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Romania, or how the state does business with the state

Not since Iliescu’s miners stormed the capital and savaged protesters calling for democratic reforms in 1990 did Romania manage to receive such negative attention from Western media. The dubious methods used by the USL (the s...
by Tiberiu Dodan
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Romania: observing modern feudalism. Part one: the nobility

In modern Europe, we believe that feudal practices have been entirely eradicated and that modern democratic republican regimes are the sole source of state authority. By Republic, we refer to a system of government that is a pu...
by Tiberiu Dodan
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Romania: observing modern feudalism. Part two: the clergy

On the 29th of July, a referendum was held in Romania regarding the removal from office of President Traian Basescu. This is the second attempt of the ‘Social-Liberal’ alliance (USL) to get rid of Basescu, and it has specta...
by Tiberiu Dodan
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