November 2008

Cum Votam?

by Craig Turp November 28, 2008 Media

 It’s election time people. Sunday is the big day. A general election. Traian Ungureanu, former BBC Romania man and cheerleader-in-chief for Traian Basescu, unsurprisingly nails his flag to the PD-L mast (the PD-L is Basescu’s party) in this morning’s Cotidianul. No surprises there. We at Bucharest Life do not have the vote. Though we live [...]

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Half Speed Ahead

by Craig Turp November 25, 2008 Romania

 By Radu Marinas MEDGIDIA, Romania (Reuters) In the early 1990s, it took a steam train three hours to get from the Romanian capital Bucharest to the Black Sea. Now an electric train does it in six. It’s not just the tourists who care. Every party is writing road and rail investment large in its campaign [...]

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Too Much Money? We Can Help

by Craig Turp November 25, 2008 Media

 There might be a recession on, but in the land of milk and honey that is Bucharest, you’d barely know it. Given that so much wealth in Romania is black (and crime of course is recession proof), it could well be a long time before the Audis and BMWs are being repossessed by the leasing [...]

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Nazis in Bucharest!

by Craig Turp November 24, 2008 Bucharest

 More amazing photos from the Life archives here.

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Europe’s Ugliest Hotel?

by Craig Turp November 21, 2008 Travel

 Maybe not, we’ve seen equally appalling hotels elsewhere, but there is something about the sheer size of the Rin Grand Hotel in southern Bucharest that makes it just appallingly ugly. Claiming to be the largest hotel in Europe this place opened in the spring to much fanfare. The compliant Romanian media did its job, playing [...]

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The Perfect Romanian Property Share

by Craig Turp November 19, 2008 Romania

 

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Romania’s Election

by Craig Turp November 17, 2008 Media

 Romania goes to the polls in three weeks to chose a new government. For the first time, a direct voting system (the so-called uninimonal) is being used in place of proportional representation. Or is it? We studied this so called ‘direct voting’ system yesterday and noticed that it is not a direct voting system at [...]

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