Many broadcasters have had their budgets cut. Often, this comes at the expense of journalism. As former British Prime Minister (and journalist) Boris Johnson once noted, many journalists today report from an…
Category: opinion
Before you make a social media app…
We heard a conversation between an immigrant and some students, about a Federal Europe. The pro-federalist students mentioned that Europe doesn’t have its own Facebook or big social media companies. The foreigner…
What Foreign visitors tell us about Romanian cuisine…
A foreign visit to Romania shows local food that isn’t traditional. Burgers, kebabs, laiden with fatty and sugary sauces. Eventually, we fall upon mici (miches? Miki?), but they come with a side…
Scientist casts doubt on KFC “Chicken”
A US based scientist compared “chicken” from three major fast food retailers, and found that the chicken from KFC looked the least like real meat. It seems that KFC has the worst…
Romania is not safe from fake news online
Today is April 1st. I would expect to see more fake news than usual. However, I see the same, or even less. We had a couple of prank ideas that we thought…
Will Trump’s son open a golf course in Cluj?
Romania borders a few countries, the most important borders are with Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Hungary. Now, many Romanians consider Moldova a cultural extension of Romania, so we’ll cut that out. …
Is Romania safe to visit?
We normally won’t comment on things like Adonis Live. He is not in Cluj, and his channel brings out his story very clearly, in clear English. Do we really have anything to…
Romania’s pollution is getting worse, and so is obesity
When we read the weather reports, noticed that the air quality in Cluj-Napoca was going down. Then we read a blog for a Romanian travel expert who confirmed our fears. For obesity,…
The genius system of Romanian queueing
If you immigrated to Cluj in the past couple of years, you might be disappointed that the immigration service is in a cold and wet garage, and that you wait outside the…
Mind Days, review
To think of Mind Days, one should compare it to other film festivals in Cluj. I remember the 2021 edition of TIFF film festival. There was an autobiographical film where the filmmaker…