Back in January we made a few predictions for the coming year. Not all of them have so far been entirely accurate (though the year is still young), but today, one proved to be spot on. We said that Anamaria Straus, a wealthy business woman who killed a young student, Tatiana Duplei, on Sos. Kiseleff [...]
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Horse runs away, Bucharest City Council closes stable door
Bucharest City Council yesterday unveiled two new sets of traffic lights on Soseaua Kiseleff, the street that has become something of a mad mile in recent times, with two young girls being killed by reckless drivers here in less than a year. The latest death came on Saturday, when a speeding Austrian diplomat killed a [...]
The Year Ahead
Bucharest Life’s predictions for 2009. Property prices will fall through the floor. Expect a return to 2002-2003 prices for older apartments: two-bedrooms on B-dul Unirii will be yours for around €150,000 (tops) by year’s end. New developments will be abandoned, half complete, and those which do get finished will remain empty. Lots of estate agents [...]
The Mysterious Disappearing Case of the Kisellef Killer
Earlier this year Ana Maria Strauss, driving a big Audi, killed a young student who had made the mistake of trying to cross a busy Bucharest road on a zebra crossing. Now, in the first place it should be recognised that the student was being a bit dumb. I mean, everyone knows that people driving [...]