In Romania, parents can still slap and spank their children. Of course, within reasonable limits. But what when children themselves get violent, asks Marius Bagu.

When a series of health problems plagued the former T.V. reporter, Laura Doveika, she said that this was a warning that her life needed to change radically.

The European Union is the greatest civilisation ever. While I am well aware that the European Union is imperfect, the concept of human rights has come to be associated with the EU, the place where social reforms were implemented on a grand scale for the first time in history.

I still remember my first vote. It was for the parliamentary election of 2008, the same year I turned 18. In all honesty, I cannot recall the names of the candidates or the party I voted for. All I do remember is that I was filled with admiration.

No modern society can do without reading, maths and science. But schools do not do well in these subjects. That is what we know from recent international research. What can we do about this? Our guest commentator Marius Bâgu tells about that.