The Observer, in short

Lead article Carmen Musat takes political inventory and finds Romania a small country with many parties, few reliable officials, and plenty of characters who change party, doctrine and discourse with unequalled nonchalance. Politics Bedros Horasangian wonders if we will have a Europe of nations, regions or individuals in the wake of Kosovo’s independence. Ciprian Ciucu argues against taking Kosovo’s secession as the inevitable precedent for Europe’s minority populations. Arina Patrovici compares the situations of Albanians in Kosovo’s and Magyars in Romania. Ioana Paverman takes a look at increasing cultural differences between East and West. Latest Vaerian Sava discusses the importance of the New Romanian Cinema and interviews Catalin Mustata, whose short film O zi buna de plaja (A Good Day for the Beach) won the Golden Bear at the 58th Internationale Filmfestspiele in Berlin, which ran from February 7 through February 17. Iulia Popovici studies this year’s nominees for the Romania Theatre Union (UNITER) awards as per the final list established by Magdalena Boiangiu, Doru Mares and Ion Cocora. The ceremony will take place on April 14. Luminita Gheorghiu writes that for Romanians Latin is an instrument for accessing their own history as well as the Latin-Romanian tradition in the […]