Category Archives: People
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Nadia at… well, ageless.
“Don’t pray for an easy life. Pray to be a strong person.” Nadia Comaneci Happy Birthday, Nadia!
The Deer
With the Champions League final approaching, here’s a nostalgic look back to history: “Only 25 men have ever played in and won a European Cup final for an eastern European team. Miodrag Belodedici is two of them. The Romanian libero, known as “the Deer” because of the elegance of his play, became the first player [...]
3 days of happiness
“There are like 875.345 festivals in your neighborhood. Why should you go on a long journey for a Festival in a Romanian village?” Good point. Here’s a reason: the “3 days of happiness” festival. The kind of spontaneous initiative which can grow into something, if not big, at least very nice. The festival doesn’t have [...]
The color of hay
They still publish lush photography books, even if it sometimes takes 10 years to publish them. Kathleen McLaughlin’s “The Color of Hay” depicts people and their lives in a region called Maramureş, in Northern Transylvania. The book “is a culmination of 10 years of hard work and the result is a beautifully designed and printed [...]
The Art of Flight
Canada, Patagonia, Alaska, Romania, Wyoming, Austria. A select group for Romania to be part of as a destination for the Art of Flight 2011. Click on the picture below to watch the trailer:
Romanians got talent… in Norway
The show “… got talent” (“…” standing for any nation) got to Romania as well, but on that some other time. Right now introducing Bogdan Ota, a Romanian copying machine carrier pianist showing up at the “Norwegians got talent” show. Enjoy.
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