Alexandru Vlad
An open
journal.
Fragments, thoughts and notes from the road. An archive of ideas, images and questions that remain.
Romanian Music in 2025: Between YouTube and Festivals, Who Actually Listens?
Romanian music breaks records on YouTube, but the live scene barely survives. A paradox of digital attention vs. real love for music.
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The Sunset of Shadows
At the end of footstep sounds, sirens from rocks await us — amorphous, obscure, a wail of mourning. A poem about passage and dissolution into darkness.
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Summer Books 2025: What I'm Reading and Why Literature Is the Best Antidote to Noise
From terrace romance reads to serious literary fiction — my reading guide for this summer and why books remain the best refuge.
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Romania's Political Crisis: Why Civic Fatigue Is Democracy's Greatest Enemy
Chain political crises, widespread distrust, voter abstention — democratic Romania has a civic exhaustion problem. How do we get out?
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Minimum Wage 2026 in Romania: What It Actually Means and How It Affects You
The minimum wage grew in 2026 — but what does that mean net in your pocket and how does it compare to the real cost of living?
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Architects of Our Own Meaning
Everything we know about the world was, in one form or another, taught to us. Every certainty we carry in our minds did not arise on its own — it was shaped by someone who looked at reality through their own filter.
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Teacher Tenure 2026 and the Teaching Crisis: What Nobody Says About Romanian Education
Teacher tenure exams, definitivat, early childhood education in crisis — an honest look at Romania's education system.
Read ↗„Writing is not an escape from reality, but a return to it — better armed.”
— Alexandru Vlad