Bucharest March 2019 / An walking out in central Bucharest
Visiting Bucharest, opening the vault of memories.
1 - Caru' cu bere (
2 - The old side of the city (
3 - Cărturești Carusel bookstore
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4 - Turnul Colței (
5 - The History Museum of Romania / Muzeul de Istorie al României (
6 - CEC Palace (
7 - Palace of Justice (
8 - University of Architecture (
9 - Romanian Commercial Bank (the old headquarters) (
10 - Bucharest General City Hall (
11 - Hotel Capitol Bucharest (
12 - Telephone Palace (
13 – Novotel Hotel (
14 – A new building of Romanian Commercial Bank
15 - Old headquarters of Romanian Commercial Bank
16 - University of Bucharest (
17 – Revolution Square, Bucharest (
18 - Michael the Brave, statue (
19 - Colțea Hospital (
20 - Athenee Palace Hilton Bucharest (
21 - Romanian Athenaeum (
22 - University of Bucharest (
23 - Queen Elisabeth Boulevard (
24 - Bulevardul Unirii (
25 - Iancului St.
26 - Cișmigiu Gardens (
27 - University Square, Bucharest (
28 - Satire and Umor Theatre Constantin Tanase
29 - Royal Palace of Bucharest (
now National Museum of Art of Romania (
30 - Central University Library Carol I, Bucharest (
31 - Hotel Lido (
32 - InterContinental Bucharest (
33 - Caru' cu bere (
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Suceava, Romania - Winter Wonderland in a Medieval City
The historical city of Suceava Romania is the capital of Suceava County, located in the Bucovina region of Romania. Suceava played a huge and significant role throughout the country's history. The city served as the medieval Principality of Moldavia from 1388 to 1565.
Many great rulers in Romania's history have lived and governed from within the city's walls, including Stephen the Great, and Petru Rareș, among dozes of others over many decades. Today, the city with a population of about 90,000 serves as a economical hub for NE Romania.
The city is found under a humid continental climate, typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.
This year Suceava's first major snow came on November 19th and caught me by surprise. Since I was free that day, I decided to walk around a few area's of the city and film the different sites. I hope you enjoy!
0:02 - The Old Style Church of Saint John the New from Suceava
1:40 - Bar of America
2:07 - Jupiter Alley - Graffiti
2:49 - Lalelelor Alley
3:47 - Church of the Three Hierarchs
4:43 - George Enescu Boulevard
7:18 - Nativity Orthodox Cathedral
10:31 - Marasesti Park
10:54 - Mărăști Street
12:11 - Mihai Eminescu Street
12:43 - Church of Saint Nicholas
13:29 - Stephen the Great High School
14:10 - Nicolae Bălcescu Street
15:09 - Suceava Center
15:55 - House of Culture
16:55 - Petru Rareș Statue
17:20 - Center Park
18:00 - Museum of Natural Sciences
18:36 - Roman Catholic Church of St. John Nepomuk
19:18 - Administrative Palace
20:01 - Ciprian Porumbescu Statue
21:25 - Suceava Heros Monument
22:26 - Ana Ipătescu Street
24:30 - Winged Bucovina Statue
25:25 - Petru II Mușat Statue
26:25 - Museum of Bucovina
28:13 - Stephen the Great Street
28:48 - Roses Park
30:34 - Palace of Justice
32:37 - May 1 Boulevard
33:01 - Suceava City Hall
34:22 - Institute Park
36:13 - Stephen the Great University
36:34 - Scurtă Street
37:37 - Saint John the New Hospital
39:15 - Zorilor Street
40:11 - Curcubeu
Bucuresti (Romania) Vacation Travel Video Guide
Travel video about destination Bucuresti in Romania.
