Munich - Bukarest

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Podcast on B5 aktuell. The Intercultural Magazine

Bears are lazy, I hear it all the time. Why should they search for food in the forest if it’s lying about in rubbish bins in the city? It’s the delight of YouTube filmmakers, the annoyance of the authorities and discomfort of the residents of those neighbourhoods in Brașov where the bears rove the streets at night. From the safety of indoors it may be quite sweet to watch a mother bear and her two babies, but who wants to really meet her face to face? 

​Casa Jurnalistului is a new take on journalism in Romania. Even the cat in this house has a link to journalism. She was found by the residents during an investigation and by now is the real head of the household. When she wants to cuddle, she jumps onto one of the desks in the attic and waits to be petted.

Elise Wilk is a Romanian journalist. In this interview she talks about how the government influences her work.

Timișoara a city on the western border of Romania. It is 1986. The Cold War is raging; Europe is still divided. Children are talking on the school playground about classmates who have suddenly disappeared, about neighbours who have fled across the Danube to Yugoslavia, about a tulip dealer who gets money from the Federal Republic to bring Romanian Germans to the West. 

Many Romanians think that the judicial system in Romania needs to undergo radical change. In addition, a tax reform is planned. Many are not amused and are going out on the streets. Last February, hundreds of thousands demonstrated – the pictures were disseminated by the media. After that, it became quieter around the opposition, though now the protests seem to be slowly flaring up again.

The Romanian Film Festival is taking place at the Munich Film Museum until 19 November 2017. It is organised by the Society for the Promotion of Romanian Culture and Traditions.