09 septembre 2008
The 'Carte de Munca'
Dear Everyone,
For those of you outside Roumania, you'll be wondering what a 'carte de munca' is. Well, it's a little booklet issued by the Department of Employment (I suppose) where everything pertaining to your professional life is noted: employer, company, address, date of entry, date and reason for leaving, salary etc... It's a bit like a tiny CV, but far more detailed, a sort of professional testimony for want of a better word. Without one a Roumanian cannot find work legally.
I was asked for mine when my audition with Mr... [Lire la suite]
05 septembre 2008
Cornel Todea - The Story of a Snitch... latest article from Observator Cultural, 4th September
Dear Everyone
Below another article on Cornel Todea, the Securitate informer, this time in Observator Cultural dated 4th September. Again, though less flagrant this time, we are invited to feel sorry for him. After all, he was one of many. Was what he did so very bad? He didn't torture anyone. Aren't the torturers the ones who should be brought to book? Yes, of course they are. But bear in mind that if nasty scum like Todea hadn't grassed and reported back to base in the first place, they would never have been arrested. Todea's... [Lire la suite]
04 septembre 2008
Update: Sebes, Alba Iulia, Sighet and Brasov...
