Comments on: The Year Ahead http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/01/06/the-year-ahead/ Capital living in Bucharest, Romania Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Bucharest Life | Bucharest Life gets it right for once | Bucharest http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/01/06/the-year-ahead/#comment-843 Bucharest Life | Bucharest Life gets it right for once | Bucharest Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:31:23 +0000 http://bucharestlife.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/the-year-ahead/#comment-843 [...] in January we made a few predictions for the coming year. Not all of them have so far been entirely accurate (though the year is still young), but today, [...] [...] in January we made a few predictions for the coming year. Not all of them have so far been entirely accurate (though the year is still young), but today, [...]

]]> By: Davin Ellicson http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/01/06/the-year-ahead/#comment-149 Davin Ellicson Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:02:00 +0000 http://bucharestlife.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/the-year-ahead/#comment-149 Parmalat: Thanks again for the background information. From here we skip to newer 'Bucharest Life' posts. ok?! Parmalat: Thanks again for the background information. From here we skip to newer ‘Bucharest Life’ posts. ok?!

]]> By: Parmalat http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/01/06/the-year-ahead/#comment-148 Parmalat Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:30:00 +0000 http://bucharestlife.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/the-year-ahead/#comment-148 You missed the best part :P<br/>Actually in 2000 the country was nearing the end of it's worse 4 years in history, under the governing of Conventia Democratica Romana (CDR) who changed exactly 3 PM's and a few dozens ministers in 4 years, who took out tanks on the streets because 20.000 miners came and beat the Police forces in Costesti (1999) and threatened to come to Bucharest to overthrow the Government (nothing on youtube about it unfortunately) and many others.<br/>In 2000 PSD won the elections with Ion Iliescu as President and Adrian Nastase as PM and then the economic development of the country began. In 2004 at the end of the term, the country had reached 7.5% economic growth and - in what conditions - while being under strict monitoring from the IMF!! 2000-2004 was probably the best government in the entire history of the country.<br/>After 2004 the political right came into power and the first thing they did was to impose 16% unique tax and cancel the agreement with the IMF. That's when the film was cut: the budget deficit as well as the trade deficit jumped into the air as borrowing conditions were relaxed by the banks, salaries were raised and a lot of other unacceptable measures (for the current state of the economy) were taken. In the end the country remained with no assets to sell to the Europeans (I'm talking about factories, banks and other state-owned assets that had to be sold, as imposed by the EU) so there was no money left to sustain all measures taken by the government. This was the period when everyone bought cars, electronic equipment, apartments, land and everything. The result can be seen nowadays because what's happening now with the state of economy obviously has to do with the measures taken in the last 4 years.<br/>Right now the country is still living off the results of the excellent PSD government which was in office from 2000 to 2004. Unfortunately Romanian people don't know sh** about macro-economy and they voted for Basescu because - unlike Adrian Nastase - he made jokes. What happened to Adrian Nastase was a major injustice! <br/>That's why we don't deserve to have a developed country, because we killed Ceausescu who didn't even have a house of his own when he died (everything he did - even with his limited skills - he did for the country), he deserved at least to live his last years in peace and because we took down the best PM in the history of Romania only to put a circus clown in his place. And people still don't understand this! You missed the best part :P
Actually in 2000 the country was nearing the end of it’s worse 4 years in history, under the governing of Conventia Democratica Romana (CDR) who changed exactly 3 PM’s and a few dozens ministers in 4 years, who took out tanks on the streets because 20.000 miners came and beat the Police forces in Costesti (1999) and threatened to come to Bucharest to overthrow the Government (nothing on youtube about it unfortunately) and many others.
In 2000 PSD won the elections with Ion Iliescu as President and Adrian Nastase as PM and then the economic development of the country began. In 2004 at the end of the term, the country had reached 7.5% economic growth and – in what conditions – while being under strict monitoring from the IMF!! 2000-2004 was probably the best government in the entire history of the country.
After 2004 the political right came into power and the first thing they did was to impose 16% unique tax and cancel the agreement with the IMF. That’s when the film was cut: the budget deficit as well as the trade deficit jumped into the air as borrowing conditions were relaxed by the banks, salaries were raised and a lot of other unacceptable measures (for the current state of the economy) were taken. In the end the country remained with no assets to sell to the Europeans (I’m talking about factories, banks and other state-owned assets that had to be sold, as imposed by the EU) so there was no money left to sustain all measures taken by the government. This was the period when everyone bought cars, electronic equipment, apartments, land and everything. The result can be seen nowadays because what’s happening now with the state of economy obviously has to do with the measures taken in the last 4 years.
Right now the country is still living off the results of the excellent PSD government which was in office from 2000 to 2004. Unfortunately Romanian people don’t know sh** about macro-economy and they voted for Basescu because – unlike Adrian Nastase – he made jokes. What happened to Adrian Nastase was a major injustice!
That’s why we don’t deserve to have a developed country, because we killed Ceausescu who didn’t even have a house of his own when he died (everything he did – even with his limited skills – he did for the country), he deserved at least to live his last years in peace and because we took down the best PM in the history of Romania only to put a circus clown in his place. And people still don’t understand this!

]]> By: Davin Ellicson http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/01/06/the-year-ahead/#comment-147 Davin Ellicson Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:44:00 +0000 http://bucharestlife.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/the-year-ahead/#comment-147 main page link to articles:<br/><br/>http://www.plural-magazine.com/ main page link to articles:

http://www.plural-magazine.com/

]]> By: Davin Ellicson http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/01/06/the-year-ahead/#comment-146 Davin Ellicson Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:42:00 +0000 http://bucharestlife.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/the-year-ahead/#comment-146 I just found this very informative issue of Plural devoted to Bucharest and it's future from a variety of angles including architecture:<br/><br/>http://www.plural-magazine.com/?edition_id=38 I just found this very informative issue of Plural devoted to Bucharest and it’s future from a variety of angles including architecture:

http://www.plural-magazine.com/?edition_id=38

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