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Published in: 50.50Romanians didn’t show up to an anti-LGBT referendum. But the battle for equality continuesA vote to make legalising equal marriage even harder was defeated this weekend. It’s a victory for progressive...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?When liberals have had enough: a new wave of protests in RomaniaWhereas the stereotypical pro-government voter consumes partisan local media; by contrast, the stereotypical...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Poor child healthcare in Bulgaria and RomaniaSimilar problems are observed as in Romania, joined by Bulgaria at the bottom of the league table in terms of infant...
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Published in: 50.50“Our strategy is visibility”: the fight for LGBT rights in RomaniaViolence and anti-LGBT hate crime is on the rise in Romania, says activist Vlad Viski. But he and his colleagues...
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Published in: 50.50How Romania became a battleground in the transatlantic backlash against LGBT rightsRomania decriminalised homosexuality in 2001. Today it is witnessing a backlash against LGBT rights, supported by US...
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Published in: HomeBought and paid for – how Romania’s media is pressured by corporate and political mastersJournalists in Romania failing to conform to pressure from private companies and advertisers face intimidation and...
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Published in: oDRPhotographing the 20th centuryHungarian artist Peter Puklus talks about his photography book The Epic Love Story of a Warrior, European history of...
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Published in: HomeThe other side of Europe: the exploitation of Romanian workers in the EUWhat will it take to stop western Europe from seeing their eastern counterparts as exploitable labour?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?‘The best Roma in the village is the Roma who works as a servant’On this year's International Roma Day, three writers reflect on how Roma slave labour was used to help build...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The mystery of ‘populism’ finally unveiledThe philosopher of post-Fascism enters the populism fray with his own candidate for post-truth – Left betrayal. Czech.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?#Rezist. Citizens are back on the streets in RomaniaWhat makes these protests different from the ones that have come before in Romania?
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Published in: HomeRomania's government accused of legalising corruptionRomania's government has been accused of legalising corruption, inspiring the largest protests since the fall of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Emperor’s new clothes: identity politics in Romania 10 years after joining the EURomania celebrated its first decade as a member of the EU on 1 January 2017. This then is a time for assessing what...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Romania: a social democratic anomaly in eastern Europe?Romania should be the ideal playground for right-populist parties, but in its recent election it was the Social...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Romania's new kids on the blockA new party is born in Romania, grounded in years of civic struggle against government abuse and the failures of a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The food fight is onWorld Food Day, 2016: Agribusiness mega-mergers would rubber-stamp destructive industrial farming. Europe’s...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Brexit and the phenomenon of intra-European bigotryTo paraphrase Edward Said – “everyone who writes about eastern Europe must locate himself vis-à-vis eastern Europe."
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A healthcare horror show is shaking RomaniaThere’s been a series of recent scandals in Romania's healthcare system that would seem implausible if written by...
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Published in: oDRMoldova finds its rootsFor years it was a taboo topic. But some Moldovans are again considering reunification with Romania.
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Published in: ourBeebChuck Norris vs. CommunismA documentary that takes us inside communist Romania claims a trend for illicit Hollywood 'movie nights' helped...
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