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Earlier this year, Romania was shaken by revelations that elderly and disabled residents at the country's care homes were being beaten, underfed, and neglected. Further investigations have revealed a fundamentally broken system, where care home residents were viewed as mere assets.
'After a year of war, Russia has reached none of the objectives that Vladimir Putin set in his 24 February speech. However, up to this point, none of the sides managed to categorically get the upper hand over the other, and the conclusion of this war depends more and more on the military situation. This was the statement made for Agerpres by political scientist Cristian Parvulescu, one year after the beginning of Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine. As Parvulescu remarked, 'There will be room for negotiations only after military operations conclude, and it depends from what positions these negotiations occur'. As he explained, there are three possible outcomes: 1 – Russia wins; 2 – Ukraine prevails; 3 – None of the sides manages to get the upper hand. This third situation may lead either to a cease fire in the positions that each side holds at the moment of the decision, or a peace that confirms the existing situation on the front lines. The third
Romanian Nationalists Weave Xenophobic Parable From Poaching Death Of Arthur The Bear
May 10, 2021 17:04 GMT
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BUCHAREST Ascendant right-wing populists in Romania have seized on the illegal trophy killing of a brown bear ascribed to Liechtenstein s royal family to blame foreigners as the driving factor in the country s social and economic woes.
Romanians and outside ecological groups were outraged by reports last week that Prince Emanuel a nephew of Liechtenstein s reigning Prince Hans-Adam II who lives in Austria had killed the massive male bear, nicknamed Arthur by researchers, in the Carpathian Mountains in March.
But George Simion, head of the nationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR, which means gold in Romanian) party whose meteoric appearance shook up last year s national elections, skipped the environmental implications to invoke a carefully crafted appeal to patriotism, nationalism, religion, and Romanian gangsta rap.
Romanian Orthodox Church Rejects Calls For Baptism Changes After Baby s Tragic Death
March 04, 2021 10:40 GMT
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BUCHAREST The death of a 6-week-old infant after he was submerged while being baptized has sparked public outrage in Romania and led to calls for the centuries-old rite to be changed.
The drama of the tragic event which has been headline news in Romania for weeks has been quite impersonal, with few details published about the baby or his family. But it has provided a snapshot of the divisions in contemporary Romania.
The influential Romanian Orthodox Church has resisted calls to reform the ceremony and has stayed true to its roots, pitting it against those in Romania who are demanding that some church traditions be altered or modernized as other Christian denominations have done in recent decades.