On December 19, 2018, when the “greed tax” was announced, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis went on TV and strongly criticized it.
But even though just the announcement of the new tax crashed the Romanian stock market and cratered the leu (the Romanian currency), that’s actually not what Iohannis was most concerned about. Continue reading African Choppers
It is completely inappropriate that in a time of major obesity problems and additional disease burdens such as type 2 diabetes, the Presidency of the Council of the EU is sponsored by Coca-Cola. Continue reading Corporate Whores
After all the panic over maybe, kinda, sorta Russian “interference” in the upcoming Moldovan elections, you’d think a story like Romania interfering in Moldova’s elections would be huge news. But it wasn’t, of course, because it didn’t involve Russia. Continue reading Romania Perfecting Its Elections Interference Toolkit in Moldova
Not only have I heard many, many people speaking Romanian in public in Pridnestrovie, I’ve also done it myself. Nearly one-third of the people who live in Transnistria speak the language, so I don’t know where this rumor came from, but it is a persistent one. Continue reading Myth #10: You’re not allowed to speak Romanian in public in Transnistria
Congratulations Simona Halep, you were the one thing that all Romanians could be unabashedly proud about in 2018! Continue reading Simona Halep
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