People died in the hospital because they could not bribe the doctor to get surgery. Growing up as a teenager in post-communist Romania, I heard many stories about corruption. Bribery scandals were ever-present.

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.