By Modeste Schwartz.
Romania - If I borrow the title of this article – adapting it slightly – from one of the more famous quotes of the brilliant Wallachian playwright Ion Luca Caragiale, it is because, lately, even for the most informed observer…
Romania - Alexandru Petria, Romanian poet, prose writer and journalist : “Romania would have everything to gain by joining the Visegrád Group”.
Modeste Schwartz wrote to Alexandru Petria; the two authors are used to be provocative elements on the Romanian internet, and Petria…
By Modeste Schwartz.
Romania - Henceforth sheltered – thanks to the cold – from the competition of country picnics and outdoor barbecues, the Soros galaxy of Romania and other “civil societies” duly infiltrated by the “secret” services can now resume their revolutionary…
By Modeste Schwartz.
Hungary / Romania - Even before the historical defeat suffered by the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP in Hungarian) in 2010, its leader of the 2000s, F. Gyurcsány – a “man of the left” as the IMF likes them: himself…
By Modeste Schwartz.
Romania - Last week the Visegrád Post published the official English translation of an interview given by Viktor Orbán to a small provincial newspaper for Romania’s Hungarian minority (Bihari Napló, i.e. “Bihar Daily”). Those readers less familiar with…
Romania - In his opening speech at the Annual Meeting of the Romanian Diplomacy (held on August 29) Călin P. Tăriceanu, President of the Romanian Senate, politically perceived as the second ranking member of the ruling coalition (after L. Dragnea,…
By Modeste Schwartz.
Hungary/Romania - Viktor Orbán's annual speech in Tusnádfürdő, now widely followed and eagerly anticipated, even by members of the international press, generally contains political professions of faith and strategic road-maps which extend far beyond Magyar-Romanian relations, or those of…
By Modeste Schwartz.
Romania - Last Thursday, as reported by the Romanian news agency Agerpres , the Official Monitor of Romania published the decision by Prime Minister Mihai Tudose (seated on June 29) to appoint the lawyer Gheorghe Piperea as his honorary…
By Modeste Schwartz.
Moldova - In the spring of 2016, several Moldovan civil society organizations proposed and obtained from the government of the Moldovan Republic the formation of a “working group” to reform Moldovan legislation applicable to “non-commercial organizations”, that is to…
By Modeste Schwartz.
The opinions and interpretations expressed in this article are those of its author and do not necessarily reflect the points of view of the redaction.
Romania - In Romania everyone is officially pro-Western. No established political force is challenging the country's membership to NATO,…
By Modeste Schwartz.
The opinions and interpretations expressed in this article are those of its author and do not necessarily reflect the points of view of the redaction.
Romania - After being thoroughly snubbed by the new American administration throughout the festivities of the election and…
By Modeste Schwartz.
Olguţa Vasilescu warns the multinationals
Genesis and prospects of a potential "social-patriot shift" in Romania
Romania - Currently mayor of Craiova (Oltenia) under the aegis of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and as Minister of Labor, Family and Social Protection…