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România anului 1989 în arhivele Radio Europa Liberă
1989 Romania in Radio Free Europe archives

Author(s): Lavinia Betea
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Editura Institutul European
Keywords: Radio Free Europe; the alternate source; ”damming” of the communism; ”necessary lie”; dissidence

Summary/Abstract: Free Europe, since its inception and until the fall of the Communist regime, was, in the Romanian space, the main alternative source of information and opinion to the official public discourse. Therefore, in the following, we will present you some significant aspects from the work of the Department who's destinaton was the romanian space, located in the U.S. institution with its headquarters in Munich, in terms of institutional missions and the particularities of the year 1989. The research is based upon the documentation and the editing of the Scînteia Journal - The Romania's Journal - Twenty years ago, the historical supplement of the National Journal newspaper, released along with the daily noted during 2009.

  • Issue Year: II/2014
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 54-70
  • Page Count: 17