>>Analysis
Part one of Catalin Dimofte's examination of what lies behind the tragedy that was Beslan
>>Election 2004
Mark Percival on the PSD's electoral manifesto
>>Conservation
Andrew Taylor on the canal Ukraine is building
on Romania's doorstep
>>Media
What many newspapers
call investigative reporting,
writes Alex Ulmanu, isn't investigative and it isn't reporting
>>Legal and General
Alina Rosca's words of advice on establishing a Romanian company
>>Foreword
Romania is a country full of vedete
>>Diary
Gabriela Massaci's stream of consciousness on the essence of diaries
>>Vivid
Questionnaire
Surfing and boogying
with Bryan Jardine
>>Interview
Ali Ergun Ergen,
the man in charge of Plaza Romania, Bucharest's new mall
>>Talk,
talk
Ruxandra Gubernat meets Elisabeta Lipa, Romania's most
decorated Olympian
>>Baghdad
journal
There never was a plan
>>Music
Joel Crotty on 'world music'

Politics
Much ado about (almost) nothing
by Andrei Postelnicu
October 2004