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Bucharest In Your Pocket 63

Is out and about on the city’s streets. Under a pile of snow, probably.

But panic not! You can avoid the snow and read it from the comfort of your desktop by downloading a PDF copy right here. (We fixed the mistake on the cover – can you spot it? – before it went to print, [...]

Lateral Thinking

Romania specialises in many things; hairdressers, stray dogs and good, cheap, reliable motor cars are just three things that immediately spring to mind.
Another niche Romania has made its own is in broadcasting; namely, The Television Sports Channel That Shows No Sport Of Any Kind niche.
Instead of sport, which of course costs money, these ’sports’ channels [...]

Hagi, The Guardian & Pisspoor Journalism

As we understand things, times are tough at Realitatea, Romania’s ‘top’ TV news channel: reports that the media firm’s bank accounts were blocked for non-payment of taxes certainly suggest as much.
That’s none of our business.
Pointing out crap journalism is something we consider our business, however, especially if it involves a little iconclasm.
Today’s top story on [...]

Urban skiing in Bucharest

We really ought to try this, though something tells us we never will…

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It’s not the Romanian government’s business to go around building golf courses

Elena Udrea, everyone’s favourite Minister of Tourism, has been a fantastic source of inspiration for Bucharest Life for some time now. We were therefore chuffed to bits that Traian Basescu chose her to continue in the role in his new government (going as far as to increase the size of her portfolio by throwing in [...]