Snuff users are angry after the increased taxes

By Leo Utell & Ludvig Tornberg

The old government’s budget has decided that the taxes on tobacco will be increased in 2015.  The snuff consumers feel betrayed by the government when the snuff taxes is doubled compared to the cigarette taxes.

 

Thomas Quick – Guilty or not?

By Vanessa Sidlo

Thomas Quick is a well-known case that has received a lot of attention from the media, even today. It has never in history happened that a man confesses to about 30 murders, gets charged and sentenced and then some years later released due to the lack of evidence. This is Sweden´s biggest justice scandal and there are many mixed feelings about whether he should be free or not.

FASHION PASSION

by Angelica Contorno, Angela Coffaro, Valeria Leone, Francesca Sacco
Italy is one of the leading countries in fashion design, alongside others such as France, USA, Great Britain, Germany and Japan. Fashion has always been an important part of the country's cultural life and society, and Italians are well known for their attention of dressing-up well  and the Italian women are among the best-dressed in the world.

The surrounding world’s reaction on the recruitments of IS

By Lisa Forsman

The number of people from the foreign countries joining the terrorist group IS increases continuously. The Swedish security police have confirmed that there are more than a hundred Swedes who have gone to Syria.

Criticized Championship

By Hannes Pitkänen & Anton Winnansson

The handball World Championship in Qatar 2015 played between 15^th January and 1^st February has in advance been characterized by rumours and scandals. Slavery and bribes are only a few examples of what has been talked about before the championship.

USA Cuba Embargo

 By Pontus Elmrin

After more than 50 years, USA and Cuba have finally kicked their negotiations off. USA has since 1962 conducted an embargo that, among other things, prevented American citizens from travelling to Cuba. But we might just see the end of a 50-years old national conflict.

“Je suis Charlie”: the freedom of the press

by Dishana Tevanantham

On the morning of 7 January 2015, at about 11:30 , two Islamist terrorists armed with assault rifles and other weapons forced their way into the offices of the French satirical weekly newspaper “Charlie Hebdo” in Paris. They killed 11 people and injured 11 others, and shouted "Allahu Akbar”" (Arabic for "God is [the] greatest") during their attack. 

TERRORISM IS AGAINST THE ISLAM VALUES

by Erradi Firdaous

I read everything and even more on the Internet after the storm provoked by the terrorist attack in Paris. I read too many things, too many frenzies, too many meaningless sentences. I heard too many people speaking of something they don’t know. Too much

ignorance. 

Weronika Urbanik-Pek: A Galician speaker.

Strange as it may sound, it's a true fact. This woman, born in the Lesser Poland voivodeship, can speak a really good Galician to our surprise.

DEEP IN TRANSYLVANIA

By Rafael Morna, IXth A grade; Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga; School: Samuil Vulcan National College

Bran Castle was initially built in 1212 to serve as a fortress. Today, tourists from all over the world come to visit the famous castle, which is known as being Dracula’s home, the first vampire ever.

Considering that Vlad Ţepeş was compared to Dracula because of his authoritative reign and the “blood thirst”, it was supposed that he lived in the Bran Castle, although he never did. Bram Stoker chose him to be the main character in his novel, the book being published in 1897.

CUMINȚENIA PĂMÂNTULUI: AT OWNER CROSSROADS

By Salome Petra Lezeu, IXth D grade; Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga School: Samuil Vulcan National College

http://brancusi.1dez.com/opere/Cumintenia-pamantului.html

”Cumințenia Pământului” (Wisdom of the Earth) reflects Brancusi's philosophy that has its roots in an earlier Christianity Wisdom. The sculpture represents a woman very focussed on herself, her figure carrying a mystery that has become a universal portrait. The statue attitude emits a sense of attachment to Mother Earth.

THE BIGAR WATERFALL

By Andreea Halasz, IXth C grade Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga; School: Samuil Vulcan National College

How beautiful Romania is! So many wonderful places to be visited!  So many tourist attractions belong to the most beautiful nature reserves of the world. We should be proud of our country because it’s the only country in Europe which has all forms of relief.

TERRORISTS ATTACK PARIS

By Ioana Barbura, IXth C grade Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga; School: Samuil Vulcan National College     

It is a dull and rainyday in Paris. People are after their problems, knowing nothing about panic, fear, bloody fights and chases, as in thrillers, and terror hidden behind the peace of that morning.

       On the 7th of January 2015 a group of terrorists, belonging to the Islamic State and having as leaders the Cherif and Said Kouachi brothers, begins a terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine. They could no longer accept the offences and the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. Ten people and two police officers die in this attack. The France police and special forces troops try to reduce the number of  victims and to capture the terrorists.

HOW PENICILLIN WAS DISCOVERED

By Borsa Antonia, Coordinating teacher: Melania Egyed, School: Samuil Vulcan National College

 

Penicillin had a powerful impact upon medicine because in less than a century since it had been discovered, the antibiotics have saved over 200 million lives.

THE WHOLE WORLD SAYS # JE SUIS CHARLIE

By Mădălina BONCHIȘ , IXth B grade Coordinating teacher: Ioana Lacrimioara RADA; School: Samuil Vulcan National College

The ^7th of January 2015 will remain like a scar in the heart of France after two members of Al-Qaida killed 17 people in cold blood, 12 of whom being part of the Charlie Hebdo magazine editorial staff.

The whole tragedy occurred because of the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, to whom the Arab extremists have responded in an unexpected way. The caricatures are actually illustrated satires used to straighten some habits, not to insult or mock people or events; therefore they must be treated properly. These exaggerated reactions must be stopped because it is unacceptable for the whole population to stand in fear of being attacked or even killed because they freely express their view.

BEAUTIES IN CODRU-MOMA (ROMANIA)

By Agnes CUPIN, IXth A grade Coordinating teacher: Ioana Lacrimioara RADA; School:Samuil Vulcan National College 

Have you ever been to Romania? Most of you will say: „No!” or „Where is this country?”. Do you know that famous people from all over the world fell in love with my country after visiting it just once? The landscapes, the food, the hospitality of Romanian people… all of these are the  ingredients of a wonderful holiday, a worthful souvenir that you will keep for a lifetime. Romania is a beautiful country that is worth being visited by tourists from all over the world. There are many beautiful places here, places that I visited myself last year. These beauties aren’t given the credit they so deserve, so I will become the promotor of my country, the developer of the western area of Romania. I will plead for the beauties of the mountains that stole my heart last summer: the Codru-Moma Mountains.