January 2009

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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EVZ is at it as well…

by Craig Turp January 19, 2009 Media

 Apparently property prices in Bucharest are going up again… Listen, it’s bollocks. Utter crap. Prices will fall to new lows this year. And then stay there. The mere fact that EVZ has printed this press release from an estate agent as actual news rather sums up the standards of Romanian journalism.

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Slumdogs

by Craig Turp January 16, 2009 Bucharest

 Three things to note about this BBC story on stray dogs in Bombay: 1. While it comes just as the film Slumdog Millionaire was highlighting the awful plight of Bombay’s street children, it is still these animals that lowlifes like Anderson care about most. 2. Pamela Anderson does not live in Bombay (much as Brigitte [...]

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Rough Justice

by Craig Turp January 16, 2009 Bucharest

 Killing people on pedestrian crossings? Fine. Swearing in church? Throw the book at her!

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More proof the internet and real journalism have little in common….

by Craig Turp January 16, 2009 Media

 Masal Bugduv – the 16-year-old Moldovan prodigy who doesn’t exist. Yes, this is the bizarre story of how a non-existent Moldovan striker became one of the world’s 50 hottest young footballing talents. Full story here.

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EVZ Launches Attack on Negoita

by Craig Turp January 15, 2009 Media

 Who he? He be Liviu Negoita of the PDL, the mayor of Bucharest’s Sector 3, long regarded as the best run in the city despite its size and population. In last year’s local election Negoita was reelected as mayor with a frankly Stalinesque 99.9 per cent of the vote, or something like that. Until now [...]

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Thieving Bastards

by Craig Turp January 14, 2009 Bucharest

 Theft, pure theft. That’s what’s going on right now at In Medio press kiosks around Bucharest, as well as in press stores, such as Diverta, which are supplied by In Medio’s distribution arm. And here’s why… The Economist has a cover price of RON 23. This was increased from RON 18 at the end of [...]

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