LA STAMPA (ITALY) Worldcrunch BUCHAREST– A public service campaign in Romania is trying to prevent pedestrian deaths by showing how some stray dogs in Bucharest are street smarter than humans. Say WHAT!? Yes, really. You can scroll to the bottom of the page to see the video. But first, you might want to remember all […]
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RAMNICU VALCEA – To the tourist eye, Râmnicu Vâlcea is a quiet, leafy city. Located at the bottom of the Carpathian mountain range, in central Romania, no one would guess this town’s secret, buried in its working-class neighborhood, Ostroveni. You have to leave the boulevard that stretches across the city to end up in narrow […]
TURIN – It may not be wartime, but the economic crisis is changing basic facts of life. And in some cases, changing them backward in time. One notable change is that Italian women are rediscovering jobs as domestic helpers (housecleaners and care givers), that had been taken over in recent years by a virtual labor […]
BUCHAREST – When he’s not glued to his computer screen, Stefan Cornea watches films on TV. At 18 years of age, this Bucharest high school student is fed up with politics, Romania and life in general. “There’s nothing to do here,” he says in a cynical tone. “It was better before. My parents have told […]
ROMANIA LIBERA, REVISTA 22 (Romania) Worldcrunch BUCHAREST – The political crisis in Romania worsens, threatening the country’s already fragile economy. On Thursday, the Constitutional Court was expected to invalidate the results of July 29’s referendum on the impeachment of President Traian Basescu, Romania. Eighty-eight percent of those who participated in the referendum voted to dismiss […]
ADEVARUL, ZIARE.COM (Romania) Worldcrunch BUCHAREST – For the second time since his election in 2004, Romanian President Traian Băsescu survived an impeachment referendum on Sunday. According to the latest numbers from the National electoral bureau, only 46% of the population voted in the poll. Romanian legislation demands 50% participation for a ballot to count. An […]
ADEVARUL, ZIARE.COM, BUCHAREST HERALD (Romania) Worldcrunch BUCHAREST – An escalating political crisis in Romania pitting the prime minister against the president is spreading abroad, with protests in foreign capitals and concern from European officials about the state of democracy in one of the EU’s newest members. Center-left Prime Minister Victor Ponta and his Social Liberal […]
Worldcrunch ADEVARUL, ANTENA 3, ZIARE.COM (Romania) BUCHAREST – Former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase remains in a hospital room in the Romanian capital. His aides say the 62-year-old is recovering – gradually — from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the neck in a June 20 suicide attempt gone awry after having been sentenced to prison on […]
PAGINA DE MEDIA (Romania) This story has been updated After being the source of much mockery, Romanian reporter Adrian Boioglu wants to set the record straight. During a live weather report from Constanta on the country’s Black Sea coast, the roving news reporter from the Realitatea news channel appeared to get caught red-handed as he […]