Rosia Montana Solidarity Protest outside Romanian Embassy: Berlin

Sorry, this entry is only available in Jungtinių Valstijų Anglų, Europos Ispanų, Vokiečių, Prancūzų, Italų and Rumunų. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. Earlier today protestors met outside the Romanian Embassy in Berlin in Solidarity of the Sunday protest in that have been gaining momentum in Romanian, and beyond since September. There were simultaneous protest all over Romania but also in Barcelona, Paris, and parts of South America. After recently returning to Berlin from…

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A note whilst unpacking…

Sorry, this entry is only available in Jungtinių Valstijų Anglų, Europos Ispanų, Vokiečių, Prancūzų, Italų and Rumunų. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. Made whilst unpacking panniers from items foraged or carried along the way…this is just what would fit in the picture! (Click to enlarge). This a thankyou to all the people who cycled alongside us. For the people who cooked delicious creations – for those who built and fixed the rocket stoves…

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We made it! Final Destination: Cluj, Romania!

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International Support: Biketour in Rosia Montana in pictures

Sorry, this entry is only available in Jungtinių Valstijų Anglų, Europos Ispanų, Vokiečių, Prancūzų, Italų and Rumunų. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. Biketour join local and International protestors at the anti mining protest at Campeni, 15km from Rosia Montana… (22nd September). Arriving into Rosia Montana… An example of the Pro mining banners that litter the town…. one reads ‘Rosia Montana only exisits because of MINING!’… Several anti mining banners were put up overnight…

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Stanciova and the Price of Gold

Sorry, this entry is only available in Jungtinių Valstijų Anglų, Europos Ispanų, Vokiečių, Prancūzų, Italų and Rumunų. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. After vising Atelier DIY in Timisoara, we made the short afternoon cycle 35km along a busy dual road, but luckily it was flat and with some kind of bikepath, of which the main features of the landscape were gigantic crucifixes in the distance. As we turned off for the last 10km…

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Biketour supports struggles against Gold Mine in Rosia Montana

Sorry, this entry is only available in Jungtinių Valstijų Anglų, Europos Ispanų, Vokiečių, Prancūzų, Italų and Rumunų. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. In the last few weeks, a huge wave of protests has hit all parts of Romania (and beyond) since September as people fight against a catastrophic gold mining project in Rosia Montana, close to Cluj.  This project has been initiated by the Canadian-owned Rosia Montana Gold Corporation and would be the…

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Biketour supports Worker Run Factory Struggle: Jugoremedija

Sorry, this entry is only available in Jungtinių Valstijų Anglų, Europos Ispanų, Vokiečių, Prancūzų, Italų and Rumunų. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. In Zrenjanin we met up with some of the ex workers from a long standing worker owned factory struggle at Jugoremedija, that has been under threat of Privatization since 2000. Serbian politicians and investors fear this kind of organising, despite being sucessful, will “bring us back to the dark days of…

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Every Day Action at Inex Film: Beograd

Sorry, this entry is only available in Jungtinių Valstijų Anglų, Europos Ispanų, Vokiečių, Prancūzų, Italų and Rumunų. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. On entering Belgrade (8th September) we met up with some of the local Critical Mass crew along the Danube, led by a Serbian Biketour veteran, who showed us some of the problems for cyclists that are squeezed off the roads by heavy car and summer pedestrian traffic. Our mini Critical Mass…

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