This piece of writing is libellous, superficial and short-sighted. I struggled to make sense of the sensationalistic writing style or the facts presented. This

This piece of writing is libellous, superficial and short-sighted. I struggled to make sense of the sensationalistic writing style or the facts presented. This should not be on the HN front page. Romania as it is today only formed in 1918 but its three major provinces Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldavia managed to stay distinctively Romanian through out their history. Before WWI the nation found itself positioned at the crossroads between three major empires and during its tumultuous history suffered from their repeated attempts to dismember the country. It did not benefit from the favourable geographical position such as Britain had, nor from managing to expand and conquer new territories, which always meant bringing back riches and slaves for the colonising country. This is a nation which has endured a lot and deserves some respect when its history is brought up.