Set up as a direct successor to the the outlawed communist newspaper Scînteia, in the aftermath of the 1989 revolution, Adevărul or "the Truth," has proven its ability to provide independent balanced reporting, and effective criticism of the current government. With its motto, "No one is above the law," the Communist party daily is committed to the cause of social justice, and has a number of big names on its editorial team.
The paper's website offers an online version of the latest edition, and an archive, available to readers who open a subscriber account. Internet users can also take advantage of advanced features like searches for articles in particular sections, articles with or without photographs, and printable versions. The site also has links to Adevărul's weekly business and literary supplements.
One of the most consistently informative and entertaining blogs about the European Union has to be Jean Quatremer’s Coulisses de Bruxelles.
When presseurop.eu was launched in May last year, one of its guiding mottos was Umberto Eco’s “The future of Europe is translation.” But sometimes I’m inclined to think that the future of Europe is lost in translation. I recently checked a statement by Angela Merkel concerning the CD-rom nabbed by HSBC supergrass Hervé Falciani containing data on Germans who have siphoned off their money to Switzerland in order to avoid taxes back home.