The government of Russia might be the “evil enemy”, but tourists from Russia are now being courted to come visit Romania in a new program entitled “Discover Romania”. From here (in Romanian). My translation: In 2015, approximately 6 million Russian tourists went on vacation in Turkey and Egypt, where each one spent approximately 1000 euros each for their vacation package and 1000 euros locally while … Continue reading Romania Courts Russian Tourists
So far it’s only in Romanian, but two tourists were arrested in Sibiu yesterday for taking selfies on a public sidewalk near President Johannis Klaus’s house. My translation: A man and a woman were arrested and taken to the Sibiu Municipal Police station last night at 7:00pm by a team of gendarmes. The personal information on the two individuals was entered into our database to … Continue reading Cops Arrest Tourists for Taking Selfies in Front of Klaus House
Wow! An amazingly frank piece from the BBC about the current situation in Moldova: Some people say the street protests in Moldova are by pro-Russian protesters trying to unseat a European-friendly government in a former Soviet republic. But the reality in Europe’s poorest country is more complicated than that. All due respect to this reporter for actually doing some work and not just taking a … Continue reading Tensions Rise in RM
I almost completely disagree with the majority of this article from a Romanian author describing Moldova’s current problems. But I do note that the author is absolutely right about one thing: Russia has another considerable advantage, namely that Romania lacks focus and expertise on Moldova. Romania has in the past years been Moldova’s closest partner in support of its European trajectory. Currently, however, there are … Continue reading A Well-Kept Secret
I was very interested to see this, a project by a Romanian photographer to document the interior of 10 different apartments built during the Communist era. Each photo was shot from the same position in each of the single room apartments. This is “in order to better illustrate the mixture of several social classes under the same roof, displaying only differences in the character and … Continue reading Cool Photography Project
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