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Eastern Approaches on the Bucharest rioting

by Craig Turp January 16, 2012 Bucharest

 UPDATE: As of Tuesday morning, this is now probably the most balanced English-language piece on the protests. Read it online at The Grauniad. — The Economist‘s always excellent Eastern Approaches blog has just published probably the best English-language summary of events so far (although the Battle of Bucharest headline is pushing it a little). Read [...]

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Much ado about nothing

by Craig Turp January 15, 2012 Bucharest

 There was a mini-riot in Bucharest last night. A lot of fuss over nothing. You can read a BBC news report of the events here, and there is video from Reuters here. Anyway, two quick points. 1. If you are not happy with a government, you can choose not to re-elect it at the next [...]

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Hooray! Baneasa Airport is no more

by Craig Turp January 12, 2012 Bucharest

 It’s official. Bucharest’s Baneasa Airport, widely considered one of the worst in Europe, is to close its doors to standard commercial traffic, although it will remain open as a private airport for the personal planes of the rich and famous. All of the budget airlines currently making use of Baneasa will move operations to Otopeni [...]

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Don’t go the cinema in Bucharest on a Wednesday afternoon. Just don’t

by Craig Turp January 11, 2012 Bucharest

 Who knew? It turns out that every Wednesday there’s an offer at Bucharest’s cinemas: two tickets for the price of one for Orange customers. We only found out when we turned up earlier today at the Hollywood Multiplex having promised the kids they could see Happy Feet 2. Too late. The place was full of [...]

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The Myth of Mircea Lucescu

by Craig Turp January 8, 2012 Bucharest

 On Friday morning Mircea Lucescu, Romanian coach of the Ukrainian football team Shakthar Donetsk was seriously injured in a car accident in the Drumul Taberei district of Bucharest. According to initial reports, Lucescu – in Romania for the winter holidays – allegedly caused the accident himself by attempting an illegal U-turn across a double tram [...]

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Francophonies and the race to become mayor of Bucharest

by Craig Turp January 5, 2012 Bucharest

 One of our favourite ever moments of Bucharest Life came in September 2006, while we having dinner at a Bucharest restaurant. A group of French visitors on the next table were trying to order their meals in French, and, after becoming increasingly louder, yet still failing to make themselves understood, they gave up and tried [...]

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Bucharest Life 2012: It’s all about politics

by Craig Turp January 1, 2012 Bucharest

 One thing will dominate Bucharest Life this coming year, and it’s not Elena Udrea in latex. No, having taken a year’s holiday, Romanian politics is back in a big way, with two sets of elections scheduled for 2012, the first since the controversial presidential election of 2008. As things stand today, the loose and unholy [...]

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