Although I believe this should be self-evident, I would still like to point out that this article does not contain commentary of a confessional nature and does not aim to debate the existence or nonexistence of God, nor the validity of the Christian Orthodox faith. The expression “God exists!” was often spoken by enthusiastic revolutionaries during the 1989 Revolution, in the context of the Ceaușescu couple’s departure from Bucharest. It symbolized happiness, liberation, and

Above all else, the Romanian knows how to be pragmatic. From tending the household to cultivating wheat, he has expressed his so-called practical spirit since ancient times. And yet, when the thread of simple life snaps and modernity comes crashing down upon the Romanian peasant, this pragmatism turns into political “descurcăreală” — "getting by" — and the mentality of "it'll do." Before tumbling down the slope of those who condemn this phenomenon with revulsion, we ought to

All too often, when Romanian agriculture is discussed, public discourse loses itself in a barren field, yielding almost no results for the lives of those who earn their “daily bread” from it. The sad reality, however, is that through bureaucratic fussiness and plenty of empty words, serious discussions about Romanian agriculture are often avoided, the topic being dismissed as supposedly boring. Yet, as discontent continues to smoulder among those who live off the land, the re