Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Update: EVZ Realises its Mistake…

by Craig Turp January 20, 2009 Media

 The penny drops, the text is changed, the indignation remains…

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Spoof ‘Whopper Virgins’ Ad Sparks Usual Sense of Humour Failure

by Craig Turp January 20, 2009 Media

 Two weeks ago, the satirical NBC show Saturday Night Live ran a video, a spoof of the controversial Burger King Whopper Virgins Ad. Cue the usual overreaction in the Romanian press (albeit weeks late). Evenimentul Zilei (again; it gets worse…) today claims on its website (see below) that “a new, controversial Burger King ad, presented [...]

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More Real Estate

by Craig Turp January 20, 2009 Bucharest

 Because we just love watching bubbles burst… Especially property bubbles. Here is a half-decent attempt by Ziarul Financiar (ZF) to evaluate real property prices on the Bucharest market. As most people know, it is almost impossible to gauge real prices on the local market due to the fact that nobody declares the full amount on [...]

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