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Post by finsobruce on Dec 13, 2020 8:19:05 GMT
Cluj is a much more pleasant place to visit. I recall an incident from my trip to Cluj back in 1971. Earlier that year Professor Trofin from the English Department of the University of Cluj came to Manchester for a Conference. Tavi, who was one of his students let us know and we made contact and took him out for a meal at the Brocklehurst Arms near Macclesfield. He wanted to return the favour so I went along with Tavi and his mother, for a meal with him and his family in Cluj. We hadn’t been there long when a gypsy women came into the restaurant try to sell flowers. An altercation happened. It was translated for me subsequently to the effect: Buy my flowers. No Why not? I am saving up to buy a car (This could take 5 to 10 years in Romania) Well the car will crash and you will be killed! An authentic Gypsy curse! Apparently, she was known to ‘terrorise’ the city to buy flowers. This is turning into a very entertaining series John, I'm hoping for more stories from this trip. |
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Post by yellowperil on Dec 13, 2020 10:30:57 GMT
I can't offer much to this thread as I have minimal knowledge of Romanian politics and have never actually been to Romania. However I did get to know one Romanian quite well, when we appointed to the role of Chief Executive of Ashford Borough a man whose previous experience in a similar role was for the city of Brasov. It was a courageous appointment, very much in the Sir Humphrey sense- after all, it was that long after the fall of Ceausescu and immediately after the advent of Romania to the EU. He was a lovely man, brimful of new ideas because he wasn't stuck in the ways of the English local government machine, bur one wondered a bit about his past, and just occasionally he didnt quite understand English idioms. The opposition had a field day.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Dec 22, 2020 19:16:27 GMT
Iohannis has proposed the sitting minister of Public Finance, Florian Citu, as the next prime minister. Also a PNL figure. Somewhat bizarrely, he's a former economist of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
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Post by Georg Ebner on Jun 23, 2024 0:34:31 GMT
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Post by Georg Ebner on Jun 23, 2024 0:34:53 GMT
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Post by tomc on Jun 28, 2024 15:57:07 GMT
Amusingly enough I've just had an ad on the forum for George Siminon who seems to be a candidate for the Romanian Presidency. Fractionally more relevant than the muslim dating sites I'm generally offered.
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