Petre M. Iancu
Romanian journalist Petre M. Iancu (b. 1956) is a regular contributor to several newspapers, including the weekly Revista 22. After an initial experience of working for the film industry, he left Romania for Germany where he began to work for Deutsche Welle and Europa Libera in 1988.
Updated: 22 June 2012
Accused of planning to exert systematic control over Romania’s cultural institutions, the new government has been widely condemned by the country’s artistic community. The weekly Revista 22 remarks on the parallels between Ponta’s initiatives and authoritarian excesses in neighbouring Hungary and Ukraine.