Author Archives: Nicolae Sfetcu

Since the domination of social networking sites as the primary channel of communicating ideas and sharing media, new social search engines emerged. However, these search engines crawl the social networks and index the available content based only on text. Some … Read More

In the United States, the influence of H. L. Hart (1907-1992) and Ronald Dworkin largely eclipse that of Kelsen. Under the term “legal philosophy”, the theory of Anglo-Saxon law closely links philosophy of law and jurisprudence. According to these authors, … Read More

Identity algorithms are used to avoid the pollution of the social graph or provide easy access to potential users. In the process of opening their platforms to the outside world, SNSs embraced or build several APIs. Th e aims of … Read More

‘To translate, all you need is a good dictionary.‘ = FALSE Translation is a profession. If a good dictionary were enough, bad translations would not be so common. (Think of all those incomprehensible instruction manuals or amusing hotel notices!) ‘Good … Read More

(Representation of Wisdom (1635): “Sapiens Dominabitur Astris”. Free text translation: “Who acquires wisdom will master the stars.”) If philosophy has a long history, it is necessary to distinguish the practice of philosophy from the simple study of past doctrines. Sometimes … Read More

A large majority of the 27,000 respondents to the Eurobarometer survey say that the privacy of their personal information, their online communications and their online behaviour is very important. In particular: More than seven in ten (72%) state that it … Read More

“What we need is one multilingual discussion forum where users can define their profile and only see entries in the languages they can read.” The Commission’s websites focus on satisfying need for information, but they offer some possibilities for active … Read More

YouTube has announced that it paid $1 billion in royalties over the year 2016. The platform tries to renegotiate its agreements with the record companies. The artists consider the remuneration too low considering the total earnings accumulated by YouTube. The … Read More

The size and complexity of EUROPA would be problematic even if it were monolingual. According to DG COMM figures, EUROPA includes some 6 million documents. Directorates-General are responsible for their own publishing activities, and no percentage is available on the … Read More

Radu Voda (Holy Trinity) Monastery was built during the reign of Alexander II Mircea (1568-1577), but was destroyed in 1595 by Sinan Pasha, being rebuilt and fortified in the eighteenth century by Mihnea Radu (1613-1620) and Alexander Cocoon (1623-1627). Both … Read More

(Open-pit gold mine near Rosia Montana, Alba, Romania, part of the gold mines targeted by BSG Resources, Beny Steinmetz’s company in Romania) Beny Steinmetz, one of the richest men in Israel, was detained on suspicion that he paid tens of … Read More

There is no doubt about it: people prefer reading in their own language. The Commission’s Communication DG has repeated many times that the multiplicity of languages presents a real challenge for the creation of what they term a “European public … Read More