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 a Finnish…
Author: Fatca Pop
Fatca Pop is a dreamer, adventurer, cook, and blogger. Fatca was a hairdresser, company secretary, and teacher.
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), and their…
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 want a…
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. Well, allegedly,…
Are international students being sold fake promises?
With changing demographics, a lot of Universities are facing falling numbers. And private organizations are partnering with universities. When it becomes about the money, sometimes even an educational institution will prioritise quantity…
UBV (not UBB) recruiting students
If you stood by the bus stops in Cluj Napoca recently, you might have noticed two things. One, is that despite the no smoking signs, tobacco is still on sale right by…
helen Keller’s letter to Cluj
Letters to Kolozsvar Before Cluj was Cluj, it went by other names. When Hellen Keller was alive, the town was widely known as Kolozsvar. Keller was very popular here, and she communicated…
Historic names of Cluj
The Burgermeister was once offended By Cluj being called Klausenburg. “Bizza!” he complained, in 1904. “Bizza! Zurüd! Es gibt fein Klausenburg in Ungard. Der offizielle und historische Name is Kolozsvar. Bitte nach…
Events you missed this summer
We all know about Untold, Electric Castle, and TIFF film festival. But there is more to Cluj-Napoca and Transylvania than just three events. In fact, almost every day of summer has something…
TIFF posters feature AI attrocity
Posters promoting the Transylvania International Film Festival for 2025 depict an “audience” enjoying a screening beneath what looks like a futuristic fascist spaceship and accompanied by two robots, with Saint Michael’s church…