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Bucharest Life gets it right for once

by Craig Turp July 2, 2009 Bucharest

 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

by Craig Turp February 3, 2009 Bucharest

 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 [...]

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The Year Ahead

by Craig Turp January 6, 2009 Media

 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 [...]

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The Mysterious Disappearing Case of the Kisellef Killer

by Craig Turp October 13, 2008 Bucharest

 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 [...]

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