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Greece, the craddle (sic) of democracy

by Craig Turp May 6, 2010 Media

 We would never, ever, even dream of writing and publishing anything in Romanian until it had been thoroughly proof read by a Romanian native speaker. It would be an offence against the Romanian language to do so. So why is it that so many Romanians think that they can write and publish English texts without [...]

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That’s us out of business then…

by Craig Turp March 19, 2009 Media

 Romanian media slam plans to curb freedoms The Associated Press Wednesday, March 18, 2009 BUCHAREST, Romania: Media freedom groups criticized Romanian government plans that would allow people to sue for libel on behalf of the dead. The groups said draft legislation would limit press freedoms amid a continuing struggle between journalists and authorities since Romania [...]

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Give this man a medal

by Craig Turp February 4, 2009 Media

 At last, something quite wonderful about Bucharest on the interweb. Definitely this week’s Site of the Week…

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Website of the Week

by Craig Turp January 23, 2009 Media

 Actually, make that website of the month. Of the year. No, ever. Please, visit http://pitzipoanca.org now. If you are not laughing uncontrollably in seconds you can have your money back.

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Le Web Without the Web

by Craig Turp December 17, 2008 Media

 Not sure how many Romanian bloggers made it to Le Web last week, but given that I’ve read nowt on the subject I doubt any were able to stump up the rather steep fee that this ultimate bullshit conference charges. Le Web‘s organisers make Romania’s own fleece merchants, Evensys, look like amateurs. Anyway, here’s a [...]

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NetCamp… Live!

by Craig Turp December 3, 2008 Media

 What could be sadder than paying a shed load of money to go and listen to wafflers talking bollocks all day? We’ll tell you: following events at NetCamp via something called ‘LiveText’ (which basically means you sit in front of a computer pressing the ‘refresh’ button every few minutes). If you are that sad, then [...]

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The Futility of Blogging

by Craig Turp December 1, 2008 Media

 Oh wonderful. Last night, two major exit polls gave the PSD a clear lead over the PD-L in Romania’s election. Bloggers rushed to comment on events, Adrian Ursu on Cotidianul.ro going so far as to say how well the PSD’s machine had worked: ‘the only party to look like a professional political outfit,’ he said. [...]

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