Some celebrate, others mourn

I received from my Azerbaidjani colleagues the following mail: “Dear All, Today January 20th, is the solemn Inauguration day in one part of the world… But on the other side of our little blue planet, Azerbaijani nation is commemorating the tragic day of its history. This January is the 19th anniversary from the Soviet’s intervention [...]

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The “Romanianization” of the United States of America

[UPDATE. The post was moved from my previous blog] In the year 2000, Romania confronted itself with a very nasty political situation: in the second tour of elections for the Romanian Presidency, we had to choose between a former communist leader (Ion Iliescu) and the leader of the far-right party (Corneliu Vadim Tudor). The situation [...]

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Hungary, between the economic crisis and bankruptcy

For English readers, here. For Romanian readers (a better account of how the crisis affects ordinary people, and how Romanians and Serbians take advantage of the Hungarian crisis), here. And a political-economical analysis here. And Csaba Astalosz’s analysis here.

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