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		<title>Get on your bike and see Romania</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There are certain places in Europe that are known to be great for cycling. Amsterdam has been pro-bike for generations; in Copenhagen they say over three quarters of all journeys are made by bike; in Paris they developed the mass-bike-hire system and even London’s bouffant haired mayor, who cycles to work, is trying to improve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bucharest by bike</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The best way to get round Bucharest is by bike. Bucharest has no ring roads and the result is gridlock. Getting anywhere by car is slow and frustrating. Public transport is good but very overcrowded.
Non cyclists tell me that cycling in Bucharest is dangerous, that Romanian drivers are crazy and that there are no proper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crisis? What crisis?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Something strange happened to me last week.  I was at the recycling bins with my 7 year old son Luca (who likes to practice karate chops on chunks of polystyrene) when a garbage truck pulled over. Two fat guys got out, wandered over and helped us to load our Ikea waste into the containers. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Romania risks HIV epidemic</title>
		<link>http://www.productive.ro/blog/romanian-hiv-epidemic-predicted.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Romania&#8217;s Ministry of Health stands accused of abandoning those who are  suffering from the HIV virus as the &#8220;anti-retroviral&#8221; medical supplies  that have been keeping them alive for many years are about to run out.   In addition, the needle exchange programme that has been supplying  thousands of injecting drug users [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking is the new working</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iulia Sebesan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Working is so passé. Don’t you think? I mean, how do people get anything done when you have blogs, IM (instant messaging), Tweeter, Facebook, Skype and a whole load of other social networking Internet activities? Not to mention Second Life. Is work being replaced by communication? And how hard it is to concentrate on work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Romanian Tourism Trap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever the words “tourism” and “Romania” are mentioned in a discussion the word “potential” is sure to follow: it is generally agreed among those who know and love this country that Romania has huge potential as a tourist destination, but it is equally clear that Romania has failed miserably to build on this potential over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions of a Small Business Director</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iulia Sebesan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This year started off with several new projects and project perspectives for our company, which is really good news these days. We have written a Structural Funds proposal for the Romanian Mountain Guides Association, we have worked on editing and producing 300,000 DVDs for a foundation in Brussels, we are in talks with a UK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Serbia need a brand?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When discussions about promoting Serbia take place the following comment often comes up: “shouldn’t we develop a country brand?” The short answer is “NO”.  I am from Scotland, I now live in Romania, and I would like to share my opinion of branding countries.  I hope that Serbia can learn from the mistakes of others.
A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked to write an article for Dilema Veche on the theme “what can we expect in 2010?” and this is what I think.  But what do you think? Please leave your comments below. Rupert Wolfe Murray
This year will be much like 2009: political infighting, economic crises and passive discontent.  Nothing new or useful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why no Romanian documentary about 1989?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am making a documentary film about the events that took place in January 1990, using an extraordinary archive of material that was filmed by Laurentiu Calciu, who got a video camera just after the revolution. We have some fascinating material of ordinary people on the streets furiously debating about all things political, social and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Romania should withstand pressure to lift ban on international adoptions</title>
		<link>http://www.productive.ro/blog/romania-should-withstand-pressure-to-lift-ban-on-international-adoptions.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.productive.ro/blog/romania-should-withstand-pressure-to-lift-ban-on-international-adoptions.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was also published in the EU Observer in November 2009
Ever since Romania prohibited international adoptions in 2001 it has been pressurised by the leaders of France, Italy, Israel, Spain and the US to lift the ban.  Behind these politicians are private adoption agencies, adoptive parents and others interested in getting children for whatever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a disaster</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Preparing for disasters is an industry and also an attitude. There are lots of professionals flying around the world advising governments how to prepare for earthquakes, floods and natural disasters; thousands of humanitarian aid agencies rush in when disaster strikes and there are public officials everywhere whose job is to prepare the public for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diary of a bike</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I got ridden to Laurentiu’s house in the dark on a road through the centre of Bucharest, a road that is usually crowded but at that moment was deserted because it was the middle of the night; Laurentiu appeared in his pajamas and handed over a disk, a memory stick, said farewell and we were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions of an addict</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Christmas I bought myself an 80 megabyte iPod. This was a bit of a cheat considering it cost more than the presents I got for my loved ones, but I bought it through the company and justified it that way. Although iPods look amazing they are a pain in the butt because in order [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing the Transfag</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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See my photos here
When I first heard about the Transfagarasan road it was described with a sense of awe, as  &#8220;the higest road in Europe&#8221;, as an engineering miracle commanded by Ceausescu who ordered it as part of his military strategy.  A quick look on the internet shows that it isn&#8217;t the highest road in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digging a hole</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Making films is probably the most boring profession in the world &#8212; as well as the most glamorous.  They say making films is like going to war: lots of hanging around while not knowing what the hell is going on; and then a sudden, brief, unsatisfactory burst of action.
Although documentaries are generally more boring than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travelling through Kitsch</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In Romania, as in every country, there are stereotypes about which places are worth visiting. If I tell people I am from Scotland many say they would love to visit Edinburgh but it is rare you hear people saying they want to see Glasgow, which is a more interesting city in many ways. When I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing is a guilty pleasure</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iulia Sebesan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing more exciting and nauseating then staring at the little nervous line that smugly blinks in your face on a blank Word page. I know only one way to deal with it: start filling it with words until the little bugger is exhausted and begs for forgiveness. I am a merciful creature most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A game of monopoly</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rupert Wolfe Murray</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It came in a shiny tin box for Christmas.  The Romanian version, with credit cards instead of cash.
There were four of us: me and Alina; Lara, who is 9, and Luca who is 6.
We laid the board out on the floor of the kids bedroom, which is a bit cramped.  But we were enthusiastic, especially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother of the year (not really)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iulia Sebesan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[People can’t see how amazing I am. I’m not even joking, I mean listen to this: I take care of my baby girl, I manage Productive International and I keep the house running. Granted there are million others just like me and they are amazing too. But to most people, it just seems natural that [...]]]></description>
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