We’ve been hearing so much on the news recently about the Greek and European debt crises, the decline of the Euro, and of protests across Europe, especially on the streets of Athens. The European Union and its common currency appeared for a while to be a great success, a major Continue Reading
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This is the House that Nick Built
Nicolae Ceauşescu was the leader of Romania from 1965 to 1989 when he and his wife were executed by firing squad immediately after a two hour televised show trial on Christmas Day. The grand House of the Republic (Casa Republicii) he was building wasn’t finished at the time, and despite Continue Reading