Romania is gearing up for local elections on September 24 and mayoral races around the country promise to be full of suspense. Schools are getting ready to re-open too, although the high rate of COVID-19 infections may be a spoiler. That and more in this week’s Romanian Dispatch.
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Romanian Dispatch #2 (August 15-21, 2020)
This is the first official issue of Romanian Dispatch, after we launched our zero issue last week. Thank you for all your positive feedback and congratulatory messages!
Romanian Dispatch will arrive in your mailbox each Saturday morning and provides you with a summary of the main news of the week, highlights particularly important developments and provides context and analysis — from politics to pop culture. Starting in September we will also be offering a weekly podcast.
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Romanian Dispatch #1 (August 8-14, 2020)
This is the zero issue of Romanian Dispatch, a weekly English-language newsletter, and soon also a podcast, about developments in Romania — from politics to pop culture.
Every week we plan to compile the main news of the week, highlight particularly important developments and provide context and analysis.
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Romanian Dispatch #0 (August 1-7, 2020)
The body of Gholamreza Mansouri, a former judge wanted on corruption charges, will be returned from Romania to Iran once coronavirus restrictions have been lifted, Abbas Mousavi, the spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry announced in a press conference on July 13.
Read further in IranWire.
New facts have emerged surrounding the death of the former judge Gholamreza Mansouri, whose body was found in a Bucharest hotel last Friday, June 19. Shortly before the fall inside Hotel Duke, Mansouri had paid for his accommodation and packed his bags, say sources close to the team of investigators. Among his personal belongings, the police found several mobile phones and SIM cards, local media reported.
Today the Bucharest police homicide department continues its investigation into the death of Gholamreza Mansouri, the former judge who was found dead in a Bucharest hotel on the afternoon of Friday, June 19. As part of suspicions surrounding Mansouri’s death, questions have arisen about possible political bias in the investigation, as both Romanian authorities and the Iranian foreign ministry immediately assumed Mansouri committed suicide.
Honderd jaar nadat Transsylvanië aan Roemeens grondgebied werd toegevoegd, is de herinnering aan “Trianon” nog altijd levend in Roemenië. Het land heeft sinds vorige maand maar liefst twee nationale feestdagen om dit voor Roemenen heugelijke feit te vieren. Op 1 december staan ze op de Nationale Dag (Ziua Națională) – ook wel Grote Unie Dag (Ziua Marii Uniri) – stil bij de unificatie van de Roemeense provincies Wallachije, Moldavië en Transsylvanië. Op 13 mei jongstleden nam het parlement een wet aan die van 4 juni de Dag van het Verdrag van Trianon maakt.
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