euro|topics - Mircea Kivu

: 1. România Liberă - Romania | 15/12/2011

Romanian politicians won't engage in dialogue

Romanian politicians are unbearably opinionated on talk shows, the Romanian sociologist Mircea Kivu comments in the daily România Liberă and describes his impressions: "A politician ... » more

: 2. România Liberă - Romania | 05/05/2011

Romania fights corruption in vain

Romania's Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced former agriculture minister Ioan Mureşan to seven years behind bars for corruption, however he can still appeal the judgement. ... » more

: 3. România Liberă - Romania | 31/03/2011

Unionists make unions unpopular

The head of one of the largest Romanian unions, Marius Petcu, was caught last week by the anti-corruption authority DNA accepting a bribe of 40,000 ... » more

: 4. România Liberă - Romania | 17/02/2011

Legalise prostitution in Romania

The Romanian parliament has introduced a bill to legalise prostitution in the country. The initiative is opposed by the Church, which sees it as an ... » more

: 5. România Liberă - Romania | 21/04/2010

Romanians ignore work of NGOs

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are relatively underdeveloped in Eastern Europe and people place little trust in them. This was the conclusion of a study presented by ... » more

: 6. România Liberă - Romania | 10/03/2010

Romanian villages becoming old age homes

In the 20th century Romanians traditionally moved from the country to the city. But the reverse trend has been observed for roughly a decade, writes ... » more

: 7. România Liberă - Romania | 11/02/2008

Romanian Securitate review agency may no longer pass judgement

The Romanian goverment has issued an emergency decree allowing the agency in charge of the secret service (Securitate) files to continue its work. In the ... » more

: 8. România Liberă - Romania | 14/01/2008

Snow chaos in Bucharest

Recent days have seen heavy snowfall, leaving Bucharest in traffic chaos; the city administration did not clear the snow. Mircea Kivu writes: "Unfortunately, it became ... » more

: 9. România Liberă - Romania | 05/11/2007

The expulsion of criminal Romanian Roma from Italy

According to Mircea Kivu, "the statistics are depressing: two-thirds of Italy's sentenced criminals are Romanians. For its part, the Romanian press is making a point ... » more

: 10. România Liberă - Romania | 20/10/2007

Pilgrimages in the media age

Last week hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, celebrities and politicians gathered in the Cathedral of Iasi to commemorate Saint Parascheva, whose mortal remains are said ... » more

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