Drug users in Moldova are losing their jaws to fatal intoxicant Vint, an injectable cocktail extracted from cold-and-flu relief tablets. An investigation published on new in-depth reporting website The Black Sea – http://www.theblacksea.eu/index.php?idT=88&idC=88&idRec=1123&recType=story “You have to keep moving,” says 28 year-old Dmitri Ivko, an engineering graduate in Chisinau, Moldova. “You have a lot of […]
Category Archives: Comment
Opinion pieces with a satirical edge from 2012 onward
An English version of a comment piece published here in Romania’s top news and opinion website, Hotnews: http://www.contributors.ro/editorial/zece-motive-pentru-care-propunerea-romaniei-de-a-ucide-in-masa-milioane-de-caini-nu-va-functiona-si-doua-motive-pentru-care-s-ar-putea-sa-functioneze/ No one wants dogs on the streets in Romania. In a country with up to two million loose canines, no one is standing on a pedestal in the centre of Bucharest shouting We Want More Dogs! We […]
A satirical webshow on Internet freedom and security. This week how writing about Richard Gere and a gerbil in the same email could sentence you to three years in a Chinese gulag and an exclusive interview with a mass-murdering terrorist scum on their preferred email provider. Written and presented by myself and directed by Alex […]
An English version of an article on the Rosia Montana mining project, Romanian version here: http://www.contributors.ro/editorial/ce-se-intampla-daca-protestatarii-castiga-impotriva-proiectului-minier-de-la-rosia-montana-se-duc-acasa-sau-raman-pe-strazi-inarmati-cu-sticle-de-plastic-si-pompe-de-bicicleta/ On 8 September, the protest in Bucharest against the multibillion-dollar Rosia Montana gold-mining project in Transylvania was reaching the city’s central business district of Piata Victoriei, home of the Government assembly. I raced to be at the head of […]
An English version of a comment piece published online in Romanian on Hotnews http://www.contributors.ro/editorial/rosia-montana-o-revolta-a-diferentelor-dintre-tineri-si-batrani/ This article gained over 7,000 visitors and more than 1,100 likes on Facebook. When I was in my 20s in London, protesting was the only way we could engage in the political process of our country. Yes it was fashionable to […]
An article published on the September protests against a proposed gold mining project in the Apuseni mountains, Romania on Hotnews. This was one of the first pieces of reportage published directly from the massive demonstration. Below it’s in English and the link here in Romanian: http://www.contributors.ro/reactie-rapida/salvarea-rosiei-montane-nu-mai-are-legatura-doar-cu-rosia-montana-e-o-miscare-ecologica-anti-elita-axata-pe-dragostea-de-tara/ Opposition to the multi-billion Euro mining project of Rosia […]
This edition of the web-show on Internet freedom and security rates your value online, investigates spies on Twitter and asks: is Gmail safe? Directed and conceived by Alex Ulmanu and written, researched and presented by myself. Available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tGSe1h4S6I
A satirical web-show on Internet freedom and security, taking a swipe at the US Government’s targeting of nerds, Obama’s justification for spying and how parents violate kids’ rights online. Directed and conceived by Alex Ulmanu and written, researched and presented by myself. It’s developing, we believe. Available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vipI2ftez7o
A satirical web-show on Internet freedom and security, high on invective, which I researched, wrote and presented. Directed and conceived by Alex Ulmanu. It’s rough, but promising, we think – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5MvwNv8aXs
A feature on the rise in HIV in Romania among drug users published in UK charity Drugscope’s magazine Druglink in March/April 2013 http://www.drugscope.org.uk/publications In Romania, following a switch from heroin to legal highs among injecting drug users, new cases of HIV have boomed By Michael Bird Cristi is dressed in a baseball cap, with holes […]
Michael Bird Writer & Journalist 