Bucharest is a vibrant, modern city which – while it has its problems – is increasingly like any other European capital. The young (and the not so young) enjoy going out in its cafes, bars, pubs, restaurants, clubs, discos and live music venues, much as their counterparts do in almost every other city in the [...]
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Great books about Romania in English No. 3;
Romania and the EU: How the Weak Vanquished the Strong
Romania and the European Union: How the Weak Vanquisjed the Strong By Tom Gallagher Reviewed by Christopher Lawson What are the key events in Romania over the last 20 years? This is a much abbreviated version. For 10 of those years, the former minor functionary and Ceausescu lieutenant Ion Iliescu held power. Communism was superficially [...]
Liverpool are coming to Bucharest, again
Again. Though Liverpool fans probably know Bucharest rather well these days, we’ve still prepared a quick guide to the city for them ahead of their match against Steaua. Find it here. View Steaua Bucharest v Liverpool in a larger map
It’s Police Week
It’s Police Week at Bucharest Life. Having already brought to your attention the new hi-tech arm of Bucharest’s crime-fighting boys in blue, and the heartwarming case of a Calarasi policeman going out of his way to put a serious danger to society in hospital and off our streets, news reaches us today that the press [...]
Bucharest’s finest, now fighting crime on horseback
Spaga now payable in straw and sugar cubes?