Promoting Romania

Elena’s hiring

by Craig Turp November 23, 2010 Romania

Warning: may contain satire. Oh yes. Everybody’s favourite Minister of Bikinis Tourism and Regional Development, Elena Udrea, is hiring. Udrea, who was on Sunday unanimously elected leader of the ruling PDL in Bucharest (in an election that would have done Robert Mugabe proud: no other candidates stood, and of 999 delegates, 979 voted for her. [...]

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Elena Udrea boxes clever. Or does she?

by Craig Turp November 17, 2010 Romania

After yesterday declaring that she ‘would not rule out’ running for mayor of Bucharest in 2012 (you read it here first), Romania’s Minister of Tourism Elena Udrea signed up local boxer Lucian Bute (no, we hadn’t heard of him either, but apparently he holds one of the many and increasingly meaningless boxing world titles) to [...]

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Romania: Simply Surprising

by Craig Turp September 1, 2010 Romania

She’s at it again. Yesterday, Romania’s incomparably lovely Minister of Tourism and Regional Development, Elena Udrea told assembled Romanian diplomats and ambassadors that the country ‘now had its first ever professionally produced tourism brand.’ (You know, the brand whose logo was bought off-the-shelf). ‘Romania has had promotional campaigns in the past,’ she said, ‘but these [...]

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