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"Mom, can we have Trump and Harris?"

"We have Trump and Harris at home."

Trump and Harris at home:

numai eu am impresia că anul ăsta, vremea în luna martie o fost mai friguroasă dacât a fost în alți ani??

poimâine e 1 aprilie și eu am impresia că am rămas la început de februarie

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I love this so much, honestly. You, as an australian, understood more of this than most highschool students here in Romania about these events. Kudos to you!

and now, a dramatic and not necessarily historically accurate re-enactment of the unification of the principalities of moldavia and wallachia, as understood by one very stupid australiancă who really should be doing more productive things, îmi pare rău everyone

please correct me wherever necessary, it is the only way i will learn :)

(into the time machine we go)

Negru Vodă: *și-a lui ceată, toți voinici cu fruntea lată*

Me: not that far back

(the 15th to 19th centuries, pretty much)

Moldavia and Wallachia: *get kicked around by the ottomans*

Moldavia and Wallachia: *get kicked around by the Russians*

Moldavia and Wallachia: this is such bullshit

the Crimean War: *occurs*

Moldavia and Wallachia: oh fuck off

(the Treaty of Paris, 1856)

The powers: Well we probably could give you a proper unification, but the broader geopolitical situation, you know.

The powers: So it's back to the Ottomans with you two.

The powers: But the Sultan is going to set up focus groups so you can come up with how you want to run your little principalities and we'll tell you if it's ok.

(the Ad-Hoc Divans, 1857)

(I just like saying "Ad-Hoc Divans")

Moldavian separatists: *steal the election*

Moldavian unionists: Hey!

the Ottomans (pro-separatist): la la, nothing to see here

England and France (pro-unionist, I guess, if they have to): no, do it again

Wallachia: some of us got it right first time

(the Paris Convention, 1858)

The powers: (are they still going on about this? how can we make them go away without destabilising the region, fucking eastern europe we s2g)

The powers: We have read your demands and we all had a good laugh! Here's what we are actually prepared to give you.

The powers: Now why don't you each go and elect a domnitor.

The unionists: *read the convention*

The unionists: *notice a loophole*

The unionists: you know what would be hilarious?

(5/17 ianuarie 1859)

Moldavia: We elect Cuza as our domnitor.

the entire population of Iași: *goes off*

G. Sturdza: dammit that should have been me

the unionists: shouldn't have been a Russian agent then

(24 ian and also 5 feb)

the unionists: oh shit we want Cuza but he doesn't have the support of the conservatives

Wallachian liberals: mobilise the populace!

Wallachian conservatives: vaiiiiiiii this decision is too hard

over 30 thousand people converging on the Assembly:

Wallachia: ...We also elect Cuza as our domnitor.

the entire population of București, probably: *goes off*

(then)

The powers: *19th century diplomatic keysmash*

The powers: You can't do that!

The United Principalities: Show us in this convention where it says the domnitors have to be two different people.

The powers: ...

The powers: All right but you're still not a real country.

Cuza: hold my țuică

(epilog)

Romania: Can we have Bessarabia back now?

Russia: NO

Mihai Eminescu: you will be hearing about this

Eminescu: give me a minute

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“A girls notes is a reflection of her mind”

we took that fucked history test and it was even more fucked than i could imagine. WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE HAD TO WRITE AN ESSAY ABOUT THE PAX ROMANA AND MY OPINION ON IT WITH A CAUSE-EFFECT SCHEME? THE TEACHER TEACHES 10% OF THE ENTIRE LESSON

Ooooo, we also have them in Romania!

It's called a Sorcova, and usually anyone can attend, but sometimes you see people in disguises much like you've drawn here! So nice to see a similar culture :D

Kolęda - during winter months in Poland, just after Christmas and even after New Years you can be visited by a group of wandering carolers (kolędnicy) who go door to door, singing christmas carols and pastorałki , wishing health and good fortune for the occupants of the house (in exchange of small fee of money or something good to eat). The characters seen in the group vary depending on the region of Poland, but most of the time we can meet - a Death, a Devil, an Angel, an Old man (dziad) or old woman (baba), someone could see a King, a bearer of the colourful star that make them more visble, but almost always you will meet Turoń - a bovine like creature with large mouth and horns, opening and closing it's mouth threathningly. Then again, it's also a custom in other eastern european countries so the lineup may be different. These ones look friendly, right? Why don't you let them in?

