The Romanian war is bringing Venetian Cauldrons

By: Lei Salmson

While we celebrate ten years of peace the war continues in Romania. We all remember Transylvania as the nation who won the first Quidditch World Cup. When they disappeared as a nation we all knew it was only a matter of time before the proud Transylvanians started to fight the Romanians to recover their territory and reestablish their nation.

They have been fighting for six months now and this war doesn’t seem to be anywhere close to the end.

Rebels seem to be gaining ground. Battles are fought everyday and still the Ministry says everything is under control and they are not worried about their political stability. However, while they pretend things are not getting out of hand, the horrors of the war suggest things are not as fine as they wanted us to believe.

Early this morning the Romanian Vice-Minister was hexed. He was taken to the local hospital and healers there have refused to share any details about his condition. Rumors say the attack was part of a new offensive Transylvanians are planning. Whether or not this is true is still unclear. The Romanian Minister of Magic, Lazăr Comănescu, affirmed that the event was just an accident and it had nothing to do with separatist wizards trying to take over the nation like the local news suggest.

Massive muggle murders in Romania suggest the fights there might not be just about Transylvanians trying to restore their nation. Whether the murders are incidents related to the war or no is not clear yet. There are rumors about small groups of dark wizards that are having fun torturing muggles while posing as separatists.

The Deparment of Magical Transportation reported this morning that the Floo Network in our territory is still working normally and connecting to all locations in Romania. However, the Ministry of Magic is warning people about how unwise it is to visit that country while the war lasts.

Worried merchants have already found alternatives to replace products they imported from Romania. Malaysia and Egypt seem to be the new places from where they are importing goods. A group of witches that used to import cauldrons from Romania informed they are now selling Italian cauldrons even though they are more expensive than the Transylvanian ones.

Rodolfa Aristegui, owner of “Cauldrons Aristegui” expressed the war has not affected the stability of her business even thought most of the items she sells at her store were imported from Romania. When we asked her how the introduction of these products brought from other regions is affecting her business she said: “These cauldrons I’m bringing from Venice are not only beautiful, they are so good that people have not even noticed they are more expensive than the ones we normally sell”.