The outcome of elections in the PSD Congress is the direct effect of the “Orange (r)evolution” in the presidential elections. Adrian Năstase’s electoral failure to Traian Băsescu achieved what appeared to be impossible to achieve: namely, taking Ion Iliescu out of contemporary history by his own party. The April 21 PSD Congress was a strange blend of Communist Party Plenary Session... 

Rezultatele alegerilor de la Congresul PSD sunt efectul direct al “(re)voluţiei portocalii” de la alegerile prezidenţiale. Eşecul electoral înregistrat de Adrian Năstase în faţa lui Traian Băsescu a făcut ca ceea ce părea imposibil să se producă: anume, scoaterea lui Ion Iliescu din istorie de către propriul partid. Congresul PSD de pe 21 aprilie a fost un amestec ciudat... 

I don’t know how many of you remember the story behind this phrase which has been so widely used, that it has become somewhat out of date for quite a while now, although it is sure to come back to life quite soon. But the story has its own significance, one may say, apart from the respective phrase. Reportedly, in the early history of Rome, when the city showed no signed yet that it would grow... 

When speaking about the first years of World War 2, historians and military analysts always mention in wonder what came to be known as the strange campaign, in September 1939 – May 1940, when German forces counted a number of large scale military wins owing, as it is the case particularly with the one in Poland, to the fact that French – British Allies lacked the courage – or the... 

Vae victis… Nu ştiu câţi îşi mai aduc aminte povestioara din spatele acestei sintagmecare a fost folosită atât de mult, încât de o bună bucată de vreme a intrat oarecum în desuetudine, deşi în mod sigur v-a reveni destul de curând. Dar şi povestioara are tâlcul ei am putea spune, nu numai sintagma. Se spune că în perioada de început a cetăţii romane, când Roma nu dădea...