How new tarriff rules could tax expats
A Latvian once told me a joke about a Russian family on vacation. The Russian family went far over the baggage allowance, but somehow everything fit on the plane. When…
Libertatea’s French scandal
Big deal, you say? So, the Romanian newspaper uses a British newspaper to translate French news site. English is an international language. Why not look at the Guardian? Well, we…
Technical University Run – registration deadline tomorrow (friday 7 November)
“Chase the Sun” is a cross country run organized by students at Cluj’s technical university (UTCN). Advertised in Romanian as “Crosul Universitati Tehnice,” the run is nine miles long and…
Expat-owned bakery called “cult” on social media
A Youtube video with nearly ten thousand views, which seems to reference other videos from instagram or bytedance, is calling a local bakery a “Cult.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGGAgRSUq5E The title of the video…
Review: Vecina (Mircea Bravo 4)
Technically, “Vecina” is not a sequel to Mircea Bravo. I mean, the characters seem to be the same, with the same actor playing Bunica, and none of the actors seem…
Things to do on Halloween in Cluj
Go to the movies Sure, you can go to the cinema any day, but on Halloween you can see films at Cinema City for less than 20 lei. Films in…
Romanian businesses will be required to published salary data
I received an email “Salariile devin publice din 2026.” So, why the longer title in English? Well, the email was kind of clickbait. At first, I thought we were entering…
What Romania can learn from Mississippi
Mississippi has traditionally rabked last in literacy in the USA. Perhaps that’s because the state name is so hard to spell (even if it only takes a second to say),…
NFL season starts tommorow, on Voyo
Do you have a streaming service in Romania? The best for sports is normally Digi. But perhaps you don’t use Digi, or you had problems with it, so you just…
Travel disruptions to Britain or France?
If you are planning to go to Britain in the next couple of weeks, prepare for possible disruptions. You might have heard of protests in London planned for September 13th.…