Romanian Journalism

Crap newspapers, now in 3D

by Craig Turp September 13, 2010 Bucharest

 We are not huge fans of 3D films. We know they are all the rage, but we can’t help thinking that they are just a bit of a waste of time. By making a film in 3D you are basically admitting that the film is not good enough to carry its audience on its merits [...]

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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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It’s a miracle!

by Craig Turp April 4, 2010 Romania

 After not a few years in Romania, it never strikes us as anything except astonishing how television news bulletins in this country report religious events. This morning, for example, the top story on all channels is that Christ Has Risen. That some people clearly believe that he has is not the issue: good luck to [...]

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Ever heard of market forces?

by Craig Turp March 29, 2010 Bucharest

 We caught the fag end of a debate about occupancy rates in Romania’s hotels and pensions yesterday afternoon, a debate held on the – in our opinion – rapidly deteriorating Realitatea TV news channel. (Given that we consider the standard of reporting on Realitatea to never have been all that good, you can imagine how [...]

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Lateral Thinking

by Craig Turp February 8, 2010 Bucharest

 Romania specialises in many things; hairdressers, stray dogs and good, cheap, reliable motor cars are just three things that immediately spring to mind. Another niche Romania has made its own is in broadcasting; namely, The Television Sports Channel That Shows No Sport Of Any Kind niche. Instead of sport, which of course costs money, these [...]

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Decat O Revista; In defence of Bucharest

by Craig Turp November 26, 2009 Bucharest

 As a few of you may or may not know, two weekends ago a magazine called Decat O Revista was quietly launched to the world. It’s not your standard magazine. Very much a one-off (hence the name) it will only appear again if a brave entrepeneur picks up the idea (to create a genuinely independent, [...]

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The Sudden Death of Piata Vitan

by Craig Turp October 6, 2009 Bucharest

 We live in the Bucharest district of Vitan. Very much unloved, and by no means the most salubrious part of Romania’s capital it nevertheless serves as home, and we kind of like it. Close to the city centre it is blessed with decent transport links, and, as it is close to the school our son [...]

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