and
1.140 articole · RSS
The "disturbing and offensive" Robbie
Shoppers at the Bargate Centre in Southampton branded Robbie Williams' new video "disgusting and offensive" following a showing on the centre's giant video screens.The video for "Rock DJ" fe...
Parties, before and after Emil
The sizeable surprise that came with the televised speech of the acting President Emil Constantinescu has struck the political class like a locomotive. Much more so in the fiery combination...
Drought, hail and floods stall economic growth
Damages caused by drought, hail and floods, estimated by the Agriculture Ministry at over 9,200 billion lei (about 440 million dollars), are so high that they will upset the Government's ent...
Connex and Dialog, caught in the net of RomTelecom monopoly
The tough commercial battle on the mobile phone market became even tighter last month, when RomTelecom decided to defend in court its exclusive right to operate the frequency DCS 1800, in fr...
Slobodan Milosevic's and Yugoslavia's uncertain future
With the ratification by the Belgrade Parliament of the draft Constitution amendment that introduces direct elections for parliament and presidency, Milosevic is seeing his chances grow for...
Dog days in Romania and southeastern Europe
The hot weather that has lately affected Romania continues to harm the population as well as impede the well-functioning of transport services and public utilities, while meteorologists warn...
And the Darwin Award goes to....
Here are the latest Darwin Award nominees. The Darwin Awards, for those not familiar, are for those individuals who contribute to the survival of the fittest by eliminating themselves from t...
Arrears and national welfare
Over the last ten years, not paying back one's debts has become a tradition in Romania. When somebody has obligations towards the budget, they are called fiscal arrears; when they are relate...
Romanian Inelligence had known and warned about FNI
Romanian Intelligence (SRI) was acquainted with the FNI affair, which caused 300,000 deponents to lose their savings over night. SRI monitored the affair and transmitted as early as last yea...