The Observer, in short

Lead article Doina Ioanid has strong words for former President Ion Iliescu, who announced this week that he had nothing to do with the mineriad of 1990. Politics Ciprian Ciucu looks askance at former President Iliescu’s reaction to questions about the mineriad. Bedros Horasangian discusses the election of Romanian representatives to the European Parliament on September 25. Latest Ovidiu Simonca puts Metropolitan Bishop Nicolae Corneanu’s collaboration with Securitate in context. Debate The Observer publishes three articles that analyze the link between the arts and recent history. Paul Cernat covers literature, Mihai Fulger film and Iulia Popovici theatre. Education The Observer publishes a summary of the Romanian Academic Society’s report on education. The report is part of the Education for Europe project. Liviu Carbuneanu comments on the report’s relevance to the project’s goal, “A Competitive Education for a Competitive Society.