Expats

Founder of Romanian post-communist press dies [Jun 12, 2011] Mihai Carciog, one of the founders of Romania's post-communist free press, who successfully launched newspapers and television stations, has died. He was 70. [via YahooNews] More >>

Mihai Carciog, founder of Romanian post-communist newspapers, TV stations dies [Jun 12, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania - Mihai Carciog, one of the founders of Romania's post-communist free press, who successfully launched newspapers and television stations, has died. He was 70. [via YahooNews] More >>

Blog: UNR student studying in Romania learns about family roots and Dracula and scratches her travel itch [May 25, 2011] Students traveling in Romania pose for a picture at the anti-Communist memorial in Brasov, Romania. In the mountains in the background is the "Brasov" sign, copied from Hollywood. Picture taken by Alex Redei, a student at the University of Nevada, Reno. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's first post-communist agriculture minister dies [Apr 07, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania - Victor Surdu, Romania's first post-communist agriculture minister who remained in politics until his death has died. He was 63. [via YahooNews] More >>

Court rules Romanian politician and media tycoon collaborated with communist-era secret police [Mar 10, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's top court has ruled that a senior politician collaborated with the country's communist-era secret police. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian official ousted for ties to Communist-era security agency [Dec 31, 2010] Bucharest - Revelations of historical ties to Romania's Communist-era secret service agency Securitate forced the economics advisor to the nation's president to step down Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Spy fears drove Nobel laureate to proofread in forest (Gulf Times) [Mar 21, 2010] Nobel literature prize winner Herta Mueller used to meet her German proof-reader in the forest to hide from Romania?s Securitate communist secret police, she told readers at the Leipzig Book Fair, which ended yesterday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Spy fears drove Nobel laureate to proofread in forest (EARTHtimes.org) [Mar 21, 2010] Leipzig - Nobel literature prize winner Herta Mueller used to meet her German proof-reader in the forest to hide from Romania's Securitate communist secret police, she told readers at the Leipzig Book Fair, which ends Sunday.... [via YahooNews] More >>