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29 mars 2010

Eviction of child traffic victims from Bucharest centre

This is disgraceful... From Nine O'Clock: Blunt indifference: Child traffic victims evicted from centre 26.03.10 | by: Nine oClock | in: homenews Romania’s only centre for assisting child victims of trafficking is to be emptied today, although the court...

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18 mars 2010

London launches Roumanian films programme

This below from the ever faithful and well informed Nine O'Clock - and I'd just like to add my own grain of salt: that Mr Lazarescu made me sob like a Madeleine and how anyone can call it a comedy is beyond me...it's the very true to life tragedy of a...

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15 mars 2010

Herta's informer revealed

This from Radio Free Europe Parallel Paths, Opposite Destinies Mueller (second from left) with literary colleagues in 1985. Her informer moved in the same circles. January 14, 2010 Shortly after Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller was awarded the...

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15 mars 2010

Ion B makes the headlines!

Hey look! It's Ion B!! Art world swoons over Romania's homeless genius 63-year-old former tramp celebrated for collages made during Ceausescu regime Gallery: the art of Ion Barladeanu Lizzy Davies in Paris guardian.co.uk , Friday 26 February 2010 20.45...

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9 mars 2010

URGENT - tragic ends for historical souls in Bucharest

Please go to THIS BLOG SITE at once and see the list of lovely old houses in Bucharest that ended up demolished despite public outcry...all beautiful (pix left Batistei, 26, the house that made me want to cuddle it - it has such character and just look...

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9 mars 2010

Road signs for the plastered

Dear All, No matter what happens in the country of my heart, whether it be horrendous blizzards, increasing unemployment, crashing recession, pathetic arguments between politicians, mayors being thrown behind bars and other such goings on that would make...

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8 mars 2010

Marius Oprea to sue government

Dear All, Having been very underhandedly 'got rid of' and then replaced in an institute that he founded himself by the historian he knew would take his place, Marius Oprea is going to sue the Roumanian government - not to get his job back because he is...

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7 mars 2010

Too bad for the pike...

Just received this by e-mail. Hope the rest of the world is paying attention - so much cruelty to animals, which isn't surprising when man's inhumanity to man is so flagrant (see yesterday's post as a case in point). About time animals had lawyers. I...

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5 mars 2010

Dr. Djuvara decorated

Bravo! And not a moment too soon. Better late than never, though this should have happened years ago. This from Nine O'Clock: Neagu Djuvara to be decorated by French state 05.03.10 | by: Nine oClock | in: homenews 'Historian Neagu Djuvara will be awarded...

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1 mars 2010

Tea with a countess...

A visit to the Casa de Condesa Lembrija with Fa yesterday who came to visit me:

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1 mars 2010

La Multi Ani de Martisor

Dear All, How I love this festival and how sorry I am not to be there to celebrate it with you. This time last year I was sitting in the Roumanian restaurant in the 7è arrondissement sloshing palinca and delecting on mici. The year before, I was in Bucharest....

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1 janvier 2010

Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Health, love, luck and joy to you all! With love, Sarah

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1 janvier 2010

News on Ion B

Dear Everybody, The story of Ion B (see this article from Hotnews) has really got my attention. Was the video shown on HBO portraying a helping hand or the real and dispicable profitting of an old man's artwork to benefit an art gallery owner? Well, it...

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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

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...

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24 décembre 2009

Sarbatoare Fericit!

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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...

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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...

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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...

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