Elena Basescu

Romania’s Presidential Election 2009 (Round 2)

We try and keep well away from politics here at Bucharest Life. (That’s a lie! – Ed) Well, almost. But given the fact that we live in Bucharest, capital of Romania, and that come Sunday Romanians will be voting in the second and (probably) final round of the country’s presidential election, we could not help [...]

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Vote now: Which Elena is Traian Basescu’s greatest achievement?

by Craig Turp September 16, 2009 Bucharest

Traian Basescu, Romania’s president, appeared before the country’s parliament yesterday to defend his record in office, and to list his substantial number of outstanding achievements. Amongst a number of moot points, Basescu claimed that ‘nobody can deny Romania has moved forward these past five years,’ and that ‘economic growth had been incredible.’ Both true, of [...]

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Elena is Traian Basescu’s revenge

by Craig Turp June 11, 2009 Romanian Politics

Minutes after two exit polls had shown Elena Basescu (Eba) to have comfortably reached the three per cent mark she needed to win a seat in the European parliament in Sunday’s European elections, this independent girl – who had ostentatiously left the PD-L some months before (after those in the PD-L who still have [...]

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Elena Basescu turns Orange in new sponsorship deal

by Craig Turp April 7, 2009 Romania

Not content with the 6,900 lei per month she gets from lighting company Luxten for doing sod all beyond (in her own words) “introducing some data into a computer for four hours a day” or the cash she will be chunking when she becomes a Euro MP next month, Elena Basescu, daughter of president Traian [...]

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