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The struggle for sports: Romania used to be one of Europe's sports powers during the communist years. Now, the performance achieved in this malfunctioning system is considered a miracle...
The broken government: Daniel Timoce explains how and why Romania's governing coalition broke up
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Agro-dementia: Charles Bell discusses why Romanian farmers are turning their backs on European money
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Review of Domnica Radulescu's debut novel 'Train to Trieste' (Knopf, 305 pp)
Like an oven on fire, with a typewriter and love letters, 'Train to Trieste' is captivating and political. Domnica Radulescu's first novel bursts forward with a novel definition of woman, family, and instantaneous decision.
Mona Maria Maoliu is a protagonist who captivates her readers through sheer boldness and endless adventure.
'I'm running from shadows and jumping at every whisper, every footstep,' contemplates a fiesty woman who is in love during dangerous political divisions.
Family is like an unbending bond throughout this novel, and Radulescu narrates the political tensions that Ceausescu throws upon Bucharest and Romania.
Mr. Manoliu refuses to deny his wife and daughter the very beauty of speech, opinion, and individualism. He is the great patriarch, and yet he teaches a valuable lesson to his daughter.
On the edge of persecution because of political defiance, he frightens Mona Maria and angers his wife; and yet, he teaches his child Dacian words and symbolist poetry.
While Romania nurtures a family and culture, a weary politics supervises with disturbing actions. The reader is drawn into scandal, deception, and a yearning for what is best.
During a continuous relationship with her own existence, Mona Maria never really falls in love with love. Radulescu prompts the reader to ponder existentialism, the blueprints of being, and the connections of those around us.
Furthermore, she reminds her audience about orange moons, spellbinding mountains, mystical mirrors, and where to be daring with words.
Time and space are colonized by Radulescu with fury and femininity. Whether one is pondering the topics of mayhem, abortion, religion, or freedom, there is an empirical element that is unique to this narrative.
The power of now, the necessity of the present, and a woman's decisive intuition explode from every page. When the reader is contemplating the essence of the Carpathian Mountains, or the roots of a very serious earth, a quick lapse between past and future emerges.
What it means to be Romanian, Dacian, American, or a daughter are all questioned within a daunting tale of fierce reasoning.
The movie Katalin Varga (2009, directed by Peter Strickland) tells a troubling story of love, crime, forgiveness, and revenge. Read our news about it here.
For Sale: Dracula's Transylvanian castle
You already know the myth. Now find out the facts about Bran Castle from this short Al Jazeera film. At present, a large number of old Transylvanian castles are waiting for investors pepared to buy them and restore their condition. Read more here.
Too much Krivach won't kill you
A fresh and untypical interpretation of Queen's 'Too much love will kill you' convinced the members of the jury that Razvan Krivach deservs the big trophy at Brasov's 2008 Golden Stag music festival. Read more here, or listen and watch the song below:
Afrim's Attic
They are gross and at the same time funny; they are genuine, but also bold: The characters pictured up by young director Radu Afrim tell something about our own fears, our hopes, and maybe our madness.
Mr Afrim's work has been recently acclaimed at Avignon Off 2008 festival. Find out more here, and watch this short scene from his 'Mansarde à Paris/ Les détours Cioran' recorded by an amateur:
Drama experiments in Transylvania
A walk to the fringes of the possibilities of modern theatre. It's called Man.In.Fest, and it's an international festival of the experimental, the unexplored, and the unimagined theatre.
Read more about the 2008 edition here, and watch a short film about the 2007 edition of Man.In.Fest below:
Review of Domnica Radulescu's debut novel 'Train to Trieste' (Knopf, 305 pp)