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This is a full directory of all 15 articles about Bucharest, listed in reverse order, with the most recent article at the top. If you'd prefer to search for some particular article, please use the search facility on the news front page.

Spit flies as fans get to tennis player
Tennis player Victor Hanescu spits on crowd and gets fined £10000. “I am human and I made a mistake” he says about the incident. Ok so maybe he wasn’t aiming...

Current Affairs

Love Poker! Qualify now
We're betting if you like no-limit Texas Hold 'Em you may want to try to make it into Romania's largest poker tournament. If so, you better hurry. The 2010 Roma...

City Focus

Romania's Gypsies find an unlikely hero
Always one to court controversy, Madonna spoke up for one of Romania's most discriminated groups, Gypsies, way back this summer at her Sweet and Sticky concert ...

Current Affairs

Baloo the Bear Moves Home
A new animal protection law passed recently in Romania has come to the aid of Baloo the bear and her three cubs, that were living in squalid conditions in a vil...

Current Affairs

Hotels Slump as Aparthotels Rocket
If you’re thinking of a flying visit to the Romanian Capital, or even if you’re a resident who feels like splurging out on a treat, don’t be afraid to haggle wi...

Business

A Cinematic 360 Degree Experience
The days could be over for when you could scurry into a cinema to escape a drenching from a sudden downpour - at least in Bucharest anyway. That's because a Br...

Art and Culture

City Centre Vision Stalls
An ambitious plan to revitalise Bucharest looks set to be grounded after the city council abruptly terminated the contract of the company, Spanish owned Sedesa,...

Current Affairs

Bucharest Is All Tolerance
Third edition of an annual gay pride festival GayFest will be held in May. As always, it'll consist of several cultural events, film screenings, art exhibitions...

Current Affairs

Invest In Bucharest
Bucharest was chosen the third European city, where top 500 international companies are ready to invest. The two cities that outranked Romanian capital in the r...

Current Affairs

Leonard Cohen Celebrates 74th in Bucharest
Marking the start of his fall tour and the end of a long weekend of Days of Bucharest celebrations, cult singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen played to a packed audi...

Art and Culture

Ancient Mastodon Skeleton Found
A 2.5 million year old skeleton of a mastodon has been found by miners in Romania. Paleontologists are very excited as the skeleton was found largely intact in ...

History

Bucharest Hotel Prices Compared to Rest of Europe
Staying in a hotel in Bucharest is not as cheap as you might think, with a recent study calculating the average prices as 40% higher than in Berlin. The prices ...

City Focus

Exit Polls point toward newest Mayor of Bucharest
On June 15th, residents of Bucharest headed to the polls for the second round of the local run-off elections. According to exit polls, Bucharest's newest Mayor ...

Current Affairs

NATO Summit Begins in Bucharest
Hundreds of diplomats, journalists, and other important suits have descended on Bucharest as the largest NATO summit in history begins in the Romanian capital t...

Current Affairs

Bucharest Killer Uses Cold Temps To Claim Victims
Bucharest citizens have been gripped with fear as the city suffers one of its harshest winters in decades. 38 deaths have already been registered between Decemb...

Current Affairs

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