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24 mars 2012

From glory to rubble - Casa Miclescu, bdul Kiseleff nr. 35-37, Bucharest

(Photo source: Reptilianul / Hasnas from Radu Miclescu's Archive) My thanks to the dedication of passionate bloggers for the following historic information of what used to be the very beautiful Casa Miclescu on bdul Kiseleff, Bucharest's most beautiful...

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21 mars 2012

Message from Serban Sturdza, Pro Patrimonio condemning the destruction of Hala Matache. Please share.

The following message comes from Serban Sturdza condemning the (willful?) destruction of one of Bucharest's historic monuments, Hala Matache, earlier this month. We are asked to disseminate this message far and wide - particularly on an international...

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3 mars 2012

Cine este Nicusor Dan?

Many thanks to Mihaela Mihaila for this translation into Romanian from the original article posted HERE dating from 1st December, 2011. Today, with the news of the attempted demolition of Hala Matache (see post below HERE), Nicusor Dan is no longer a...

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3 mars 2012

ALERT!!!! Demolition begins at Hala Matache....?

(Photo source: Observatorul Urban) Very troubling news just in from the Matake cause site on Facebook (see also Arhi Forum HERE) - it appears, as reported by architect Raluca Munteanu, that demolition of Hala Matache began early this morning, perhaps...

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27 février 2012

"Ekh! Rumania, Rumania, Rumania … Geven amol a land a zise, a sheyne."

(Photo source) "Aaaaah, Rumania, Rumania, Rumania, Rumaaaaaaaaaaania!!!" As I worked this morning, the Barry Sisters (Claire and Merna Barry - originally Clara and Minnie Bagelman, born in the Bronx in a Yiddish-speaking home) came on the radio with their...

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22 février 2012

A moment with Andrei Codrescu

(Photo source) Andrei Codrescu, Romanian-born American poet, novelist, essayist, magazine editor, screen-writer, radio commentator and University Professor, was born Andrei Perlmutter in Sibiu in 1946. Richard Collins writes, " When Codrescu left Romania...

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20 février 2012

Constantin Brancusi

(Photo source) Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi's (pronounced Brancoosh and not Brancoozy as non-Romanians call him) 136th birthday fell last Saturday, 19th February. In his 81 years, Brancusi's works include some 215 sculptures and over 1,000 photographs...

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18 février 2012

Doru Maries's 90 days of hunger

(Photo: Mediafax) I was astonished to read this morning about Teodor (Doru) Maries's hunger strike over the last 90 days. As far as I know, it has had as good as ZERO media attention. Googling, I found this article in Ziare dating 22nd December 2011 and...

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14 février 2012

Happy 124th Birthday to Ateneul Roman!

(Photo: Sarah In Romania) The steps of the Romanian Athenaeum concert hall in the centre of Bucharest are my most favourite of all places for watching the world go by, the sun go down or simply 'holding the moment'. Of course, attending a concert or three...

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9 février 2012

A Postcard from Bucharest by Cristian Ghita

An excellent assessment from Cristian Ghita in the Liberal Democrat Voice on the cause of the 'discontentment' in Romania today, which has forced thousands out into the streets despite viciously freezing temperatures. Please post your comments at the...

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1 février 2012

Romania insulted once again - on an FN blog

(Photo source: EVZ) Here we go again... Romania feels the swipe from France once more with yet another racist 'joke'. It is one thing to make fun of individuals, but that is rarely the case when it comes to Romania. Instead, the whole country is tarnished...

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30 janvier 2012

160 years: I.L.Caragiale, stormy nights and lost letters...

On this very day, January 30, 2012, Romania commemorates 160 years since the birth of Ion Luca Caragiale. The Google-Doodle presents a graphic picture of him with an envelope in one corner - an innuendo to one of his most famous plays, The lost letter...

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25 janvier 2012

If not now, when?

(Photo source: DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images) Romania's president incumbent, Traian Basescu, spoke on national television last night for the first time since protests began almost two weeks ago, in defense of his government's tough austerity measures....

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22 janvier 2012

Point of View: "The difference between PSD and PDL is securitate officers."

Following a comment on yesterday's blogpost, Corina Grigorica answers the question: "Why is it seen as shameful to make an alliance with PSD but not with a party that included Virgil Magreanu (PD)?" Immediately after the revolution, the Romanian Communist...

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23 décembre 2011

The moNUmenteUITATE project and the Unforgotten

Completely by chance just the other day, I fell upon the superb site of the moNUmenteUITATE project and can't imagine how I'd missed it. Of course, I had to find out more. The moNUmenteUITATE team was very prompt in replying with the following text and...

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22 décembre 2011

SOS!!! Str.Dionisie Lupu 70-72 in grave danger

(Photo source: Calin Bota) This is not the first time str. Dionisie Lupu, 70-72 has made the news. Built in 1890, this house was one of the residences of the Vacarescu family - famous boyars, scholars, poets and linguists - intellectuals of Romania, amongst...

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7 décembre 2011

Casa Miron Vlasto (Part 2/2) - A Short Visit by Silvia Colfescu

This beautiful house on str Franceza has suffered the greatest of humiliations - abuse to its interior, attacks to its facades, violence to its structure, and, most recently, two cases of arson. Who owns the land, one surely asks. The PMB. For the history...

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4 décembre 2011

Commission of National Heritage a disgrace: Latest episode in the battle to save Aviatorilor/Kiseleff

(Photo source) The alarm has sounded once again in the latest episode of the epic battle to save Bulevard Aviatorilor and Soseaua Kiseleff. On 30th November, the National Commission for Historic Monuments had to decide, I'm told, whether: 1. to list the...

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1 décembre 2011

Who is Nicusor Dan?

(Photo source) I've heard the question rather a lot these last few days, startling though this may seem to many (especially to Bucharesteans concerned about their city). Dr. Nicusor Dan, 41, is founder of the association Salvati Bucurestiul and has been...

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28 novembre 2011

Nicusor Dan to run for Mayor of Bucharest! Hurrah!

(Photo source) Some very heartening news this evening: Nicusor Dan, the President of the association Salvati Bucurestiul, has declared that he will be running for Mayor in the 2012 elections as an independent and with a budget of zero lei (I love that...

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