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Published in: openDemocracyUKRomanian and Bulgarian migration to Britain: facts behind the fear
Is Britain on the verge of another mass-migration, as with the Poles? Behind the rhetoric on Romanians and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain and Romania: a short history of a troubled romance
Romania is a country of attraction and danger for the British. Today it's contaminated slaughterhouses and the...
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Published in: HomeThe December elections in Romania
The 9 December elections concluded a rough year for Romanian politics. Unfortunately, there is no sign of more...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?There and back again? Media freedom and autonomy in Central and Eastern Europe
Collusion between the press and politicians is not confined to western Europe. Central and Eastern European...
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Published in: HomeAfter the elections, an alarming audit of Romanian democracy
A motley alliance of socialists, liberals and conservatives won the 9 December Romanian parliamentary elections....
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Published in: HomeRomania: church and state
Politicians exist within a democracy and can be voted out. The Romanian Orthodox Church on the other hand does not,...
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Published in: HomeThe Paralympics and what it means to be disabled in Romania
While the Paralympics are meant to be a worldwide celebration of inclusion and tolerance, the fate of the Romanian...
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Published in: HomeThe Romanian summer of discontent
In Romania, a ruling by the Constitutional Court may finally bring an end to the preposterous political soap opera...
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Published in: HomeFailing Roma, again
Roma need to become respected but also responsible citizens in their own countries. There are solutions. But none of...
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Published in: HomeRomania’s rule of law is everybody’s business
The ease with which the current Government has unravelled the law in just a matter of weeks, should be of concern to...
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Published in: 50.50Exploring violence as a consequence of HIV
With HIV now the leading cause of death and disease among women of reproductive age worldwide, Anca Nitulescu asks...
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Published in: openSecurityIndia’s advances into South China Sea met with criticism from Beijing
In what is seen as a response to Chinese moves in South Asia, India embarks on joint oil and gas exploration with...
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Published in: HomeEast European Geographobia
There are particularities of fear in a post-communist Europe bewildered by the demands of neoliberalism, which also...
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Published in: HomeOld and new demagoguery: the rhetoric of exclusion
Right-wing populist parties tend to be anti-multinational and anti-intellectual: they endorse nationalistic,...
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Published in: HomeSaxon villages: restoration is for the future
The work of restoring the Romanian Saxon Transylvanian villages, as undertaken by the Mihai Eminescu Trust is not...
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Published in: openSecurityUN criticises slow aid for Pakistan
UN calls for more aid to Pakistan flood victims, as giving remains highly politicised. Blast leaves seven dead in...
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Published in: HomeRomania and Europe: an entrapped decade
Romania’s post-communist transition was captured by a political elite that consolidated its power, enriched itself...