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03

10

2007

Love scanarios

Love – an inexhaustible subject, tackled from any point of view, by all sort of characters that can’t be written down on the list of taboos anymore because the media today knew how to seize it in order to develop attractive, manipulative, novelty stories.

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27

09

2007

Elections for the European Parliament

This post is also available in: Spanish

The final lists with the candidates for the European Parliament elections, set on 25th November, have been sent yesterday to the Central Electoral Office. The political parties finally decided whom to send to Brussels, after many negotiations with their members, as they didn’t want to leave Bucharest not to loose their internal influence and positions.

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25

09

2007

Start for a virtual Romania

In a few years now, one can see every corner of Romania by browsing an online map. Considering the EU directive, Inspire, which aims at creating a 3D map for the EU, the National Agency for Cadastre from Romania, ran in the past two years a photo shooting in which our country “showed off” its landscapes to a special photo camera, set on a plane.

Carpatian Mountains Carpatian Mountains

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24

09

2007

First White Night in Bucharest

All the magic happened in the Constitution Square, where thousand of people gathered, as if they were summoned by one creed: Tonight no one sleeps!

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17

09

2007

The activity of Romanian MPs

This post is also available in: Spanish

The Public Politics Institute released last Friday a study on the parliamentary activity for the last session, February-June 2007. The criteria used for evaluating the Romanian MPs were their presence or absence to the vote, the number of legislative projects proposed, the number of questions addressed to the public authorities and their loyalty for the party (expressed through their votes).

CAMERA DEPUTATILOR - SEDINTA IN PLEN

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Jobs, housing and education – main concerns for Romanian Youth

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According to a survey released by the National Authority for Youth, 97% of the young people declare themselves being concerned about getting a job, a better education and access to housing, since the prices rose very much on the market.

Romanian school Romanian school

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13

09

2007

NOT IN MY BACK YARD

This post is also available in: Roman

This seems to be the expression that guided the British in their struggle against the undesired constructions situated close to their home. Shouted or not, this motto proves the interest of the Albion’s inhabitants towards the preservation of the green spaces.

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29

08

2007

A smoking Europe

Smokers watch out! EU Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou launched on the 1st of March 2005 a four-year anti-smoking campaign „Help, for a life without tobacco”.

Dead smoking doll

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19

08

2007

Stufstock Festival - the most important summer festival in Romania

Each year at the end of the summer, the Stufstock Festival gathers together the most famous rock, punk and metal bands in a nice athmosphere - the Black Sea Coast. Between 17th and 19th of August you can find here the metallists from Cradle of Filth, the punkers from Toy Dolls and Dandy Warhols, and the funkers from Defunkt.

Vama Veche

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Romania registered a 4.1% of inflation this July

According to the last statistics of Eurostat, Romania registered in July an annualised inflation of 4.1 per cent, compared with the 2 per cent of the EU. The Euro zone annualised inflation stood at 1.8 per cent in July, down from 1.9 per cent in June. In Romania, the inflation projection for 2007 stands at 3.9 per cent, and the inflation target, at 4 per cent, +/- 1 per cent.

08

08

2007

Vara culturală în Sibiu

După concertul lui Julio Iglesias sau cel jazz al trupei poloneze Piotr Wotjtasik Band, Sibiul îşi contiună seria de evenimente europene, nu doar muzicale, şi în luna august.

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