This Week… in Your Letters
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Daniel Bilț, 12.05.2016, 14:54
I enjoyed tonight’s show. The news was informative, the History Show fascinating on what happened during the Communist years, the music was cool and the Cooking Show fun. Thanks for the great show and your support of shortwave!
Richard Nowak, Florida, the USA
“It was most interesting to hear a Romanian perspective on the referendum being held here in June. The campaigns are rather annoying in some ways. Politicians on both their remain in the EU side and their leave the EU opponents are presenting a lot of doubtful facts to the electorate. News bulletins contain a great deal from the politicians followed by independent analysis of their facts. I am not sure that it should be like that! There is a real divide in the country over voting intentions.
As for the leader of your Social Democrats, getting a prison sentence sounds dreadful. Perhaps it is not as dreadful as it sounds. Mind you, several politicians in this country have ended up in prison too……but not party leaders.
The trouble is, of course, that electorates become very distrustful of their politicians. This, it seems to me, is not healthy. It is good to question and debate but we need trust as well. Still, all this — I imagine– is better than the Romanian people had only several decades ago. With my usual best wishes.
Brian Kendall, Petts Wood, Britain
Station identification, Focus on Romania. Travelers Guide: dedicated to the Bistrita region, covered in the upcoming RRI contest, former Saxon colony, the main town became a “royal city in the 13th century for helping the Hungarian king, local officials interviewed, mountain retreat with a large lake noted, one natural site is the richest in ozone for all of Europe, mentioned the Dracula Castle hotel, etc. Guests on Radio Romania International: hosts Eugen Nasta and Ana Maria Popescu, featured a local plant gene bank, established to preserve local plants and vegetables, seeks to re-introduce them, interviewed the executive director who is a biologist.
Technically, the broadcast was quite good. As the weather warms here, it seems that broadcast reception also improves. This has been very true for your afternoon (my time) English broadcasts to Asia. I hope this situation continues during the summer and into the autumn. Your programs still are quite enjoyable and I try to listen to as much as possible. Keep up the good work and Ill keep listening.
John Rutlege, Marion, Illinois, the USA
