Thursday, July 19, 2012

Firm action from the EC

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With the Danube and mid Balkan towns having hit 42 degrees on Sunday, we edged nervously out of the Bucharest suburbs at 07.30 Monday. But...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

Taking distance

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I can see that some of my recent readers are more interested in painting than politics – and that my blog masthead does clearly state tha...

Hypocritical Europe?

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Today's previous post tried simply to describe the latest developments here in Romania. This second post today reflects conversations...

Good cop, bad cop

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We seem to have a good cop, bad cop routine going on here in Romania – with the Romanian PM (Ponta) being sweetness and light to Europe; whi...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

A pantomime which requires a boycott

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With just over 2 weeks to the referendum on the future of the Romanian President, there is utter confusion on the rules which will decide it...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Time for international action on Romania

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A lot of us have been despairing recently  about democracy - but the current crisis in Romania reminds us why millions of people have been ...
Sunday, July 8, 2012

Legacies - personal and collective

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I woke this morning with thoughts of a website devoted to vignettes of those who had lived (or were living) “worthy lives”. The adjective pe...
Saturday, July 7, 2012

The wider context of Rule of Law

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Those interested in the latest developments of the serious Romanian crisis now unfolding (with the President now out of office until a refer...