Romanians flood to UK in 2014? Lets hope so.
This month the Office for National Statistics published figures showing a 26% increase of migrants from Romania and Bulgaria working in the UK over the past three months. Despite these legal, newly...
View ArticleIt pays to teach kids how much they’ll earn
Are you happy in your current career? In hindsight, would you have chosen the same path if you were given more foresight at school? Figures published last week by the Higher Education Statistics Agency...
View ArticleRomanians protest in Trafalgar Square against cyanide mining in Rosia Montana
Hundreds of Romanians protested today in Trafalgar Square against a draft bill passed by their government that will allow a Canadian firm, Gabriel Resources, to create Europe’s largest open-cast gold...
View ArticleQuakers set to disinvest from fossil fuels
On October 8 The Religious Society of Friends, a Christian faith group also known as Quakers, announced their decision to disinvest from companies engaged in fossil fuel extraction due to ethical...
View ArticleRMGC’s adverts deemed unlawful and banned
Romania’s National Council for Audio Visual (CNA), whose job it is to ensure that TV and radio stations operate in an environment of free speech, responsibility and competitiveness have decided today...
View ArticleRosia Montana and Dirty Politics
ROSIA MONTANA is an ancient Romanian village sitting on Europe’s largest gold deposit: 315 tonnes of a metal that currently fetches around $1,200 per ounce on the stock market. This area is also home...
View ArticleRomania: How multinationals gain support
OVER the past week Romanian government officials, mining industry figures, and several other parties championing the planned Rosia Montana gold mine project have been quoting an ‘independent’ report...
View ArticleHow can big companies, earning big profits, keep paying such little wages?
ASK anyone who works in the service industry about their job and the majority will tell you the work is hard and satisfaction is low. Well this week is National Living Wage Week; so, for a short period...
View ArticleCashless is the future, it’s time for small businesses to adapt, or pay the...
CAN you remember those rectangular pieces of paper we once scribbled on and used as currency? Cheques now seem laughably archaic don’t they? Well cash is on its own way into the history books too, and...
View ArticleTime for local authorities to ditch their investments in tobacco
Each year 100,000 people in the UK die from smoking. No surprise then that the Government wants 210,000 people to quit the habit every year until 2015, as part of a smoking cessation scheme. But, in a...
View ArticleHackney Council embark on legal challenge of Kingsland Fire Station closure...
HACKNEY Council is one of seven Town Halls embarking on a legal challenge to fight Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s plans to close 10 fire stations across the city – including Kingsland Fire Station....
View ArticleAmhurst Road evacuation: mystery cracks decimate business
UNEXPLAINED structural damage has forced businesses to remain closed during the lucrative build up to Christmas and left part of a Victorian terrace facing the ‘wrecking ball’. The owner of new...
View ArticleUnrest in Pungesti as Chevron resume fracking plans
MONDAY morning in Pungesti, a village in east Romania, protesters who for weeks have blocked road access to a fracking exploratory site, set to be exploited by giant energy company Chevron – were...
View ArticleGabriel Resources gold plans suffer setback, as Romanian parliament rejects...
A PARLIAMENTARY vote in Romania has rejected revisions to a new mining law that would have allowed Gabriel Resources, a Canadian mining company, to create Europe’s largest open cast gold mine in the...
View ArticleNo takers for Hackney Council’s gay marriage proposal
Are gay couples council-phobic? Probably not, though like an unrequited Valentine’s Day card, a heartfelt marriage proposal by Hackney Council has as yet yielded no takers. The Town Hall wants to be...
View ArticleKey archeological permit suspended for Gabriel Resources’ Rosia Montana gold...
A TRIBUNAL in Romania has suspended a key archeological discharge certificate (ADC) of Gabriel Resources – a Canadian miner – for the exploitation of gold and silver at Rosia Montana’s Mount Carnic –...
View ArticleKitchenette, Putney – Review
PUTNEY is home to the first London-based Kitchenette restaurant, following the success of various other locations: many operate in Turkey, with others in St. Petersburg, and Baku. This lively venture...
View ArticleAcciuga, Kensington – Review
SITTING quietly on Kensington High Street is an Italian restaurant named Acciuga (anchovy), and judging by its unassuming facade you’ll be forgiven for missing to note anything special. This restaurant...
View ArticleRomanian NGOs Halt Plans In Court For Europe’s Largest Gold Mine As...
ENVIRONMENTALISTS and NGOs in Romania have won an important court ruling against a Canadian mining company that had plans to create Europe’s largest gold mine in the ancient Romanian village of Rosia...
View ArticleWhy can’t Romania end its perpetual cycle of stray dogs abuse?
THEY ARE the soundtrack of Romania’s capital, the exclamation mark on many corners: a yapping bark provided by the thousands of semi-feral canines that roam the streets of Bucharest. Some of the dogs...
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