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Hands off RATB

Make a list of good public services in Bucharest.
Finished?
Thought so.
There are not that many public services in Bucharest which approach anything that could even be said to resemble ‘good.’ But there are a few…
Rubbish collection is one, at least in our sector (Sector 3). We get our rubbish collected twice a week, on Wednesdays and [...]

Bucharest Life 2009

A week or so late, here is Bucharest Life’s Review of the Year that was 2009.
January
A new government, led by Traian Basescu and Little Emil Boc, installed following parliamentary elections at the end of 2008, introduces, amongst other moves of sheer political genius, a compulsory profit tax for small companies (even those that lose money) [...]

Nu Bloca Intersectia

First off, we bet you never knew that the Bucharest police force had its own Facebook page? Well it does, and for what it’s worth, it’s here.
Secondly, we bet you never knew that they had made a mildly amusing 30-second commercial to try and encourage the city’s drivers not to block junctions?
Well, they have:

We don’t [...]

More Badly Parked Cars

Thanks for these go to a reader, who calls himself simply Mame.
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Badly Parked Cars: Why?

This one was submitted by a reader, Nicholas Wright, along with the accompanying text:
This one begs the question: Why? You could have parked properly? But hey, this is Bucharest. There’s a photo on Wikipedia of Casa Scanteii in 1971 – one car out front – much better! But seriously, why are people driving here? I [...]