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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Every inch of motorway counts
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc inaugurated a 14-kilometre stretch of motorway on Friday near the port of Constanţa. Three months ago Boc was there for the same reason when the first side of the motorway was completed. At least until the elections next year he is celebrating every new inch of motorway, the daily Adevărul concludes: "Fantastic! Romania is the country with the greatest number of disconnected motorway segments, but with the lowest number of completed motorways. The inhabitants of San Marino are angry that they only have 220 kilometres of highway. They would have overtaken us long ago if their state were bigger. Our problem, by contrast, is motorway density: 313.5 kilometres for 22.3 million inhabitants. ... That makes 1.4 centimetres of highway per capita. But since many Romanians are leaving for the West you can round that off at 1.5 centimetres. And how will the trend continue this year, so soon before the elections? When the next 1.5 centimetres are finished, regardless of whether it's just one side of the motorway or both, Herr Boc will announce at the inauguration: 'Another voter who's got his ration of motorway!'"
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Europe's tallest Christmas tree
This year Europe's tallest Christmas tree stands in Bucharest: it is 76 metres high and made of steel. Bucharest hopes it will gain an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. For his part Adrian Georgescu sees the tree as a monstrosity: "Like all other European capitals, Bucharest decorates itself with bright lights in December, in the same way some Romanians hang chains of blue lights on their rusty old Dacias or spray perfume on their pullovers hoping to disguise the bad smell. ... The city centre looks like a cement disco and has even been given an artistic note: Europe's biggest Christmas tree. At night, when everything looks the same and all the mayors look intelligent, you can let yourself be seduced by the spectacle, but in daylight the tree looks like a spaceship. ... 100,000 people gathered around the tree for its consecration. We are still a simple people who can be bought for a couple of pearls."
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