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Of Our Daily Plov
Ioana Șopov, Laurențiu Brătan
A journey through many cultures with one and the same dish - pilaf, plov, or whatever you may call it where you're from.
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A curated cross-section of our publication's Romanian language version. Read up on globally noteworthy cultural personalities and societal goings-on in our corner of Eastern Europe.
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Two Ukrainian Independence Days in Romania
Ioana Pelehatăi, Volodymyr Artiukh
A Romanian journalist and a Ukrainian anthropologist compare and contrast notes on two different (yet at times strikingly similar) Ukraine Independence Day events in Romania's capital.
English, please / Activism
“We are misfits of architecture.” A Conversation with & about Forensic Architecture
Nicoleta Moise
For the past decade, Forensic Architecture have been conducting extensive investigations from around the world, with and on behalf of individuals or communities directly affected by conflict, police forces, or border regimes.
English, please / Fake news
What My Internet Looks Like, After Researching Online Fake News for 6 Years
Codruța Simina, Ioana Șopov
When was the last time you reflected on how your imagination works?
English, please / History
The Day the Queen Died
Irina Dumitrescu
I know this sounds morbid, but I have long wanted to be in London for the end of this reign.
English, please / În afara bulei
“I won't possibly see her again.” A Mother Explains How She Lost Her Daughter to the Children of the Sun Cult
Bogdan Dincă, Delia Marinescu
The mother of a current Children of the Sun member speaks about how her daughter has changed since moving to Children of Sun.
English, please / Spirituality
“I Realized I Was in a Cult.” The Children of the Sun Break the Silence
Bogdan Dincă, Delia Marinescu
The former members are accusing Adi de la Brad of sexual abuse, emotional abuse, exploitation through labor, being constrained against seeing a doctor, declaring him their children’s father, and preempting them from going to school.
English, please / War
We don’t talk about the war here
Michael Bird
I worked for over a month as a volunteer trying to help Ukrainian refugees in Bucharest, and this is what I found.
English, please / Photography
The Red Calendar Day
Mikhail Kalarashan
Photograher Mikhail Kalarashan documented Victory Day, the 9th of May, in Chișinau. Less than 200 kilometres away, air-raid sirens are heard everyday.
English, please / War
The Future According to Igor: “We Either Win or Die”
Venera Dimulescu
The story of a 26-year-old Ukrainian about war, captivity and Chernobyl.
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"There is a war in their country." How Moldova Is Receiving Ukrainian Refugees
Andreea Câmpeanu, Delia Marinescu
We went to the Palanca border and to Chișinău, in order to write about both the people who managed to escape the bullets and those who are receiving them.
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“We Left All the Films Behind”
Ionuț Sociu, Marin Raica
They worked in film and television their entire lives, documenting stories of famine and war, traveling and filming throughout the former Soviet Union. On February 24, the war descended upon them.
English, please / War
Will Russia Invade Moldova?
Michael Bird
How, where and with what justification could Russia launch an attack?
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What we lose and what we don't lose in Kyiv
Michael Bird
Ukraine’s capital is a memorial not only to the sacrifice of the oppressed against greater odds, but also to willpower, dynamism and revival.
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“We're glad we can help somehow.” How Indian Students from Ukraine Found Shelter in a Romanian Village
Andreea Câmpeanu, Delia Marinescu
Indian medicine students who fled the conflict in Ukraine are hosted in a family from a southern Romanian village.
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“You shoot me down, but I don’t fall”. Kharkiv Woman Speaks about Life under Bombs
Delia Marinescu, Pavel Dorogoy
A young woman from Kharkiv speaks about her daily life, the idea of leaving her mom behind and flee alone and the future relationship between Ukrainians and Russians.
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"We feel real shame for what’s going on." Russian Activist Speaks out Against Putin
Ioana Pelehatăi
We spoke to a member of the Russian Pirate Party about the country's president, the war, and (dis)information on the internet
English, please / Război în Ucraina
“Your president is bombing your relatives”. Moscow Dispatch with a Russian Journalist
Constantin Cojocaru, Delia Marinescu, Loreta Isac
A Russian journalist speaks about propaganda, media censorship and solidarity with Ukraine.
English, please / Photography
Every Place Has Everything You Need
Mikhail Kalarashan
Photographer Mikhail Kalarashan is documenting the life of a single mother, a refugee from Eastern Ukraine.
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PHOTO No Way Back: What a Refugee Camp in Moldova Looks Like
Mikhail Kalarashan, Mikhail Kalarashan
Ukrainian war refugees have started arriving in Moldova and a camp has been set up for them in the country's southernmost village.
English, please / War
This Is What Solidarity Looks Like at a Romania-Ukraine Checkpoint
Ionuț Sociu, Marin Raica
“You cannot imagine what it’s like on the other side,” says Lili, a Ukrainian woman who entered Romania on foot with her son.
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The War, as Seen from a Market on the Romania-Ukraine Border
Ionuț Sociu, Marin Raica
We set out through the villages lining the border, in order to see what the locals have to say about the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and to meet the Ukrainian Hutsuls in the mountainous regions of Bukovina.
English, please / Actori
“No One Has Ever Applauded Me Before”
Delia Marinescu, Ehsan Ghoreishi
How a heterosexual, Roma man from a traditional community in Ploiești, father of three, came to play the lead in a film about gay love.