It has been more than 25 years since the Romanian Revolution and they did not prove sufficient to clarify data of the Repression of December 1989, expressed in the number of dead, wounded, disabled, tortured, arrested people. The generation that took to the streets to overthrow the Dictatorship, meanwhile, has forgotten the tragedy that bloodied its history. Who fired? Why was it fired? Who gave the orders? Who was accounted for the committed actions? Who is guilty? So many people mimicked...

Aşa cum arătam în lucrarea noastră anterioară, referitoare la anul 1990, Revoluția Română din Decembrie 1989 a dus la prăbușirea regimului comunist, dar, totodată, a reprezentat și punctul de pornire al implementării unui sistem politic democratic, bazat pe modelul pluralismului politic și al economiei de piață, consacrat de democrațiile occidentale. Trecerea de la sistemul totalitar la cel democratic, proces pe care l-au parcurs în mod inevitabil toate țările foste comuniste– perioada tra...

Anul 1990 a fost fundamental pentru conturarea vieții politice democratice din România post-comunistă. Revoluția din decembrie 1989 se desfășurase sub semnul răbufnirii populare și al aspirațiilor la libertate și normalitate. Revendicările programatice ale revoluționarilor de la Timișoara și din alte orașe, precum și Proclamația Consiliului Frontului Salvării Naționale din seara zilei de 22 decembrie 1989, anunțau trecerea la un sistem politic democratic, bazat pe alegeri libere, la care u...

Post-communism, Democracy, and Illiberalism in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union explores how the downfall of communism brought about a difficult transition for Eastern and Central Europe. The collapse of communism in this region varied from one case to another and the consequences of this process can still be noticed to varying degrees today. Although most of the countries that were part of the former Soviet bloc are now members of the NATO or of the E...

This expert volume addresses the practical challenges which have so far inhibited the commercial realization of a rechargeable magnesium battery, placing the discussion within the context of the already established lithium-ion battery. Lithium-ion batteries are becoming commonplace in most power applications, starting with portable electronics and expanding to motor vehicles, stationary storage, and backup power. Since their introduction 25 years ago, they have slowly been replacing all ot...