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Foreword Bucharest is safe no longer A vicious, cowardly attack leads us to reconsider our personal security Read more >>> | Opinion Learning Hungarian Romania and Hungary have been hit hard by the global financial crisis, but now only Hungary can look to the future with confidence Read more >>> | From the West Coast Tract homes after peak oil Just as the Soviet-style apartment block is a feature of urban Romania, tract homes are a feature of modern America. Read more >>> |
Postcard from Lisbon
Christopher Lawson takes readers on a guided tour of Portugal's capital
Written by: Christopher Lawson - Posted: 20|01|2010 [Comments: 2]
American IdleWhich way to the voting booth?
Can we take Val Kilmer seriously when he says he's considering running to be governor of New Mexico?
Written by: Toby Smith - Posted: 20|01|2010
HealthLife is good?
Young Romanian doctor, Raluca Andrei, kicks off a new column on the trials, tribulations and frustrations of life inside Romania's medical system
Written by: Raluca Andrei - Posted: 15|01|2010
Vivid Film
Maya Lin - Unchopping a Tree from What is Missing? Foundation on Vimeo.
Travel and TourismUrlati - the hidden secret of Prahova
Friedrich Niemann discusses Urlati, a village where several stately homes provide respite from the hustle and bustle of Bucharest
Written by: Friedrich Niemann - Posted: 28|12|2009 [Comments: 1]
Diary The 2009 Vivid Baby Diaries The Baby Diaries, a festive Vivid tradition, seeks the views of some of our younger readers Read more >>> | Vivid Questionnaire Denisa Iancu Denisa Iancu spent many of her formative years in New York and New Jersey, but now lives and works in Bucharest, where she is a vascular surgeon, performing operations such as varicose veins removals Read more >>> | Your Health "Train inside, then get outside" Michelle Dietrich explains how World Class is bringing new meaning to fitness training through its mountain biking events Read more >>> |
Going with the flow
In times of crisis, many companies are dropping their prices just to keep cashflow ticking over. When the recession is behind us, how will partners react to having the older, higher pricing restored?
Written by: Ray Breden - Posted: 21|12|2009
SportSporting chances
Romania already has its next sporting superheroes, but sometimes the hardest thing to see is right in front of your eyes
Written by: Andrew Begg - Posted: 11|12|2009 [Comments: 1]
FeatureCambodian journal - part 1
Alexandra Tinjala recently returned from teaching children in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to speak English. This is Part One of her journal
Written by: Alexandra Tinjala - Posted: 10|12|2009
ForewordBucharest is safe no longer
A vicious, cowardly attack leads us to reconsider our personal security
Written by: Andrew Begg - Posted: 07|12|2009 [Comments: 5]
DiaryThe 2009 Vivid Baby Diaries
The Baby Diaries, a festive Vivid tradition, seeks the views of some of our younger readers
Written by: Miles Baran-Candrea, Stephanie Maia Bloom, Zacharias Mark Phillips and Anastasia Melnic - Posted: 04|12|2009
American IdleDeep panned supreme leader
Toby Smith intends to transform his garage into an appreciation society for North Korea's President Kim Jong-Il - if his wife will let him
Written by: Toby Smith - Posted: 03|12|2009
People in the NewsElections, emissions and differing positions
Good news for environmentalist activists, Unirea Urziceni fans, cricket enthusiasts and eurozone countries, and bad news for Traian Basescu, Romanian car retailers, Bucharest commuters and Silvio Berlusconi
Written by: - Posted: 27|11|2009
BooksGaming the play
Andrew Begg reviews Bogdan Tiganov's The Wooden Tongue Speaks, Joseph O'Neill's Netherland, Kenneth Kelley's Working Class Diplomat and Ian Botham's Head On
Written by: Andrew Begg - Posted: 23|11|2009
IrregularsA Romanian view of Americans abroad
Jim Rosapepe, who was US ambassador to Romania between January 1998 and February 2001, and his wife Sheilah Kast, have written Dracula is Dead, a book which primarily records their impressions of Romania during their time here. Some excerpts:
Written by: Jim Rosapepe and Sheilah Kast - Posted: 13|11|2009 [Comments: 1]
OpinionThere is a light
At the recent Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum, Cristina Dragomirescu Duschek sees Dinu Patriciu, Romania's richest man, walking head and shoulders above leading politicians
Written by: Cristina Dragomirescu Duschek - Posted: 10|11|2009
MusicRecent Romanian recordings
Joel Crotty reviews some recent releases by Romanian musicians: Dan Dediu, Catalina Butcaru and Dora Cojocaru
Written by: Joel Crotty - Posted: 29|10|2009
FictionA Taste of Old Times
Romanians' attitudes, mores and foibles are on display when friends and family are brought together for a meal, as Monica Wolfe Murray sharply observes
Written by: Monica Wolfe Murray - Posted: 26|10|2009 [Comments: 1]
Travel and TourismOh, to go to Moscow, to Moscow!*
Vivid's eminently qualified hospitality writer Friedrich Niemann finds that whenever he visits Moscow it is barely recognisable from the last time he was there
Written by: Friedrich Niemann - Posted: 22|10|2009
In Search of ExcellenceEmotional rescue
Why emotional advertising messages beat rational ones, even in times of crisis
Written by: Peter Jansen - Posted: 19|10|2009
OpinionWorse than predicted
The Boc government's attempts at handling the challenges of the global financial crisis have summarily failed, says Andrew Taylor, and the worst hit sector of its policies has been small and medium-sized enterprises
Written by: Andrew Taylor - Posted: 15|10|2009
Economics and BusinessTaxing times
The budget deficit is blowing out, so the government must clamp down on the black economy and those who are not paying their taxes, but how?
Written by: Ray Breden - Posted: 11|10|2009
People in the NewsKnives in the water, birds on the wire
Good news for Pacific ocean sharks, Romania’s women’s handball team, Geelong supporters and residents of Rio de Janiero, and bad news for Phizer, Toyota, Roman Polanski and Renault’s Formula One team
Written by: - Posted: 06|10|2009
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Urlati - the hidden secret of Prahova
Travel and TourismFriedrich Niemann discusses Urlati, a village where several stately homes provide respite from the hustle and bustle of Bucharest
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