Last week the political crisis in Romania truly escalated. A few weeks ago I posted a general introduction on the nature of politics in Romania and the fight between President Basescu and PM Tariceanu. Now, President Basescu is suspended from office and there will be a referendum on May 19 (unusual for elections: a Saturday [...]

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Securitatea and CEU

by Kosmopolit in Eastern Europe

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Thanks to Evgeny, I came across this story about Sorin Antohi. I am sure, some of you have read stuff written by him, so you might be interested in that: The immediate cause of Antohi’s exit was a line on that CV which claimed he received a Ph.D. in History from the University of Iaşi [...]

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