Liviu Giosan indicates on the Ad-Astra site a new letter recently published in the prestigious science journal Nature, about the general situation of scientific research in Eastern Europe (btw: I am 100% convinced that although a lot of these elements are common to most Eastern Europe, Romania’s situation was – and still is- the worst).
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A clash of eras
This is something you cannot miss: an amazing act of courage by an Arab (Arab-American) scholar, a woman psychologist, who speaks up on the Al-Jazeera TV channel. I have never seen somebody so blunt and open about issues usually untackled.
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Nu as putea spune ca Dan Tapalaga a scris intotdeauna interesant, inteligent si la obiect (evident, opinia mea- cea care conteaza!), dar de data asta articolul sau din Cotidianul e excelent.
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The Economist is rather positive about Romania’s efforts to reach the EU integration standards. This recent article praises the fight against corruption (“catching the big fish”) led by the “impressive non-party justice minister”, “soft-spoken”, Monica Macovei” and the “salty captain Basescu”.
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Apparently Wikipedia faces more acts of vandalism originating from Capitol Hill IP addresses than from anywhere else… Below a bit of the USA representatives’ whitewashing (taken over from the Washington Post– you need to sign up first to read it there; you can read the full text also on MSN ):
Last week, Wikipedia temporarily blocked certain Capitol Hill Web addresses from altering any entries in the otherwise wide-open forum.
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