January 2009

Top Romanian pop stars set to compete for honour of finishing 14th in Eurovision Song Contest

by Craig Turp January 30, 2009 Media

 The cream of Romanian pop and rock will tomorrow compete for the prestigious honour of representing Romania at May’s Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow. Twelve acts, chosen this week after two, tight semi-finals, will do battle for the right to go to Moscow and finish 14th, before returning home to recriminations about a lack of [...]

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Bucharest Life fails to find reasonable excuse for putting another photo of Elena Udrea on its website

by Craig Turp January 30, 2009 Travel

 Bucharest Life was thrown into crisis today when it couldn’t think of anything about Elena Udrea that would warrant publication of another photo of Romania’s fruity Minister of Tourism. An immediate investigation was launched.

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Udrea makes sensible suggestion. So do we

by Craig Turp January 29, 2009 Travel

  Elena Udrea’s suggestion earlier this month that Romania should make some kind of attempt to copy Hungary and become a world-class destination for lovers of thermal baths is not the worst suggestion you will hear this year. Done right, it could be a good one. Met with much derision when appointed Minister of Tourism, [...]

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It’s getting boring…

by Craig Turp January 28, 2009 Bucharest

 …but alas it’s true. Bucharest’s firemen (famous until now for possessing the slowest fire engines in Europe – have you ever seen the ‘speed’ they go?) were yesterday called out to rescue a stray dog, fallen into a canal. Yes, really. The words ‘resources, waste, what about people: where do they fit in?’ immediately spring [...]

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Another Day, Less Fuss

by Craig Turp January 27, 2009 Media

 After yesterday’s anniversary of the birth of Nicolae Ceausescu, given – as usual – much attention in print, online and on television, today’s rather more important memorial has so far passed unnoticed in the local press. Today folks, is Holocaust Memorial Day, though here in Romania they are hoping the whole thing will go away [...]

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Happy Birthday Mr. Former President & An Opportunity Missed

by Craig Turp January 26, 2009 Bucharest

 Today would have been the 91st birthday of Nicolae Ceausescu, still the first name that springs to most people’s minds when Romania is mentioned abroad. This year of course will also mark the 20th anniversary of the Romanian Revolution of 1989. To celebrate, struggling newspaper (well, they’re all struggling) Jurnalul National is publishing a four [...]

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Thousands of ideas about how to get a headline…

by Craig Turp January 26, 2009 Business

 We are not big fans of pointless legal action here at Bucharest Life. We’ve been involved in enough cases to know that the only winners are lawyers, most of whom are quite frankly rich enough already. So unless you fancy a spell in court, and the inherent cost, we suggest you avoid using the phrase [...]

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