I don’t think you can buy anything with Euros in Romania. (Officially, the plural is Euro in English. But that just sounds wrong and confusing, so I’m saying Euro for the name…
Category: finance
Accountants are right to oppose the “professional monopoly.”
According to Monitorul, a new bill (not yet a law) put forward by “tens” of legislators is being opposed by accountants. I might not agree with the motivation of the accountants, but…
The weakness of online job boards in Cluj
I don’t remember ever getting a job from a job board. In Britain, I remember walking up to the company directly and hand my CV to the recruiter, or, more often, filling…
75% of Romanians earn less than the average wage
You might be a student here, or might be considering moving to Romania. When I was looking at job offers, as a student, I compared the offer to the “average” wage. Also,…
A banana or a donut
Health is often promoted, but then we have the other side. Kaufland is a sponsor of the Color Run in Cluj. We heard there are color runs in other cities throughout the…
Is begging illegal?
In other places you might see signs that say things like: Do not feed the birds, do not feed the pigeons, do not feed the animals at the zoo. But You may…
Scammers targeting British and South Asian expats at immigration
The scammers themselves may be British citizens, or expats. There, we used the word, expats, not foreigners. It’s quicker than saying immigrants or students or expats… and people from India and Britain…
Marketing Genius at Cinema Victoria
Some things get worse as time goes on. Others get better. Over the past five years, Cinema Victoria has somehow improved its marketing strategy. Rather than just have an old film, they…
Is Bosch on the way out?
This article is aimed at four groups of people. 1) University lecturers (especially in engineering) or other trainers of engineers, 2) those who run businesses that create appliances and other machines (including…
Fruit’s origin false: not greek, but Egyptian
Fruit that pretended to be imported from Greece was actually imported from Egypt. These fruit were sold in many supermarkets in Romania, including hypermarkets. Some had been treated with chemicals, past the…