Bulgaria and Romania Offer Cheapest Skiing Holidays in Europe and North America
21 January 2010 Romania and Bulgaria are the two skiing destination where holidaymakers’ budgets will go furthest, according to the Post Office Travel Services Ski Resort Report 2009, which surveyed 14 ski resorts across Europe and North America. The cost of skiing in Europe on the whole is one the rise, but Eastern Europe continues […]
En Roumanie, le chef de la gauche, battu a la presidentielle, se dit victime de „sorcellerie”
L’episode est digne de la serie „X-Files”. Depuis la mi-janvier le paranormal a envahi la vie politique roumaine. Mircea Geoana, le president du Parti social-democrate, principale force d’opposition en Roumanie et candidat battu de peu a l’election presidentielle du 6 decembre 2009, a une vision particuliere de sa defaite. Il accuse le president Traian Basescu, […]
[PR] Webb slung for Spider-Man reboot
A NEW WEBB FOR SPIDER-MAN™ Marc Webb Chosen To Direct Next Chapter of the Acclaimed Series -Spider-Man to Climb into Theaters in Summer, 2012 – CULVER CITY, Calif., January , 2010 – Marc Webb, the director of the Golden Globe nominated Best Picture (500) Days of Summer, will direct the next chapter in the Spider-Man […]
‘Infiltrators . . . pull us towards the Third World’ – By: Mark Krikorian
When I posted this item implicitly complimenting Israel for expanding its fencing on the Sinai border, several readers objected saying it was just terrorists they wanted to keep out and I was a dolt for not understanding the difference between Hamas killers and Mexican busboys. Well . . . tell Bibi that : „Infiltrators cause […]
BUCAREST EN BREF – FMI, politique, economie, societe & Haiti
Le chef de la mission du Fonds monetaire international (FMI) en Roumanie, Jeffrey Francks, arrive mercredi pour evaluer la situation du pays et statuer sur le deblocage du pret et le versement des deux prochaines tranches de lemprunt de 20 milliards deuros, a declare hier que ce versement dependrait des rencontres des prochains jours (la […]
Levski Sofia sells Brazilian winger Ze Soares to Metalurh Donetsk
Ukrainian side Metalurh Donetsk have signed Brazilian attacking winger Ze Soares from Levski Sofia FC for 400 000 euro on January 15, Dnevnik daily reported. Ze Soares has agreed personal terms with his new club. This deal has been in the works since November 2009, when Levski owner Todor Batkov said that the player was […]
Fiat 500 celebrates second anniversary
Fiat has been celebrating the second anniversary of the UK launch of its popular 500 city car with a private ‘gallery’ viewing and reception at its flagship dealer, Fiat Marylebone. The London dealership marked the special occasion with a unique collection of special edition Fiat 500 models from around the world. The Fiat Marylebone showroom […]
Europa League preview
The Europe League is back in February and the draw has produced a number of mouth watering ties. The competition is enhanced by two of the great clubs of European club football dropping down from the Champions League adding top quality players and the potential for a number of classic matches in the latter stages. […]
BUCAREST EN BREF – Budget, justice, sante, medias & societe
Les parlementaires ont debute hier lexamen du budget 2010. Les liberaux et les sociaux-democrates ont dores et deja annonce quils nallaient pas voter le projet de loi, meme si certains des amendements quils avaient proposes ont ete acceptes. Ils sopposent notamment au non-alignement des retraites sur linflation et a la non-augmentation de la valeur des […]
BUCAREST EN BREF – Justice, Moldavie, corruption, economie & finances
Le dissident anti-communiste Vasile Paraschiv ne recevra aucune compensation de la part de lEtat roumain pour les tortures quil a endurees durant le regime de Nicolae Ceausescu. La decision a ete prise hier par les magistrats de la Cour supreme de Roumanie. Ils ont ainsi rejete definitivement lappel fait par lune des figures de la dissidence […]
