Well yesterday the parliamentary commission on modifying the Romanian constitution submitted their proposed changes, with all of the Romanian members voting “aye” (in favor) and the lone Hungarian voting “nay” (against) because the proposed changes did not frame the issue of regionalization the way the UDMR (Hungarian party) wanted nor was there any wording about the rights of minorities. You can click on the link … Continue reading Constitution Hill
Well I imagine you’ve heard by now that the singer Alexandra Stan was savagely beaten by her boyfriend a few days ago, landing her in the hospital. The English-language reports decline to show the graphic photos and videos of the injured Alexandra, which are quite disturbing. I happen to follow her on Twitter and saw the original message, posted in fucked-up English, that she had … Continue reading Mr. Saxo Beat
I saw with only a modicum of surprise that Romania signed the papers to buy 12 F-16 fighter planes from Portugal the other day for a cost of 638 million euros. This plan has been in the works forever as the United States has been pressuring Bucharest hard for years to buy these planes and move away from their current inventory of Mig-21 Lancers. In … Continue reading What’s it good for?
Well according to Mediafax, Crazy Andy “Andrei” Marga has resigned from his post as head of the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) due to “political” defamation. In short, last year during the coup, the USL used an “emergency ordinance” to transfer control of the ICR away from the president and gave it to the parliament. The USL then sacked the head of the ICR, Patapievici, and … Continue reading Crazy Andy Resigns
I have to admit that I was initially quite happily surprised to see the latest letter published in the Huffington Post (UK edition) from Doctor Ion “Two Sheeps” Jinga because I thought that perhaps the same ghost writer who recently wrote on behalf of Crin Antonescu had helped the good “doctor” sound somewhat intelligent and credible in his role as the official representative of Romania … Continue reading If I were the ambassador…
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