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Too Much Money? We Can Help

by Craig Turp November 25, 2008 Media

 There might be a recession on, but in the land of milk and honey that is Bucharest, you’d barely know it. Given that so much wealth in Romania is black (and crime of course is recession proof), it could well be a long time before the Audis and BMWs are being repossessed by the leasing [...]

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Pretentious Bollocks 2.0

by Craig Turp November 5, 2008 Media

 There’s a television ad doing the rounds at the moment for Orange, the mobile telephony company. It features somebody called Rives, who is apparently the world’s first 2.0 poet, whatever that is. Those who write blogs in Romania have been falling over themselves to hail Orange and their initiative for featuring Rives, who is of [...]

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Bucharest’s Very Own Matt Harding Rip-Off

by Craig Turp October 31, 2008 Travel

 This video has been doing the rounds lately: Alas, as the Romanian version was clearly not sponsored by a major chewing gum producer, the budget didn’t stretch beyond Baneasa…

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The Tyranny of Free Content

by Craig Turp October 15, 2008 Bucharest

 Much consternation this morning in the incestuous world of the self-important Romanian blogger (honestly: if you understand Romanian you really should read some of the stuff these fools – who actually think they have something to say – post on their penis-extension blogs). Anyway, turns out that the Romanian Copyright Protection Agency (ORDA) wants to [...]

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