Anti-Romanian Superbowl ad
Is someone gonna sue those guys from Audi for this overtly anti-Romanian intimidation campaign?
Born to win, played to charm
“I was born to win, not to exist.” Happy birthday, Gheorghe Hagi!
The Analyst, with Capital A
Horațiu Dediu (Horace for the pronounciation-challenged), a Romanian blogger, was named the world’s best analyst covering Apple for the second consecutive year, topping legions of investment bankers wrestling with the subject every day. ““Public information to me are secrets in plain sight”, Apple analyst and Asymco.com blogger Horace Dediu told me last week. “Private information [...]
From the natural world
A Romanian photo was selected among the best 50 photos from the natural world by boston.com. It shows a bird in flight over a Danube Delta canal. (UNESCO world heritage landscape) Congratulations, Daniel Mihăilescu! The entire series is worth a look. Or more. Here – enjoy. And thanks V. for the link.
First Knight
George Iacobescu is the first Romanian Sir. “Romanian businessman George Iacobescu, president and executive director of the Canary Wharf has been named a Knight Bachelor in UK, according to Romania’s Embassy to London. The has been given the title for contribution to charity, to the community and the financial services industry. He is the first [...]
Frosty Christmas at the ice hotel
We wish you a merry Christmas, cold outside, but warm at heart! On that note, BBC just announced the opening of Romania’s first ice hotel, on Christmas Day. It’s located at Bâlea Lac, a superb glaciar lake at 2000m above sea level in the heart of the Carpathian Mountains, around midway through the Transfăgărășan, the [...]
Wiki loves Romanian monuments
“Wiki loves monuments” is a photography contest organized by the Wikimedia foundation. It “started in 2010 as a photo competition in one country (Netherlands) and turned into a European competition in 2011. 18 countries participated in the organization and over 165.000 photos were contributed by over 5000 (mostly new) users. Of these 160.000 photos 169 [...]
A different agenda
Moin Khan, a 24 years old Pakistani, is on his way from San Francisco to Lahore, on his (sports!) motorcycle. Unnerved by the overwhelmingly negative bias his home country “enjoys” in international news, he decided to undertake this journey to show the world that not all Pakistani are terrorists (we hear you, mate ). After [...]
Small country, great people
Graffitti BBDO launched a country image campaign, smarter than most seen so far. The only thing to pick on (if you’re really really picky) would be that it’s not that small of a country in the European context – 7th in the European Union in terms of population and 9th largest in area, out of [...]
Nadia at… well, ageless.
“Don’t pray for an easy life. Pray to be a strong person.” Nadia Comaneci Happy Birthday, Nadia!
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