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In Retrospect: Romania’s Role in the Prague Spring of 1968 and Subsequent Relations with the USSR

PART 2 by GEORGIA MIRICA Already feeling threatened, the leadership of Romania felt that the military invasion of Czechoslovakia could set a dangerous precedent, feeling themselves targeted in particular: “The regime interpreted as a clear warning the enunciation of the Brezhnev Doctrine–the concept articulated by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev that the protection of socialism inContinueContinue reading “In Retrospect: Romania’s Role in the Prague Spring of 1968 and Subsequent Relations with the USSR”

In Retrospect: Romania’s Role in the Prague Spring of 1968 and Subsequent Relations with the USSR

PART 1 BY GEORGIA MIRICA Prague Spring refers to a short-lived period of liberalization in the history of communist Czechoslovakia, under the leadership of a newly-elected First Secretary of the Communist Party, Alexander Dubcek. The reform program proposed in April 1968 included granting Slovakia autonomy, providing rehabilitation to citizens that had been victims of severeContinueContinue reading “In Retrospect: Romania’s Role in the Prague Spring of 1968 and Subsequent Relations with the USSR”

CASE STUDY: Child Abuse in Romania

Romania needs governmental transparency, effective policy making, and an educational system that encourages its youth to stay in school. Unfortunately, it is not the only one.

Mihai Eminescu – a Romanian genius

*celebrating our national poet* by Denisa Stan Mihai EminescuYou live in your sphere’s narrownessAnd luck rules over you -But in my steady world I feelEternal, cold and true! From the first years we spend in the educational system and till we finish school, we are told about Eminescu in the most praiseworthy, but also withContinueContinue reading “Mihai Eminescu – a Romanian genius”

remembering 1989 through photographs

*special edition* Celebrating 30 years of Freedom ! not advised for younger readers ! One of the most iconic pictures of the Revolution. 30 years ago, Romania was still led by Ceausescu and controlled by his communist rule. With “Securitate” (private communist force) members at every corner, fear had been dominating the state for decades.ContinueContinue reading “remembering 1989 through photographs”