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30 décembre 2009

article by Ion Vianu

Viewpoint from Ion Vianu printed in Nine O'Clock : 1989-2009: from tyranny to oligarchy published in issue 4588 page 4 at 2009-12-29 On December 22, 1989, Ceausescu relinquished the power he had held on to so tightly for twenty-four years and an illegal...
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29 décembre 2009

Let there be light...and there was

Let there be light...and there was
Sent this morning by Dan. Thank you so much: http://www.lumeavazutadeionb.ro/ I hope you can watch it straight through as I had cuts every five seconds. Maybe the network stops at Finland again! Here's some additional info. This film tells of a homeless...
24 décembre 2009

Sarbatoare Fericit!

Sarbatoare Fericit!
24 décembre 2009

The Barricade Revisited

Bucharest barricade, rebuilt 20 years after the Revolution Precisely 20 years ago, on 22 December 1989, the communist regime was overthrown. This was the day when Ceausescu ran away from Bucharest aboard a helicopter, as hundreds of thousands of Bucharesters...
21 décembre 2009

Still beneath a cloud

I was directed to this superb blog (the photojournalism blog of the New York Times) via the Global Post this morning and fell upon a post called Romania, Still Beneath A Cloud. Please go visit and leave a comment, for it's always good to know who has...
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20 décembre 2009

The archeologist of the dead

An excellent article and film from France 24's reporters. Please click on the film link and go see it. It lasts 17 minutes. Marius Oprea, historian and archeologist of the dead, is a brave and wonderful man trying to prove beyond the shadow of any doubt...
18 décembre 2009

20 Years On...

Does anyone know the identity of the guy in the glasses and hat, seemingly in charge of this very organised preparation for what is to come? He tells the crowd what to say and conducts their chanting. We know that it takes place in the military barracks...
18 décembre 2009

20 de Ani de Libertate

20 de Ani de Libertate
Please listen to the memorial concert 20 de Ani de Libertate in Timisoara on radio Timisoara at 18h today...and then explore the site. The Verdi Requiem, poetry... wish we could hear it here, but the waves stop at Helsinki! Love, Sarah
18 décembre 2009

Bucuresti de altadata

This is lovely. Thank you, Dan, so much, for this brief voyage into the past...
9 décembre 2009

Save Plural - relaunched!

The fate of Plural magazine is still under the axe and awaiting a conclusion. Just in case any of you still haven't written to support its survival, you can still do so addressing your mails to icr@icr.ro and for the attention of Horia Roman Patapievici,...
9 décembre 2009

Article from WSJ

Recession Bad, Communism Worse in Romania It appears that economic liberalism won a squeaker against the heirs to Nicolae Ceausescu's communists By the narrowest of margins Sunday, Romania seems to have returned incumbent President Traian Basescu to office....
6 décembre 2009

Herta on Goethe

Dear Everyone, Here's an excellent article on Herta Muller found on the Goethe Institute site. For fifteen years Ceausescu’s henchmen and their successors “made me the object of a manhunt”, Müller wrote in 2003 in her volume of essays entitled Der König...
4 décembre 2009

Keep Plural Magazine Alive! Sign This

Dear Everyone, Please, please PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE help keep Plural Magazine alive. I couldn't bear it if it died. It is one of the only magazines in the English language for the expat and anglophone community living in Roumania (and available online for...
2 décembre 2009

so sad...

Dear Everyone, I would like to share a story with you I have just heard that has stunned me into gobsmacked mode. Two old school friends, both aged early seventies and living in Bucharest decided to meet for lunch as they often do. One, whom we shall...
1 décembre 2009

Unification Day - 1st December

Unification Day - 1st December
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