Eight reasons why children are turning against online sharing – a text version of webshow the Red Couch Kids’ demand for online privacy will shake up the Internet in the next decade. The era of data sharing will be over and children are leading this revolution. Stats backs this up. Only 11 per cent of […]
Racism is widespread through all major Romanian political parties – so there is no need for a far right movement to emerge. A feature written with Stefan Candea and published in EU Observer Snow, wind and sub-zero temperatures descended on Romania in February, gridlocking the roads, isolating villages, killing pensioners and causing panic […]
“A girl came to us who was sexually abused and she wouldn’t talk about it – but she came to the dog and talked to the dog about what happened – not caring that the adult was listening, but the relationship was with the dog and the dog was her confidant. A lot of issues […]
A report on the EU elections in May 2014, written with Stefan Candea and published in EU Observer Clientism, nepotism and corruption scandals among Romanian MEPs are set to contribute to a predicted record low turnout for the nation’s European elections. Romania’s leading parties are drawing up lists of MEP candidates which, with some exceptions, […]
Bugs! Depravity! Bodily fluids! Experiencing romance and nightmare on the overnight train linking Romania and Moldova – a travel blog published in The Black Sea The means of transport to Moldova from the west are limited. There are expensive flights and overcrowded buses, but for those looking for a retro-chic experience of real travel, there […]
The Day We Fight Back campaign against America’s surveillance of your email traffic and telephone has good intentions – but it’s not fun, people aren’t talking about it and it’s too techie. What can be done to make people take this issue seriously? An episode of webshow the Red Couch.
Breaking free of crime and opiate addiction in Moldova’s frozen conflict zone of Transnistria needed a cocktail of spiritual and psychological aid for ex-fighter Yuri – a feature published in The Black Sea A former amateur boxer and soldier, 42 year-old Yuri, is reminiscing about his veins. Once they were raised and prominent, like those of a […]
Paralyzed by legal highs, wedding singer Ciobi was alone, jobless, living on the streets of Bucharest, his body collapsing – until he took up popping, locking and breaking – a feature from The Black Sea In south-central Bucharest, 43 year-old Ciobi is standing by the water cooler upstairs in a ramshackle villa housing Italian charity Parada, which […]
A comment piece in reaction to the hate and love against Romania in the British press, published in Romanian on contributors.ro If you believe The Daily Mail, all Romanians are benefit frauds, pickpockets and secret millionaires of a specific minority and Romania is a country of mud-huts, sick horses, starving dogs and gated palaces of […]
Injectable codeine-based drug Krokodil is raging across Georgia – an exclusive investigation and photo-gallery of users as they cook the killer mix at home, published in The Black Sea and in Business Insider (USA), Andrei Rylkov Foundation (Russia), Druglink (UK in February 2014) and Szuperblog (Hungary). Home-based chemistry: a DIY coffee-table fire for mixing Krokodil Trees are poised to blossom along rows of […]
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