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30 novembre 2010

O colectie de Brancusi scoasa la licitatie la Paris, insa statul roman se vaita ca nu are bani sa cumpere

Vaaaaaai..... Ce rusine... Brancusi collection auctioned in Paris, but Romanian state says doesn't have money to buy Bucharest Herald An embarrassing situation for the Romanian state. A collection of works and personal items Constantin Brancusi left to...

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27 novembre 2010

"Bucureştiul are monumentele pe care le merită..."

(Photo: Source) So, it will finally happen on the country's national holiday. Don't the Primaria Municipiului Bucuresti (PMB) or the Ministerul Culturii si Cultelor (MCC) realise how shabbily they have treated the memory of the Croatian sculptor Ivan...

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27 novembre 2010

A mayor's job?

(Photo source) Of course THIS is old news now and I am doing nothing more than flogging a dead horse, but I have to say that this whole Lahovary-Vanghelie outrage has simply eaten me alive. Hmmm... I look at the last sentence where I have typed Lahovary-Vanghelie...

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26 novembre 2010

Perle de intelepciune vangheliasca

From Bucuresti-News below. You could not have come up with such gems even if you'd spent hours trying. When the mayor of Sector 5 opens his mouth he tries to exploit all vocabulary he has heard with no idea how to actually use it... I give you Marian...

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25 novembre 2010

Lahovary remains thrown aside for Vanghelie family tomb...

This is such an outrage I can hardly believe what I am reading... "The old remains were thrown away". Surely not. The remains of the Lahovary family as old and respected as the foaie verde tossed aside onto the scrapheap so Vanghelie could lay his family...

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22 novembre 2010

Roumanian crook jailed in UK for benefit fraud while living life of luxury back home

This is one of thousands and I don't know why everyone is so surprised. It's what they do. They have turned ripping off the social security into a profession. Wakey, wakey Western Europe to how 'they' get rich fast (and I'm saying 'they' so I don't get...

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22 novembre 2010

From Adevarul - a relief for historic findings

From Adevarul Descoperirile arheologice schimbă proiectul parcării de la Universitate Dorin Irimia, Aura Clara Marinescu Vineri 19 nov 2010 Descoperirile arheologice schimbă proiectul parcării de la Universitate La prima impresie, se pare că lucrările...

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22 novembre 2010

Roxana's final act

I am so terribly sad to read this evening of Roxana Briban's suicide. The talented soprano was found by her husband yesterday and impossible to revive. Reports say she had suffered from depression since being fired from the National Opera last year after...

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21 novembre 2010

The contradictions of communism

Mishwoo left the most insightful and accurate quotation (his own) entitled 'The Contradictions of Communism' on my wall today. I would like to share it with you this Sunday morning: "The Contradictions of Communism: Although work is inefficient, things...

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20 novembre 2010

The evocations of Magdalena Radulescu

Magdalena Radulescu (1902 - 1983) studied art in Munich and Paris. At the age of 24, she married the renowned Italian artist, Massimo Campigli (1895-1971). The two artists worked and travelled throughout Europe, primarily residing in Italy, Romania and...

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19 novembre 2010

Discoveries at Pta Universitatii

So, if, for example, mosaics or some other kind of archaeological treasure was to be unearthed during the 'digging' at the site of the future so-called underground carpark, the project would continue anyway??! City Hall Investment Department's head, Bogdan...

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19 novembre 2010

A little Florentina Cirstea news

Dear All, Nothing much to report from the papers today as far as I can see but I am late on the uptake sharing THIS article with you from Lumea Justitiei re: the fire at Giulesti. Nothing really new concerning our Florentina, the unfortunate nurse who...

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17 novembre 2010

Excellent interview with George Friedman, Hotnews

THIS is an excellent interview from Anne-Marie Blajan at Hotnews with George Friedman, founder and CEO of Stratfor. Please click HERE for the videos in English. The long and the short of his wise and clear reasoning is that the EU and NATO do not ensure...

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15 novembre 2010

Articol despre caracterul adevarat al lui A.Paunescu.

În jurul lui mereu neruşinarea ... Motto: Şi nu veţi curăţa cu laudele voastre calpe Sângele negru al poetului-curtean Am simţit totdeauna că moartea unui om de caracter – prin structura şi opera sa, pe deasupra, şi poet – este un moment de maximă tristeţe,...

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15 novembre 2010

Umbra - a moment with Valahia via Bacovia

I absolutely have to share THIS post with you just read on Valahia, a superb blog full of beautiful entries pertaining to Roumanian culture through thought, prayer and reflection along with a lovely category entitled 'All and Sundry'. It never fails to...

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15 novembre 2010

Article from Gandul: Caru' cu Bere

Article from Gandul Monument Locul în care se ameţeau pe vremuri Caragiale, Coşbuc, Goga, Delavrancea Palatul berii din România – opera unui ţăran ridicat din grajdurile Ardealului de Alina BĂDĂLAN TURCITU | 21 apr 2010 "Caru' cu bere" a fost proiectat...

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14 novembre 2010

Holocaust-Era Mass Grave Found In Forest of NE Romania

Holocaust-Era Mass Grave Found In Romania by The Associated Press in NPR Enlarge Associated Press Forensic experts take pictures of human remains in a forest near Poprican, northern Romania, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. A mass grave containing the bodies of...

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13 novembre 2010

Gheorghe Cosbuc returns to Paris

(Photo source) If Cosbuc had lived to tell the tale... superb parody of Iarna pe Ulita (!!): L’hiver sur la ulitza Publicat de Laurentiu Ghita A-nceput de ieri să cadăCâte-un rrom, pe urmă doi.Franţa pusă e pe sfadă,Şi ni-i dă pe toţi grămadă,Înapoi....

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9 novembre 2010

One less good man in Roumania - Ion Olteanu

Now here is a man who should not have died in silence and yet his passing hardly made a ripple on 25th October. Does the average Roumanian even know who he is? His life should have been celebrated in unison loudly, clearly and proudly by the whole nation,...

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