Blogging the democratic revolution
Under Ceausescu and Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej regime (Dej was the political mentor of Ceausescu) 250,000 Jews have been sold by Romania. The German ethnics who held the Romanian citizenship were also sold to the West Germany. Aside from the financial transaction, Ceausescu asked Israel to smooth the relations of Romania with the United States. This is just one more despicable act of the Romanian communists. Israel paid cash for the Jews who wanted to leave Romania, but also with technology and by lobbying in Ceausescu????????s favor in Washington DC. After 1967, Romania was the only communist country who did not…
Jonathan Scheele, head of the European Commission’s Delegation to Romania said about the upcoming accession of Romania to EU that, “There will be no more reports by the European Commission and it will therefore be very important for the Romanian political class, civil society and Romanians in general to take responsibilities.” Easier said than done. Jos???? Manuel Durao Barosso emphasized: “Yesterday we decided, today we are celebrating and tomorrow we must go back to work.” The Romanian Premier, Calin Popescu Tariceanu promised the reform process would continue, especially in Justice, agriculture and the sanitary-veterinary field. He said that, ???????Romania is…
A Romanian girl cools off during a heat wave in Bucharest. Romanian children are being targeted to serve as police informants by the secret police. Source: Reuters, via Yahoo! In the last two days the Romanian media published information????????s about the children network of the Securitate (Communist Intelligence). Till now, there have been rumors of it, but now it has been proved. Securitate adopted STASI????????s tactics and recruited children as young as 12!! Those children had to inform Securitate about the discussions of their parents, relatives, and teachers — whether they listen to Free Europe radio, or if they say…
As many of you know, in the former communist countries have been created institutes to study the files of the communist intelligence services. In Romania, we have the National Council for the Study of the Former Communist Secret Service Archive (CNSAS). After 16 years from the Revolution against Ceausescu????????s regime, and the atrocious Securitate, we have today people who worked within the Securitate or closely cooperated with it, in key positions, in Parliament, Government, and the Presidential Institution. Ticu Dumitrescu, the man who has initiated the law which established the CNSAS should have finally been elected as President of the…
This is not a piece of news, however some may find it interesting.The Truth and Justice Alliance ????????D.A has introduced a new fiscal policy to eliminate, or at least reduce the tax evasion, corruption and eventually poverty. The rate of 16% applies to both personal and corporate income. To my knowledge Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, Serbia and Slovakia have already established a flat tax. ???????How is it that such a change appeared in a country characterized by the slow pace at which it has left communism behind? After the fall of communism, in December 1989, the Social-Democratic party inheriting…
Adriana Saftoiu, the spokeswoman for Cotroceni (the Presidential Palace) told Cotidianul daily that, ???????President Traian Basescu called Cristian T. Popescu, the President of the Romanian Press Club and asked him to take the necessary steps in order to stop the publication in mass-media of the respective cartoons.??????? Up to this press release there were no official communiqu????s of the Romanian Presidency, Government, or the Foreign Affairs Ministry, on this matter. The Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE) declared for the Cotidianul, ???????while we do respect the freedom of expression of the mass-media, the Middle East reactions do not let us unconcerned.??????? Most…
Traian Basescu, the President of Romania delivered yesterday a speech at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly in Strasbourg. He talked about several issues, like the importance of the Black Sea, Romania’s accession to EU, the current status quo and the future of the Moldavian Republic, the national minorities status, Transdniestria, etc. The Romanian Ziua daily writes about the exchange of retorts between the Romanian President and the Russian deputy Constantin Kosacev. Kosacev asked if the presence of the US military bases in Romania was in keeping with all conventional forces in Europe and the Russia-NATO Treaty, stipulating NATO might…
From the cycle: ???????This can happen only in Romania???????? (and I????????m sure in the third world countries, but in theory Romania is not a part of that lot). I have wanted to share with you the story of Ion Dumitru, father of 7 children who has been kept in jail for 866 days, by mistake. He told the police men that he is not guilty, and after being jailed he wrote dozens of letters to the authorities claiming his innocence. His bad luck was the high resemblance with his (evil) brother Gheorghe. Apparently Gheorghe has been convicted in few dossiers,…
President Basescu’s administration believes that Romania should continue to promote its special relationship with the Arab world. In its 50 long and dark years of communism, Romania has developed friendly relations with the Arab and Muslim leaders, mainly with Yasser Arafat and Gadhafi. Nicolae Ceausescu????????s private ambition was to act as a mediator between Arafat and Israel, hoping to receive the Noble Prize and the West’s friendship. Back then, thousands of young Arabs (mainly Palestinians and Syrians, but not only) have either studied in Romania, or were militarily trained here. Nowadays, Romania has an active role as an ally of…