Sunday, February 5, 2017

A Divided country - dangerous prospects

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Public protest in Romania has won yet another famous victory – forcing the newly-elected PSD government to cancel the emergency decree ...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

Impervious power

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For more than a decade I lived and worked in states in central Asia and central Europe which were (and remain) systemically corrupt – my...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Can outsiders ever understand what's going on in Romania?

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An article and paper from a British consultant/hired gun about aspects of Romania’s judicial system has coincided with an explosive sca...
Monday, January 9, 2017

Revolutionary Times??

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For the past 2-3 months the Brits have found themselves discussing a constitutional issue - namely the scope of parliamentary power. Fo...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017

The Slaves' Chorus

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If you’re looking for a good read in this relaxed period after the New Year, let me recommend  The Slave’s Chorus – the 2016 posts whos...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

John Berger - someone to look up to....

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I feel John Berger ’s death (at age 90) very personally since he has accompanied me for most of my life….I vividly remember his (black a...
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Sunday, January 1, 2017

Romania's Socialist Realist tradition

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My readers will know that I find art galleries the last bastion of civilisation – private galleries often offering the chance to chat; and...
Friday, December 30, 2016

Thanks God it's Friday

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I have, for the past month or so, been looking over the year’s posts - with a view to compiling a little E-book which allows both their ...