The Wavering Fate of a Communist Jewel: from Casa Scânteii to Casa Presei Libere
Which “little Paris” on Earth features a hefty piece of Moscow? Only Bucharest can really claim that status.
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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 4, 20224 min read
Same meaning, different perceptions: the trick about synonyms in Romanian
... even words that have the same meaning, strictly semantically speaking, carry very different nuances and connotations, elicit very differ
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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 3, 20222 min read
“She drew beauty from anything she did and spread it around her”. Maria Rosetti’s gifts to Romania
Romanian by choice. Revolutionary leader. Mother. Writer. Activist. Who said Romanian girls and women today didn’t have role models worth em
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Ilinca Stroe
May 3, 20223 min read
Bucharest’s erstwhile hub of social glamour: the story of Palatul Suțu
At night, it’s spellbinding. Its moonlit front yard, with its fine wrought iron gates and marquee, its interior resembling a drawing by...
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Ilinca Stroe
Mar 16, 20223 min read
Minority Profile: Who Are the Romanian Ukrainians?
At present, they are Romania’s third largest ethnic minority, after the Hungarians and the Roma, making up 0.3% of the country’s total popul
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Ilinca Stroe
Feb 4, 20223 min read
One word and beyond: 8 common Romanian phrases with “ba”
... that word is the Romanian equivalent of English “nay”. It has two letters, and you’ll hear quite a bit of it around:
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Ilinca Stroe
Jan 5, 20224 min read
Romania’s “Queen of the Heights”: How Smaranda Brăescu Made It in a Man’s World
Smaranda Brăescu (1897-1948) had the dream of flying at a time when her country barely guaranteed any civil rights for women. So when in
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Ilinca Stroe
Nov 9, 20214 min read
Stupidity Seen by Wisdom. 15 Romanian Proverbs about Fools and Foolishness
Whatever other peoples’ relationship with stupidity, the Romanians’ is special. Stupidity has us almost in awe. An everyday fact in our life
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Ilinca Stroe
Sep 20, 20215 min read
Arsenie Boca: Meeting the Romanians’ Need for Miracles
Was it “his extraordinary will, his formidable memory, his being such a hard worker, his out of the ordinary
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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 13, 20214 min read
What Is It that Makes the Romanians Special? 4 Propositions
What are the typical characteristics of the Romanians? The special qualities that set them apart from other peoples? The answer depends on w
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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 18, 20216 min read
Veronica Micle and Mihai Eminescu: the Love that Fed Romania’s Finest Poetry
Sexist as it may possibly be deep down, had there not been a Veronica Micle, there might not have been a Mihai Eminescu, either.
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Ilinca Stroe
Apr 12, 20216 min read
Elena Lupescu: A Femme Fatale to Interwar Romania
When it comes to the most hated women in the history of Romania, she probably comes second only to the other greatly loathed Elena,...
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Ilinca Stroe
Feb 12, 20214 min read
Romania’s Genders: What the Romanian Nouns Imply
probably the most fascinating thing about gender in different languages is the relationship between natural gender and grammatical gender.
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Ilinca Stroe
Dec 9, 20205 min read
Standing out in the World: 5 Out of the Ordinary Things about Romania
The European Union’s sixth largest country after Brexit and one of Europe’s most important agricultural producers, Romania inherited from...
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Ilinca Stroe
Oct 7, 20204 min read
Romanian Sarcasm: The Case in Point of 9 Turkish loanwords
However, linguistically the Romanian language was remarkably welcoming of Turkish-origin words, which have been around for long enough to pe
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Ilinca Stroe
Sep 15, 20203 min read
The Psychology of the Romanian People: A Rough Collective Portrait
On the one hand, our high potential for cognitive and emotional intelligence, for creativity and learning is comparable to that of the Briti
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Ilinca Stroe
Aug 8, 20204 min read
Fighting Against the Tide of History: Elisabeta Rizea, the Anti-communist Woman Partisan
A graduate of barely secondary school, Romanian history nowadays pays homage to her as the female symbol of anti-communist resistance
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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 4, 20204 min read
Romanian Moods: The Legacy of the Phanar in 8 Colloquial Words
These words of Neo-Greek origin can be circumscribed to the area of moods, attitudes and dispositions, and today they are all used in the fa
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Ilinca Stroe
May 28, 20204 min read
Anghel Saligny: The Unspectacular Decency of an Engineering Star
as you near Cernavodă, the fine, slender shape of a steel bridge is coming to view, slightly reminiscent of the Eiffel Tower metal lacework
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Ilinca Stroe
May 6, 20204 min read
A Peek into Romania’s Soul: 8 Quasi-untranslatable Romanian Words
But any (good) translation is inherently an approximation and an adaptation. Hence the adage “traduttore, traditore”. There are words whose
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