Folks in most parts of the Earth appear to know little about Romania nowadays. Either they don’t have any concept about its location on the atlas, or they have heard something about horrible events in the country. The mentioning of the name of the country may be met with questions on the execution of Ceausescu, the hobo problem, and so on. He was executed after a hurried trial along with his other half, Elena. Some might go as far as to proffer that Romania is still languishing in medieval times. As Romania limped toward a democratic set up and the market economy, plenty of problems were inflicted on the regular man. 3 presidents – Ion Iliescu, Emil Constantinescu and the present president, Trajan Basescu have ruled the country from 1990 onwards. Continue reading →