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http://www.gandul.info/
With an old proverb — "No one can think for you" — and the image of a Hamangia statue, "The Thinker," as a logo, Gândul or "The Thought" was founded in 2005 by Mircea Dinescu, Cristian Tudor Popescu, Bogdan Chiriac and Lelia Munteanu.
The current editorial team was a breakaway from Adevarul (The Truth), a major Romanian daily founded in 1888. The founder / editor of the paper, the turbulent Cristian Tudor Popescu, is a noted science fiction author with a reputation for shooting from the hip. He recently resigned from his post as president of the Romanian press club in protest at the "mercenary attitude that now prevails in the Romanian press." Gandul (The Thought) aims to provide a forum for honest reporting characterised by high professional standards.
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