The capital of Romania, Bucharest, the Paris of the East. Founded by Prince Dracula and transformed from a dictatorship into a fine metropolis. In between embellished Classical and Baroque facades, as well as playful Art Nouveau, are many splendid historic buildings. In Bucharest’s Old Town are the ruins of the Old Royal Court in which Vlad Tepes resided. In 1456, Vlad The Impaler, also known as Dracula, came to power as Prince Of The Walachei. On the other side of the Dâmboviţa River is Romania’s last dictator’s impressive and once-fearsome building, the Palace Of Parliament. Close by is the National Opera House which was founded in 1998 and created as a multi-functional complex. The Templul Coral is the largest and most beautiful synagogue in Bucharest where more than a hundred thousand Jews once lived. The Jewish Cemetery is now a sad sight as it has become overgrown and neglected. The large cemetery in the south of the city is an impressive symbol of death and a work of emotion and nostalgia. Monumental mausoleums, artistic wooden crosses and touching sculptures decorate the final resting place of prominent personages. The historic Orthodox Cemetery is the national pantheon that Baron Bellu had designed in the mid-nineteenth century. Bellu, who also became Romania’s Minister Of Culture And Justice, donated his garden in which the foundation of the cemetery was laid in November, 1852. Situated at the intersection of East and West, Bucharest is a pulsating city, a cosmopolitan metropolis with abundant art and culture, churches, museums and palaces: the pride of the nation’s honour regained!
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Protest in front of the Parliament and Justice Minister in Bucharest
The crowd chants: Justice, not corruption!
Locuri Superbe din Romania || Incredible Romania
0:06 1. Putna Monastery
0:23 2. Galbenu Lake
0:34 3. Medieval City of Sighisoara
1:10 4. Bigar Waterfall
1:35 5. Transfagarasan Road
1:46 6. Transylvania
1:52 7. Voronet Monastery
2:11 8. Vaser Valley and Mocanita Steam Train
2:34 9. Adamclisi Tropaeum Traiani
2:59 10. Rasnov Citadel
3:23 11. Sibiu
3:52 12. Sarmizegetusa Regia
3:59 13. Great Bucegi Sphinx
4:16 14. Bran - Dracula's Castle
4:46 15. Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest
5:11 16. Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest
5:30 17. Palace of Justice, Bucharest
5:35 18. Central University Library of Bucharest
5:41 19. Mogosoaia Palace, Bucharest
5:46 20. Arch of Triumph, Bucharest
5:52 21. National Bank of Romania, Bucharest
6:10 22. Bears Cave
6:18 24. Danube Delta
6:48 25. Brasov
7:06 26. Constanta Casino
7:30 27. Barsana Monastery
7:42 28. Merry Cemetery
8:01 29. Timisoara
8:13 30. Rock Sculpture of Decebalus
8:30 31. Iasi
8:57 32. Vidraru Lake
9:09 33. Wild horses in the Danube Delta
9:24 34. Viscri, Transylvania
9:30 35. The Church of the Timiseni Village
9:36 36. Mamaia Beach Resort
10:05 37. Corvin Castle
10:24 38. Peles Palace
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Video Travel in Bucharest Romania. Travel anywhere, feel like home! Rent For Comfort Agency
In this episode we present you Unirii Square & Izvor areas and the main tourist attractions:
Justice Palace
Parliament House
Patriarchal Palace
Izvor Park
Unirii area is a host for many different events taking place in Bucharest. For example, If you are passionate about sports events, once a year, you can take part to Bucharest Marathon (The start point is next to the Parliament House). Dozens of runners, romanians, but also many foreigners run on the main Bucharest's boulevards.
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Pro Romania gov protest at presidential palace
(5 Feb 2017) Hundreds of pro-government supporters gathered in front of the presidential palace in Bucharest on Sunday.
The protesters voiced their anger at President Klaus Iohannis, who has shown support to protesters who have been rallying against a law that goes easy on corruption.
Speaking Friday at a European Union summit in Malta on Friday, Iohannis said he trusted the protesters more than the government.
Led by Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu, the government originally approved the ordinance in the middle of the night on Wednesday with no input from Parliament.
After repealing the decree on Sunday, Grindeanu asked the justice minister to prepare a draft law that would be sent to Parliament for debate.
