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30 novembre 2009

Expropriation victims - outrageous

Look, everyone...look what's happened to people expropriated at Basarab to make way for new construction... it is unbelievable. I wonder whether my coffee is too strong and I am hallucinating. The couple in the film (click on blue link above) were thrown...

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30 novembre 2009

Doina Cornea victim of burglary

Such shameful foulness... Doina Cornea robbed???? It's like robbing Mother Teresa. How can anyone do such a thing??? Such a brave and determined woman who fought so hard against the oppression, cruelty, mental paralysis and cultural decapitation under...

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30 novembre 2009

Book recommendation - "Dracula is Dead"

Dear Everyone, I cannot comment on the article below as I haven't read the book. However, London seems to be quite taken with it and it's reported to be the long overdue reference to Roumania we've all been waiting for. If it's a history book by which...

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30 novembre 2009

One house dies as two more are racked with sobs

Horror. Absolute horror. It doesn't matter whether there's an election or not, does it. I should stop kidding myself. People don't behave any better even during election campaigns. There has been yet MORE destruction in Bucharest. Yet more obliteration...

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11 novembre 2009

Gheorghe Dinica - loved by everyone

A sad and heartfelt farewell to this wonderful and much loved actor. It has been a tragic year for Roumanian theatre indeed. The following from Yahoo News: Gheorghe Dinica, well known Romanian actor, dies By ALISON MUTLER, Associated Press Writer – Tue...

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8 novembre 2009

Bucovina - World Heritage

Thank you NYT for the article below: NYT: Bucovina, the place where art and faith embrace E-mail Print PDF The Bucovina region in the far north of the country, wrote the Romanian scholar Silviu Sanie, is “one of those blessed realms where sacred and secular...

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6 novembre 2009

Tudor Banus - Exhibition in Paris 8è

Bucharest born Tudor Banus: Painter, artist, engraver, author, book (see pix right - "The Muppet Show Book" by its inventor and "Particularly Cats" by Doris Lessing) and press illustrator whilst also being a friend of mine (which certainly adds to your...

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6 novembre 2009

Smart specs!

Wow! Just think how much easier life could be with a pair of these! I'd put them on your Christmas list if I were you! This from the BBC: Smart spectacles aid translation The spectacles are due to go on sale in Japan in 2010 Spectacles that can provide...

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5 novembre 2009

The Pig Flu Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Dear Everyone, This whole 'flu' issue is becoming way too complicated....what are we supposed to think? There's H1N1, Novel and Swine Flu viruses and noone seems to know which is which or whether they are all the same or...which one has a curly tail and...

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4 novembre 2009

More on Herta Muller

The Passport and Nadirs by Herta Müller The Nobel prizewinner has yet to convince Tibor Fischer of her artistry Tibor Fischer The Guardian , Saturday 24 October 2009 The Passport by Herta Müller , translated by Martin Chalmers 99pp, Serpent's Tail, £7.99...

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