Craig Turp-Balazs
@bucharestlife
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Former travel writer now head of insight and analysis at @reinvantage. Romania/CEE, Central Asia, travel, Chelsea. Immigrant. Happiest on a train.
Bucharest
Joined March 2009
Of course, it’s all very nice winning the World Cup but when we’re about 15th in the league come October because everyone’s injured and/or totally fucked nobody will give a sniff about tonight.
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Viktor Orban’s attempt to ban Budapest Pride is going really well. Record turnout.
Módosult a Budapest Pride útvonala, a Mi Hazánk által elfoglalt Szabadság híd helyett az Erzsébet hídon vonult át a tömeg. Fotó: Németh Dániel/ 444 https://t.co/smC3UGgzew
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Mă întreb din ce în ce mai mult de ce naiba mi-am bătut capul să învăț româna.
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“Europe was promised a new golden age of the night train. Why are we still waiting?” A shot of reality from Jon Worth. Key quote: “Time for the EU to provide financial guarantees for acquisitions of new night-train carriages.”
theguardian.com
Romance, excitement and sustainability – continent-crossing sleeper trains should be a hit. It’s time for the EU to catch on, says writer and campaigner Jon Worth
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Risen up? Not in Romania they didn’t, where you lost the election by nearly one million votes. Still taking it hard I see. Maybe see a psychologist to help you come to terms with it.
‼️ The decline and fall of the globalist empire. This is what we are witnessing today. Peoples have risen up✌️! #MakeEuropeGreatAgain
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Former Romanian health minister gets three and a half years in pokey for taking bribes. More of this please!
hotnews.ro
Curtea de Apel Cluj a respins vineri apelul formulat de fosta ministră PSD a Sănătății și a dispus condamnarea definitivă a Sorinei Pintea la 3 ani și 6 luni
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🇺🇿 Uzbekistan have qualified for a World Cup for the first time in their history & will compete in North America next summer! They are the first double-landlocked nation to qualify for a finals tournament (though minnows Liechtenstein are the only other nation in this category)!
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In fiecare seara imi spun, gata, maine nu o sa pierd o ora provocand suveranistii pe X. Dar sunt o tinta atat de usoara; ca niste jucarii cu ceas, le dai drumul si stai sa te uiti cum merg...
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Moldova faces hybrid threats ahead of its elections. Russia is likely to use cash, content and coercion to meddle. Let there be no doubt: only the people of Moldova should decide their future – free from interference. Extract of my press conference with @DorinRecean ↓
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"Cum le explic copiilor când văd 2 bărbați care se țin de mână pe stradă?" Cum dracu le explici că femeile sunt omorâte pe stradă în plină zi⁉️
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These terms are far more than reasonable. Therefore, I expect Russia to refuse.
Reuters is publishing Ukraine's list of conditions to be presented at negotiations in Istanbul: - 30-day complete ceasefire. - All-for-all prisoner exchange. - Meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin. - No restrictions on Ukrainian forces. - No recognition of Russian
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I’ve had a good weekend so far. Don’t fuck it tomorrow Poland. Głosuj na Trzaskowskiego, proszę.
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Serious flooding has hit parts of Romania this week, the worst of it in the region populated primarily by Hungarians. According to supporters of @georgesimion (and members of his party), the flooding is a direct consequence of Simion losing the presidential election on May 18 to
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I notice that @daily_romania has now deleted the original post. Calling him out on his lies appears to work. I shall do it more often.
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Nicusor did not ignore the patriarch. Unless you call a warm embrace 'ignoring'.
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Like just about everything this misinformation account posts, this claim is an outright lie.
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