Andrei Neculau

This was nothing. Wait ’til you hear this! (English transcript follows)

The title is a little joke around the way Romanians from Trasilvania (Ardeal) nickname the Bucharest people. While the first word, with the accent on the first syllable, means mythical, the later has a connotation of small, rude and disgraceful. Anyone knows the origin?! I’d assume the origin is still mythical but in an ironic [...]

* update 2008-05-31: added more videos (clips)
The transition from Communism to Capitalism is always going to give birth to some monsters.
And there will always be a majority that gains nothing in the short-term out of this transition. Needless to say, some will loose. Well-being is something that is mostly transferable and only rarely created.
The majority [...]

*updated 2008-05-30: added videos
June 1st, 2008 will be the 5th time when Romanians will go to vote to choose their county mayorship after the ‘90 Revolution. Explanation for Romanian Mayorship: the Mayor and the General Council will share their duties in the most horrible way.
So here we are, 18 years away from the communist regime.
The [...]