Romania

Scandinavia on the Skids: The Failure of Social Democracy

I first met Denmark’s last truly Social Democratic Prime Minister, Anker Joergensen, in his state office, unannounced, in late 1980.
Grethe and I had just been married. We had met the year before in Los Angeles where I had been a “participatory journalist”, and activist for social/racial/gender equality and against the Vietnam War. I wanted to start a new life with Grethe in her peaceful, social democratic land.

NATO to deploy troops to Romania as part of eastward expansion

Press TV – June 14, 2016 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) says it will send units to Romania as part of plans to expand its presence in Eastern Europe, a source of controversy with Russia. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced the decision on the sidelines of a two-day meeting of the Western military […]