Category Archives: Romania
#Germany Swamped by #Bulgaria and #Romania Immigrants
By Özlem Gezer, Der Spiegel Worlds are colliding as a flood of impoverished Bulgarians and Romanians stream into Germany, overwhelming authorities. But efforts to help integrate the new residents have been sluggish and many of the immigrants find themselves awash in a system they don’t understand. In their hands they hold plastic bags filled with […]
News and Comments 6 Feb 2012
Activists protest outside #Syria’s embassy in #Mauritania A young female activists addresses the crowd, voicing their demands for an end to the killing in Syria and that Assad and his brutal regime should step down. A cultural festival in Mauritania was marred by sandstorms Aziz lack of fashion flair spoiled it for me. What a […]
Police clash with protesters in #Romania
Protesters clash with riot police on University Square in Bucharest on January 14, 2012 during a protest against the government’s austerity program and Romanian President Traian Basescu Romanian police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters during an anti-government rally, the third consecutive day of demonstrations against austerity cuts and falling living standards. The protests […]
