Bucharest Life » Bloggers http://www.bucharestlife.net Capital living in Bucharest, Romania Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:18:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Greece, the craddle (sic) of democracy http://www.bucharestlife.net/2010/05/06/athens-the-craddle-of-democracy/ http://www.bucharestlife.net/2010/05/06/athens-the-craddle-of-democracy/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 07:27:33 +0000 Craig Turp http://www.bucharestlife.net/?p=3389

 

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 anyone even taking a quick glance at them?

Even if the said texts are only to be published on blogs?

Like this chap, who thinks Greece is the craddle (sic) of democracy…

Dear oh dear.

More on this alarming subject here.

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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 threw off communism 20 years ago. Some journalists have had hundreds of libel cases lodged against them.

Measures proposed include obliging news organizations to print or broadcast an unedited “right to reply” within three days to anyone offended by an article. If they did not they would risk legal action.

The law also allows for assets owned by the press to be confiscated, destroyed or withdrawn from circulation to pay damages.

Three Romanian groups and the European Federation of Journalists on Tuesday all criticized the draft law as an attack on the press.

“Some of the proposals put forward by the government are simply absurd,” said the federation’s president Arne Koenig.

The legislation proposed by the Justice Ministry last week needs to be approved by lawmakers.

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At last, something quite wonderful about Bucharest on the interweb.

Definitely this week’s Site of the Week…

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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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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 great report from the Guardian, and a wonderful reminder as to how very fragile Le Web actually is.

(No, we were not there. We were in Belfast).

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