The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Romania on February 26, 2020. Ban on public gatherings, school and border closures were instated on March 8. The state of emergency was declared on March 16 and social distancing measures imposed for 60 days, up to May 15, 2020.Continue reading
Tag Archives: People & Culture
Street Artists pay Homage to Brancusi
We are celebrating Constantin Brâncuși, the patriarch of modern sculpture, who was born on this day (February 19) in 1876. His heritage and memory are being widely honored, and several Romanian and international street artists have contributed over the past few years to the public homage in Romania.
Remember the sculptor’s sayings and enjoy the gallery, as well as the unique approach and vision of the individual street artists in commemorating BRANCUSI! Continue reading
The One-Minute Read #8 (Cognitive Biases)
“It is an acknowledged fact that we perceive errors in the work of others more readily than in our own.” Leonardo da Vinci
The One-Minute Read #7 (Global Skills Index)
Coursera, the learning platform with 38 million users taking one or more of the over 3000 available online courses, has created the first Global Skills Index (2019). It measures the world’s top trending skills in Business, Technology and Data Science benchmarked across 60 countries and 10 industries.Continue reading
The One-Minute Read #6 (Jobs of Tomorrow)
The World Economic Forum has published last week (January 22, 2020) the Mapping Report on Opportunity in the New Economy: Jobs of Tomorrow.Continue reading
Headhunting in Bucharest
WARNING 🧛: This is not about Headhunting as in Executive Search! Nor is it about the practice of taking and preserving a person’s head after killing the person 😊! Or maybe just a little – in terms of taking pictures and preserving the memory of a novel artistic intervention by J.Ace that has been happening in Bucharest.Continue reading
The African Wisdom of Togetherness
25 May: Africa Day
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African ProverbContinue reading
Around the World on Fridays (“M” | Part 1)
“Peace begins with a smile.” Mother Teresa
Today: Macedonia | Madagascar | Malawi | Malaysia | Maldives | Mali | Malta | Marshall Islands | Mauritania | Mauritius
Cover Photography © Gina Buliga | MadagascarContinue reading
Around the World on Fridays (“L”)
“We are, at almost every point of our day, immersed in cultural diversity: faces, clothes, smells, attitudes, values, traditions, behaviors, beliefs, rituals.” Randa Abdel-Fattah
Today: Laos | Latvia | Lebanon | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Liechtenstein | Lithuania | Luxembourg
Cover Photography © Eric Lafforgue | LibyaContinue reading
ROMANIA – A Winter’s Tale
Photography © Sorin Onisor
“Winter Song” by Nichita Stanescu | English translation by Thomas Carlson and Vasile PoenaruContinue reading