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 week, on Wednesdays and [...]
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Hands off RATB
Dogs. Again.
We read this yesterday with much enthusiasm: Bucharest City Council has pledged to change the law so that all stray dogs it captures and sterilizes will no longer be returned to the city’s streets.
We take our hats off to the prefect of Bucharest, Mihai Cristian Atanasoaei, who said he supports “immediate, firm action [on the [...]
Don’t vote if you don’t want to
Romanians go to the polls on Sunday in the first round of voting in the country’s presidential election.
That much you probably know.
You probably also know that just three of the candidates have any chance of making the second round a fortnight later. They are: current president Traian Basescu; PSD leader Mircea Geoana; and Crin [...]
The Week in Bucharest: September 18
A weekly digest of news, business and sport from Bucharest and around Romania
Basescu defends record before parliament
Traian Basescu, Romania’s president, defended his record in office on Wednesday in front of a generally supine parliament. Representatives of the main opposition parties left well before the close of Basescu’s speech.
Basescu said his main achievement had been to oversee ‘unprecedented economic growth,’ and was quick to praise the current government of Emil Boc, a member of Basescu’s Democratic Liberal Party (PDL).
Basescu heavily criticised the government of Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, with which he uncomfortably cohabited for the first four years of his term.
Read the full Week in Bucharest here..