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Ion Creanga and the mystery of the number 1
For every one of us, numbers have unsuspected meanings. "I was born on March 1st 1837 in the village of Humulesti, the county of Neamt, Plasa de Sus, to Romanian parents: atefan son of Petre...
France Telecom and Vodafone to shake hands on Orange
France Telecom and Vodafone Airtouch are expected to announce today that they have reached agreement on the sale of Orange to the French group in a deal that would create Europe's second lar...
From the album, to oil deals and Iliescu posters
The "French affair" broke out when Le Parisien ran an article titled "French judge investigates in Bucharest." According to the article, judge Henri Pons had left for Bucharest to inquire in...
Romanian subsoil and forests go to export
The over 25% increase in Romanian exports during the first trimester of this year as compared to the same period of last year is far from being a reason for joy, since the structure of this...
Scandal in finances and politics
French daily "Le Parisien" unveiled in its yesterday issue a serious case of money laundering that seems to have implications on the Romanian political stage, the alleged sum standing at 70...
Come and take interest from interest
Although the international market considers that nobody would wish to purchase Romanian bonds, and that the leu loses ground against the dollar by the day, investments in the domestic curren...
David and Goliath, Asian version
(story to be published in tomorrow's issue, April 3) Since the end of the Cold War and the reshuffle in planetary arrangements of power and order/disorder, most analysts expect the next mill...
Russia - declining and dreaming of power
(story to be published in tomorrow's issue, March 31) While numerous Russians - fascinated by Vladimir Putin's authoritarian and peremptory attitude for the West - are deluding themselves wi...
Year 2000 and still not kicking
(story to published in tomorrow's issue, March 30) We have finally made it into the twenty-first century (or at least some claim we have), but, to my huge disappointment, somehow, things are...