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The interview with Rodica Gabriela Chira, Associate Professor at 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia, now retreated, translator of the bilingual volume Despre Oameni și Colivii/ Des Hommes et des Cages (Of men and cages, 2020) inscribes itself into a larger doctoral research focused on a psyco- and sociolinguistic perspective of the Covid-19 pandemic. The questions addressed by the interviewer refer to the historic of the volume, the working process, the quality of translator and traductologist, the steps followed in the elaboration of the volume, with the attention concentrated on answers capable of generating new questions. We thus discover that, through her professional activity, Rodica Gabriela Chira situates herself somewhere at the border between translator and traductologist, although this last quality is not justified by specialized books in the field of traductology. Stress is also put on the orientation of the poems included in the volume from a psycho- and sociolinguistic perspective: they belong to a culture of the present, dependent on circumstances, on the commonplace called the Covid-19 pandemic. The online interview was achieved on January 7, 2024, between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m.

Economic and financial crime is based on three main pillars, namely the underground economy, corruption and money laundering. Corruption seen as a central element of the phenomenon called economic and financial crime is likely to seriously distort the health of the economic environment in a state, altering democratic governance and the rule of law, in fact a real threat to economic development on the principles of market economy. In the following we will refer to theoretical approaches of the literature on the phenomenon of corruption, revealing a possible form of quantification, respectively how it affects the economic environment and the social implications associated with the manifestations of this phenomenon. We aim to perform a theoretical analysis of the corruption term, and then develop the study with the analysis of real implications in society. The research in question is intended to be a basis for understanding the phenomenon in correlation with the complexity of social implications, in order to subsequently propose concrete solutions to combat it, aiming to limit it and its adverse effects on the economy and society. The phenomenon of money laundering can be considered a reaction of the private environment to the fiscal strategy of the state. In this paper we have analyzed this phenomenon to reveal the methods and means used by different people to mask certain amounts of money of dubious origin, in order to reintegrate financial flows into legal economic circuits. The use of the methodology for investigating the specialized literature, followed by the analysis and synthesis of data, allowed us to identify the main implications of corruption in the economic and social ecosystem of the state, respectively the structuring of money laundering techniques and methods.

The economic-financial crime is based on three main pillars, namely the underground economy, corruption and money laundering. The underground economy has negative connotations that include a wide area of coverage. On the other hand, corruption undermines democratic governance and the rule of law, negatively affecting, along with money laundering, economic development, representing a major impediment to economic growth in any economy. In the following we will refer to theoretical approaches of the specialized literature regarding the main categories of determinants - economic, political and behavioral of the economic-financial crime. We aim to carry out a theoretical analysis of the factors that have the capacity to define the economic-financial crime, so that later we can continue the research by studying the real effects in the society of the phenomenon of the economic-financial crime. The studies in question will want to be established as a basis for understanding the phenomenon and we will propose concrete solutions to combat it, aiming at limiting it and the adverse effects in the economy and society. The use of the methodology of investigating the specialized literature, followed by the analysis and synthesis of the data, allowed us to group the determining factors of the economic-financial crime into three major categories, namely the economic, the political and the behavioral ones, aspects detailed in the article. If the economic factors can be somehow standardized for different types of economies, the political and the behavioral ones are characterized by certain particularities that manifest themselves differently, having a specific evolution according to a certain context. The purpose of identifying and classifying the determining factors is to increase the capacity to 'diagnose' the national economy, to better understand the phenomenon of economic-financial crime, so that later it can provide specialized technical support within the reach of the decision-makers in order to act as effectively as possible in combating it. In the hope of creating a foundation for the study and understanding the complexity and dynamism of the economic-financial crime phenomenon, the present article proposes to bring attention to the possible causes, without pretending to exhaust them, constituting a challenge for new studies in order to sensitize the institutions enabled in its fight to act proportional to its magnitude and complexity.

One of Slovakia’s globalization tendencies is the successful introduction of the Eurocurrency. It has been 10 years since the introduction of the euro in Slovakia. It is a sufficient time for us to continuously assess the real situation and attitudes of the citizens in this area. There are several publicly available studies, research findings conducted by Eurobarometer, Fincenter or the National bank, which focus on advantages and disadvantages of the euro currency. The most frequently mentioned advantages are price stability, transaction cost decrease in foreign trade and tourism, Slovak export increase and the removal of exchange rate risk. On the other side, Slovakia has lost its independent monetary policy and the member country is also expected to participate in the euro area rescue mechanism. Similarly the research team of the Faculty of Economics of J. Selye University was invited by Hungarian Pallas Athene Domus Educationis Foundation to participate in the research project named ten years of euro – Slovak experience. Based on this project initiative, the aim of the paper is to find out the experience regarding the euro among citizens, also with an emphasis on cross-border activity. In order to achieve the research objectives we applied primary data collection to obtain information about the researched issue. An anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted among the respondents. Data collection among the residents was realized with a help of an agent, but also an online questionnaire was provided for the respondents in 2018. Statistic indicators were used to verify our assumptions.