Word: viorel
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...after popular upheaval, the Communist Party accepted defeat in a national election. Four pro-Western opposition parties must now scrabble together a coalition which they say will distance the country from Moscow, more fully embrace democracy and integrate with Europe. "This is definitely the beginning of something new," says Viorel Ursu, Moldovan analyst with the Open Society Institute in Brussels. "The difference between the Communists and the incoming government is huge, even just in terms of mentality. They are Western-educated, a lot more open and more transparent...
...give Coca-Cola a run for its money in Romania are expanding into the hotly competitive cable-television business. In October, brothers Viorel and Ioan Micula launched National TV, a general-entertainment, digital satellite cable channel that runs American shows and 22 local programs. Viorel oversees the media side of European Drinks Group and has hired seasoned help, including Douglas Fulton, who ran operations in 11 countries for Luxembourg-based SBS Broadcasting. Fulton, who now heads National TV as well as the company's 18 radio stations and three newspapers, will manage next year's launch...
...damaged instrument. Politely ignored at first, he finally hooked a young woman and carefully played a tune that somehow avoided the twisted stops and smashed keys. She was impressed. What she didn't realize - apart from the dubious quality of the merchandise - was that the peddler was in fact Viorel, the bass player of Taraf de Haïdouks, the gypsy band she had paid good money to see, and that his ditty was in effect the first tune of the evening's performance. Downstairs other band members, a sort of extended musical family spanning three generations, were swigging wine...
...recent report from the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights. In Moldova, even a doctor in the venereal disease clinic treating women who have returned to the country believes their troubles are in most cases self-inflicted. "A woman's sexual behavior is entirely her responsibility," declared Viorel Kalistru...