The Impact of Geopolitical Risks on Tourism

This study captures the new context of contemporary tourism activity developing within the emergence of geopolitical risks. Tourism, an expression of freedom, has become more and more conditioned by geopolitics, thus by power manifestation in the sense of freedom being limited. Therefore, this study is an exploratory analysis meant to identify the impact of geopolitical risks on tourism activitie

Place Branding – Geographical Approach. Case Study: Waterloo

This study represents an exploratory analysis of the evolution of the place branding concept, with an important focus on the geographical perspective. How has this notion, a newcomer into the geographers' analysis, changed over time and what role does it have in the decision making process of intervening into the way a certain place is organised or as an instrument of economic revival and territorial development? At least from the perspective of Romanian geographical literature, the originality and novelty of this study is obvious. An element of the originality of this research is the attempt of redefining the concept of place branding so that it is more meaningful from the perspective of spatial analyses. The reason for which Waterloo was chosen as a case study is multi-dimensional: the case studies so far have mainly focused on large cities (urban branding instead of place branding) and this site has all the theoretical elements to create a stand-alone brand

Energy Cooperation – The Strength of the Eu’s Economic Development

Continuous economic development of the European Union countries has reached a stage in which both intra- and inter-state cooperation together with the interaction of economic actors, have become biggest strength. The present paper analyze the level of cooperation between European Union countries and the European Union policies in the energy field to emphasize a better image of the European Union energy security level and its future geopolitical trends. In spite of numerous consensus problems among Member States towards a unitary common direction, every state appears to have the same objective – to secure its economic development through energy. As such, the centre of economic gravity in the European Union countries has to be energy cooperation and all policies should be focused on it

MIDDLE EAR CHOLESTEATOMA OTITIS AFTER GROMMET INSERTION

Objective. Presenting a rare case of middle ear cholesteatoma, possible as a result of grommet insertion. The disease occured a few months after tympanostomy tube spontaneous extrusion. The Shepard tube was used to manage suppurative recurrent otitis media persisting after adenoidectomy. Material, method. Otoscopic examination of the eardrum, mastoidectomy, cartilage graft miringoplasty. Results. The patient needed surgery for removal of cholesteatoma from the middle ear and tympanic membrane reconstruction using tragal cartilage with pericondrium. Conclusions. Cholesteatoma can occur after tympanostomy tube insertion. Its incidence is very low but it should be presented as a possible complication to the patient. Precise technique for grommet insertion could prevent the disease