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hey ignore this if it's rude but i don't really know where else to ask. i'm a romanian citizen who doesn't speak the language so finding articles about the elections that i can understand is hard, if you know anything would you mind explaining or summarizing it? i know this is a lot to ask, sorry if i imposed

Hello! This is not rude at all and I'm glad you reached out. I can explain about the presidential elections and the parliamentary elections quite a lot. You're not being rude at all, something like this takes effort. Once again, I'm glad you reached out.

A. The Presidential Elections

This election will be in two parts. The first part will have all candidates, who I will talk about. This will take place this weekend, on Sunday, 24th November.

The second part has only the first two candidates, meaning the ones who gathered most votes, from the first part. This will take place on 8th December.

The candidates, who I've put in the order they will be on the ballot

1. Elena Lasconi

This lady is supported by a democratic party. She is 52 years old and she was a journalist for 25 years, during which she took on social articles and causes. In 2020, she left journalism for politics and she became a mayor of a small town.

She has progresssive views, even if she isn't very experienced in politics, but she could give us, as a country, time to get better and have less thiefs and less corruption. She is a good choice, even if she has been dragged through Hell by journalists.

2. George Simion

This man is supported by a nationalist party. He is 38 years old and he was (and still is) an activist for the unification of Romania with the Moldavian Republic. In 2019, he made the AUR party, which he rules.

He's quite the extremist. He wants to bring back the traditional family, saying that a woman has no rights, he wants to kill the hungarians that live in Romania and he has instigated violence and hate. He's been banned from Ukraine and the Moldavian Republic because of his hateful instigations. Quite the controversial man.

3. Marcel Ciolacu

This man is supported by a socialist party. He is 56 years old and he missed the entrance exam to the Law university. His party is mainly supported by old people who are nostalgic and miss the communist times. He doesn't even speak romanian correctly. He should know about politics, given that he's been in the domain for at least 10 years.

He has socialist views and slips a lot when talking. He didn't really show up for some important debates, unlike Lasconi or other candidates. I don't really know what to say about him other than that he hasn't even finished all 12 grades of school.

4. Nicolae Ciucă

This man is supported by a liberal party (although the party had an alliance with Marcel Ciolacu's socialist party for QUITE some time). He is 57 years old, a military general that promised to not get into politics after retiring. Guess what. He's been in politics for 5 years now. He has an autobiography. He was accused of plagiarism on his doctoral thesis.

His views might depend on what's good for him and I think he might lie about some things. Again, I don't really know what to say about him other than I believe that he would be easy to corrupt.

5. Hunor Kelemen

This man is supported by a democratic party that mainly sipports hungarians. He is hungarian himself, 57 years old and he used to be a veterinary doctor, who studied philosophy. He has 2 poem books and a literature book published. He lies quite a bit about why he candidates, saying that he wants to do justice in the country, when in reality, all he wants is to give his party a way to get into the government and senate.

All I can say about him is that he doesn't really have chances of getting into the second part of the presidential election.

6. Mircea Geoană

This man is not affiliated with any party. He is 66 years old and studied engineering and was an engineer for a short while. There are rumours that he had contact with russians and that he was a spy for the romanian secret services.

He has democratic views, but he doesn't really have chances, due to his old age, affiliation with the russian services and the fact that he isn't supported by any party.

I will add more aboit the elections, but I am in a rush right now. I will complete this in a few hours.

However, I will give you a link to all the candidates and their presentations. It is in romanian, but you can use Google Translate to translate it in your language. I promise I will finish talking about this, but I really have to get somewhere.

m.digi24.ro

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Hope this helps. My best bet is Elena Lasconi.

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