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The stuff I haven't told you yet about Anaughtia (see previous and still unfinished, at this time, article) is on my mind, fighting its way into a sequel. But it will be a while. There are other stories for other blogs that also searching for a way out of my head. Until then, a somewhat easier subject, on Sweden.

The most important debating tournament in Romania took place at the “Mihai Viteazu” high-school and the reporter summarized a debate with a BIRT on whether the Romanian government should provide reparations to the Roma community for the Holocaust. This is worth a discussion.

Ministrul Justitiei are un raspuns balansat si inteligent.

Oare cum ajung britanicii sa-si inchida usile imigratiei? Ce pazeste Soros?

#atatsaputut: As busy as one gets, occasionally there is the old "something wrong on the internets" feeling, and that was triggered by this Deutsche Welle free documentary about Romanian Roma kids begging on the streets of Paris as well as in the Parisian Metro (subway / tube) and how the French and Romanian authorities are dealing with it. Ca de obicei, versiunea in romana a acestui articol pe FataCarte.

It's not a lot, but “atat s-a putut”.

Dupa ca mi-am socat puternic cititorii scriind despre chestii care le trec prin gand dar nu vor sa iasa, m-am gandit sa zic si de alte alea. Cum ar fi Vanghelie si Basarabia.

I’m not a nationalist and though I wish my Romanian friends “La Multi Ani” for our national holiday, a small part of me is uneasy, because nationalism means association with people who share your ethnic background, some good, some bad, but in our case (and, of course, excepting those I know personally), mostly bad.

Today [or, more precisely, a few months ago when I re-started this article] I’ve seen the first real professionally done Romanian TV news segment on Roma. It seems to belong to Carmen Avram, Antena 3 undeva-n Ardeal. But rather than describe the atrocious conditions Roma people live in, I’d much rather tell you a small part of my own experience growing up in Bucharest in the 80s.

Putine chestii imi mai dau placere in aceste tomantice zile de apus de viata. Dar am descoperit o chestie care mult m-a bucurat. Fiindca de la impotenta mea tastatura de om batran, aproape nimic nu-mi aprinde ochii la fel de intens ca placerea de a cara suturi in cur constipatilor. Aaa, poate un bowel movement, cand vine.

The ink on the Romanistan series (I, II, III) had yet to dry when news that the Russians are blaming Roma migration on Romania has, verisimilarly, sprung up from Nezavisimaya Gazeta.

Not brown as a result of my trip to Cuba, but rather as a state of mind.

I continue to struggle to express my frustrations with the status quo while also presenting the election results. Here I'll start with the facts, hoping that the rest will transpire effortlessly.

I have a ton of things to do so that I can leave. However, part of the preparation is to look through local stuff and one such thing is this. The theft of a tablet in a small town, used subsequently to publish photos of the new owner, is a good opportunity to explore questions about policing, bias, antiziganism / racism and herd mentality.

Pe Cristiana Nicolae am cunoscut-o cand eram mic. Nu intamplator, cand i-am vazut documentarul despre tigani la OMNI, m-au napadit niscaiva amintiri si-am invatat si ceva nou.

The wall is a symbol. In Romania, it separates Romanian Roma who are dark-skinned from Romanian Roma who are (slightly) whiter. Read this while listening to Pink Floyd’s full album (live) or just another brick.

@ziarul_gandul started #cometoromania on the heels of #avoidbritain 
Recently, a lot of cyber-ink has been flowing re: the British xenophobia and more specifically, the fear that waves of Romanians and Bulgarians will invade Britain in search of non-existent jobs or, even worse, of welfare payments.

Feeling that the previous article, on how I can help you with your misunderstandings or simply to better understand certain concepts you may be unfamiliar with, was incomplete, I added a few more clauses, mostly having to do with a money-back guarantee and also describing my first attempts at implementing the I'm from DACIA answer.

I’ve just read a piece of news that angered me a great deal as it smelled fake, but as I looked into it, I did not find the clear rebuttal I expected. It’s based on an obscure survey question that had not been reported in the media and now is fodder for fake news sites. The title is based on an 80s Italian song which roughly means “rogue nostalgia”, combined with the Romanian spelling of the word that stands for “rogue”, which, in the latter language stands for an insult, meaning “scoundrel, villain, miscreant”. 

O stire care nu-i tocmai noua, dar trebuie mentionata, se refera la o emisiune franceza in care sutele de cersetori romani care-au impanzit Europa sunt luati peste picior. Ca represalii, hackeri romani au atacat site-ul Le Monde.

Meme-a nationalismului a devenit atat de raspandaca in societatea romaneasca incat antiziganistii ar trebui sa-si faca un salut cu care sa se felicite cand se-ntalnesc pe strada sau pe bloguri, cum ar fi "moarte tiganilor!". Daca esti un nationalist, acest articol nu-i pentru tine: sunt sanse mari ca nu-l vei pricepe, iar daca-l vei pricepe te va infuria.