Romanian Police

Pointless bureaucracy

by Craig Turp November 9, 2011 Business

 Chances are you have never heard of the Registrul Operatorilor Intracomunitari (ROI; Inter-EU Commerce Register). Until a couple of weeks ago, neither had we. Without going into too much detail, the ROI is a register of all Romanian VAT-paying companies which do business with other EU member states. Since August 1st, 2010, all VAT-paying companies [...]

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Look after your motor Mister?

by Craig Turp June 17, 2011 Bucharest

 It’s the fastest growing business in Bucharest: perhaps the only growing business in Romania. ‘Looking after’ people’s cars. Here’s how it works: You find yourself a street – the more central the better – on which there are no official paid parking spaces. (Since the city council got rid of most of the paid car [...]

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It’s Police Week

by Craig Turp August 25, 2010 Bucharest

 It’s Police Week at Bucharest Life. Having already brought to your attention the new hi-tech arm of Bucharest’s crime-fighting boys in blue, and the heartwarming case of a Calarasi policeman going out of his way to put a serious danger to society in hospital and off our streets, news reaches us today that the press [...]

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When crossing the road in Romania, it’s best to be quick

by Craig Turp August 23, 2010 Romania

 Here’s a heartwarming story of a Romanian policeman for once doing the right thing and helping out his fellow citizens… Last week, in the small town Calarasi, south east of Bucharest, an off duty policeman stopped at a pedestrian crossing to allow a man to cross. (A selfless and all too uncommon act in itself). [...]

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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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