Brindusa Armanca is a journalist and university professor in journalism who works as a freelancer for RFE/RL's Romanian Service.
At least 100,000 Romanian teachers and tens of thousands of support staff this week launched a strike that is upending millions of lives, endangering final exams, and delaying a government reshuffle. It could also have a domino effect, encouraging workers in other beleaguered sectors to do the same.
Anastasia Konovalova fled Ukraine shortly after Russia launched its full-scale attack last year, ending up in Romania, which has recently tightened its rules for distributing aid to refugees. Instead of criticizing the move, Konovalova urges her compatriots to follow her lead and return home.
