as a heroically brave but mostly symbolic gesture by just a few people but the history books say that over 100 thousand people were gathered in Alba Iulia that day. … Continue reading The Curious Case of the 100 Thousand
Well today is December 1, Romania’s National Day and one of the country’s biggest holidays. I currently am exiled from Romania and so it was a little bittersweet to watch everything on TV, seeing Traian Basescu stolidly enduring the snow one last final time before he steps off the political stage and leaves Romania’s future in the hands of younger men (and a few women). … Continue reading La Multi Ani!
Tomorrow, the citizens of my new home country, the Republic of Moldova, will head to the polls to elect a new parliament. The official campaigning is now over but my goodness, what a wild ride it has been! The Situation As It Now Stands The last parliamentary elections were held in 2009. There are 101 seats in parliament and the party that received the most … Continue reading The Moldovan Parliamentary Elections Extravaganza Post
Well, I am very thankful to have begun a new life here in the Republic of Moldova. Today is a major holiday for all Americans, and I guess somewhere in my soul I will always remain just a tiny bit American :) Pictured above is the feast I made in my Soviet-era apartment entirely without a kitchen. Call it “guerilla” style cooking! Pictured above: – … Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving!
Well it isn’t completely official but the results are clear – Victor Ponta was not elected yesterday as Romania’s new president. Normally, of course, people report the winner and would say Iohannis Klaus won the election and will soon become Romania’s fifth post-Revolution president. But this was not an election about Herr Klaus. The voting yesterday was strictly between those who supported Ponta and those … Continue reading Wunderbar!
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