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Romania drops the leu and adopts kilometres of motorway as new currency

by Craig Turp November 19, 2010 Bucharest

 It’s official. All costs of all things in Romania will from today be measured not in the local currency – the leu – or any other currency (euros, pounds, dollars or North Korean luncheon vouchers) but instead in kilometres of motorway. Local newspaper Gandul was the first to break the news this morning, leading on [...]

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The Worlds Biggest Mall?

by Craig Turp January 15, 2010 Bucharest

 (Or, You Couldn’t Make It Up: Part 67) It appears that there is a growing consensus amongst Romania’s MPs (who yesterday generously voted for a whopping zero per cent increase in the basic state pension) to move out of their current home: Casa Poporului, allegedly the second largest building in the world. The MPs appear [...]

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