Basescu – The Barricade

Aurelian Giugăl: The Romanian government is underfunding public services to discredit them

Vladimir Mitev
Economy & finance
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In Romania, social tensions are rising after the centre-right government of Florin Cîţu began cutting social benefits. Trade unions of health workers, public sector workers, police and other professions have been protesting for more than...

Traian Băsescu has fallen victim to the forces he unleashed

Vladimir Mitev
Opinions & comments
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On 20 September the Court of Appeals in Bucharest came out with the decision that the former Romanian president Traian Băsescu was a collaborator with the communist secret service “Securitate”. Băsescu rejects this accusation and...

Does Moldova have a future?

Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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They walk along the Stephen the Great Boulevard in Chișinău like victors. Then, proud and firm, they stop in front of the Moldovan government’s seat. They carry national flags. However, this is not an ordinary...