RATB

‘Trebuie sa va informati’; RATB fail

by Craig Turp August 9, 2010 Bucharest

 We’re big fans of RATB (the company that operates Bucharest’s surface-level public transport) here at Bucharest Life. As our regular reader (a Mrs. Trellis of North Wales) will no doubt remember, we have sung their praises and even defended them a number of times. Today though, RATB failed us. Having waited a good 15 minutes [...]

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Hands off RATB

by Craig Turp March 9, 2010 Bucharest

 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 [...]

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Bucharest Life 2009

by Craig Turp January 4, 2010 Bucharest

 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 [...]

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Bucharest’s vintage tram parade

by Craig Turp September 21, 2009 Bucharest

 Regular readers of Bucharest Life will know that our son is a bit of a Bucharest public transport fan, and that dad increasingly resembles him. So neither of us needed a second invitation on Saturday to head to RATB’s birthday party (RATB being the company that operates Bucharest buses, trolleybuses and trams). To mark 100 [...]

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