Timber Reincarnated By Douglas Williams The “re” prefix is very much in vogue with recycle, repair and reuse the buzz words of these times. One Romanian carpenter, Doru Popa, is putting all of these into full effect as he s...
Brădetu 196 By Valentin Salegeanu Sunday mornings in bed should be cozy. And so is this one if you keep warm under the thick, heavy handmade cotton-wool blanket we got from my grandparents in Bucovina. Dona and I figh...
World’s Greatest Super Yacht: Made in Romania By David McLean Shoup When Ovid wrote about Tulcea from the banks of the Danube River two thousand years ago, shipbuilding traditions in the ancient city were already centuries old. It is unlikely Ovid coul...
DENT ESTET LAUNCHES THE DIGITAL IMPLANTOLOGY MASTERPLAN Dr. Alexandru Georgescu, Primary Doctor, Dental Implantology & Periodontics talks about changing people’s smiles and lives through implantology “Being a specialist in Periodontics, Dental Implantology w...
Actress and Painter Kira Hagi By Dana Tudose Tianu In early October, I saw Kira Hagi’s exhibition at Galeria Alexandra’s in Bucharest. I didn’t know very much about her at the time, but I knew she had just starred in a movie launched on...
Massive Rise in Residential Developments in 2019 By the end of 2019, property developers will have delivered 40% more new housing units than 2018, according to data from consultancy firm Imoteca. There will be 14,000 this year, compared to 8,500 in 2018, acc...
A Brit with a Romanian Heart By Dana Tudose-Tianu Claire Bignal Melinte has been helping children and disabled adults in Nicoresti for 14 years. Claire Melinte, the President of Asociatia Bunul Samaritean, was born in the UK and...
ANEMARIE HOARAU – Back to Romania after 15 years in NICE, France Ploiesti-born Anemarie Hoarau, 43, has repatriated to Romania this summer after 15 years on the Cote d’Azur in France. Joining her on the new adventure is her French husband and their two children, daughter Ev...
Solar Energy Takes the Front Seat as Romania Looks Forward to a Greener Future By David Shoup With 210 sunny days out of the year, Romania is a rich environment for solar energy. But you don’t see all that many solar panels adorning the rooftops of Bucharest. In large part, this may b...
Co-Living: What is it and Who is it For? Omega House in Bucharest Richard has been living at the Omega House co-living and co-working space in Bucharest for the past six months. He will be 42 in August and was born in Guildford, UK. He first arrived in Bucharest two-and-a-ha...
