Romanian Justice System

Nastase Seven Houses

by Craig Turp February 1, 2012 Romania

 We assume that even the most ill-informed of visitors to Bucharest Life is aware of the fact that former Romanian prime minister Adrian Nastase was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday for corruption. Nastase remains a free man for the time being, pending an appeal. Here is the Reuters report on the matter. [...]

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Some good ideas simply don’t work in Romania

by Craig Turp April 5, 2010 Bucharest

 The PDL senator Iulian Urban came up with – on paper – a sound idea last week: Fines for driving offences should vary according to the income of the offender. A sound idea indeed, although not entirely original: Finland has had a similar system in place for years. Other countries probably do too. But think [...]

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Bucharest Life gets it right for once

by Craig Turp July 2, 2009 Bucharest

 Back in January we made a few predictions for the coming year. Not all of them have so far been entirely accurate (though the year is still young), but today, one proved to be spot on. We said that Anamaria Straus, a wealthy business woman who killed a young student, Tatiana Duplei, on Sos. Kiseleff [...]

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