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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Web & Internet’
That’s us out of business then…
Good, original Romanian start-ups
Talking last week to friends who are far more clued up in the world of technology than we are, Romania was spoken of very highly as a source of both programmers and ideas. The former we knew, the latter… hmmm. Not so sure.
There are successful Romanian start-ups all over the place (Trilulilu, Best Jobs etc.) [...]
A New Low for Romanian Journalism
Sorry to go on, and on, and on, but this defies belief…
For the those who do not know, the headline reads ‘Five Dead at Amsterdam Airport; Adi Mutu Can’t Fly to Amsterdam’. It appears on the website of www.sport.ro, a sports broadcaster, Sport.ro (known as ‘No Sport.ro’ for the fact that it shows very little [...]
Bucharest 1964: A Thousand Thanks to Alex Galmeanu
Don’t know who Alex Galmeanu is, but he has a blog, and a site, which deserve your urgent attention. If I ever meet him I will shake his hand and buy him a drink: these photos of Bucharest in 1964 are (probably quite literally) priceless.
I know not where he got them from (and unless I [...]
Studio Martin & SMS Sp*m
We got an SMS just now, from Club Martin, telling us that Studio Martin has some German DJs playing tonight and tomorrow.
The content of the message is irrelevant: this is spam. We have never signed up to any Studio Martin mailing list. Coming from a club owned and run by some fairly western-looking people who [...]