Author: Sam cel mARE

Pub-urile și barurile vor rămâne deschise mai mult timp dacă vreuna dintre națiunile britanice ajunge în semifinalele Euro. Un proprietar a declarat că barul său nu ar fi sustenabil dacă sprijinul guvernamental pentru industria ospitalității ar fi fost eliminat. Wednesday was Autumn Statement day where Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt delivered:✂️ National Insurance tax cuts⬆️ National Living Wage rises⬆️ State pension increase Alcohol duty freezeWe said we'd cut taxes once we halved inflation and that's exactly what we're doing. pic.twitter.com/JcyisIHeNE— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) November 24, 2023 Cancelarul Jeremy Hunt a anunțat că, începând din aprilie, acesta va crește cu 1,04 lire sterline, ajungând…

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Palinka sau palinca is a traditional fruit brandy from Europe, invented in the Middle Ages and the word derive from the Slavonic- stem paliti, “to burn, to distill”. Its a tradional drink made mainly in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. Țuică is a traditional Transylvanian spirit – alchoolic drink that contains usually 40–55% alcohol made from plums. Other spirits that are produced from other fruit or from a cereal grain are called “rachiu” or “rachie” in Maramures. Although I have unabashedly written many times about tuica, it’s time to dedicate a whole post to it. I grew up…

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Over the years, I’ve documented a deep-seated fear and loathing for Russia amongst Romanians, and I really want to know why. Setting aside, momentarily, reactions to the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin since 2000, I wanted to know if there is any factual basis for all this enmity. Therefore, I decided to go through the last 500 years of history and see what I could find. Technically, the origins of the Russian state began around 1,000 years ago, but for the purposes of my research, I’m limiting my analysis beginning with the ascension of Peter the Great in 1672…

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