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
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
A member of my family is a professor and thus paid to be an expert in all things relating to Ancient Greece, that strange little experiment in history which so influenced the later Romans that they copied much of it wholesale and thus set the standard for much of modern day Europe from Britain to Romania. And yet, as I’ve written about before, the idea … Continue reading A Tale Told By An Idiot
As you (probably) know, the local elections are being held across the country this Sunday, June 10th. As an American, it’s always interesting to see the difference in how elections are being held here versus the country where I was born. The obvious difference is that there are strict laws on when campaigning can even begin. In America there are no time restrictions and theoretically … Continue reading Frying Pans and Buckets
You know, pretty soon I’m going to have to make a new category of posts, one called “Twilight Zone” or “High Weirdness” or “WTF Shit That Happens In Romania Damn Near Every Day”. Certainly today’s post will fall under that heading because after I read this, I almost lost it. If you don’t speak Romanian, Mariana Campeanu accused Roberta Anastase of hiding thousands of bicycles … Continue reading Bicycles In The Basement
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