Protesters demonstrated against the law for five straight days. They were angry that the measure watered down the country's fight against corrupt officials, including the the leader of the ruling Social Democrats' party.
The Constitutional Court is still scheduled to rule on the legality of the decree this week.
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Romania Protests: Justice minister resigns over corruption law
Romania's justice minister resigned Thursday following mass protests over a law that eases criminal penalties for government officials engaged in corruption. Despite heavy snowstorm, protests continue in Bucharest. More protests expected over weekend. Shamim Chowdhury reports.
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Protest over new emergency judicial decree in Romania
(22 Feb 2019) Romanian magistrates organised a protest outside the Justice Palace in Bucharest on Friday criticising a new emergency ordinance that will change the country's judicial legislation.
Protesters feared that changes will exert more political control over the judiciary.
The Social Democratic government adopted the emergency legislation Tuesday including a provision to limit how long top prosecutor agencies can be managed by interim appointees.
The measure also removes the prosecutor general oversight of a unit tasked with investigating magistrates.
President Klaus Iohannis, a government opponent, said the government wants to render the justice system inefficient for personal interests.
The European Union also appealed to Romania not to dilute efforts to fight high-level corruption after the government enacted the new ordinance.
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Bucharest: Worlds 2nd biggest parliament building. The People’s House / Palace Of The Parliament,
The palace of the parliament is the most expensive and second biggest parliament building in the world after pentagon which is in central Bucharest sector 5. The dictator Nicolae Ceausescu order the bulding. Chief architect Anca Petrescu with the team of 700 architects, constructed over a period of 13 years (1984-97).
Romania - Gypsy Leader Cioaba A Knight Templar
The leader of Romania's gypsies, the self-styled Gypsy King Ion
Cioaba, was on Wednesday (26/10) made a knight of the ancient
Order of the Temple, to better fight for his people's rights.
Cioaba, 59, was knighted and received the mantle and insignia of
the order, founded in Jerusalem in 1118, during a colourful
ceremony at the Elisabeta Palace in the Romanian capital
Bucharest. We are old crusaders but our crusade is now for peace.
Brother Ioan Cioaba was knighted today as leader of gypsies in
Romania and all over Europe, said Franz-Josef von Batschinsky,
the Order's legate for Germany and ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary for Eastern and Central Europe.
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Gypsy King Ion Cioaba entering palace
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Order of the Temple speaking
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close-up of King Cioaba with gold bracelets and signet ring,
crying
Cioaba and Batschinsky shaking hands and kissing
man asleep during ceremony
Cioaba wearing knight's white mantle, insignia
Von Batschinsky taking knight's insignia out of box in plastic bag
Cioaba putting his gold crown on his head.
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Pope praises Romanian progress on arrival in Bucharest
(31 May 2019) Pope Francis praised Romania on Friday for building a sound democracy through the plurality of its political and social forces.
The pontiff made his comments in a speech at the presidential palace in Bucharest in front of a crowd of religious and political leaders.
Francis' visit comes on the heels of the European Parliament elections that hollowed out the political middle in the bloc, and Francis is expected to speak about issues confronting the continent during the trip.
Francis arrived in Romania on Friday morning for a three-day, cross-country pilgrimage that in many ways is completing the 1999 trip by St. John Paul II that marked the first-ever papal visit to a majority Orthodox country.
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Final rallies of main candidates for Romanian presidency
(21 Nov 2009) SHOTLIST
1. Zoom out from Romanian flag to the arch of triumph in Bucharest
2. Various of the presidential palace in Bucharest
3. Social Democratic Party presidential candidate, Mircea Geoana, followed down the street by his supporters
4. Geoana shaking hands with this supporters
5. Geoana walking onto stage
6. Various of Social Democratic Party supporters holding red flags
7. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Mircea Geoana, presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party: (partly overlaid with pan of crowd)
After December 6th, as the future president of Romania, I will nominate before Christmas a real government, with professional members, and all together we will fight the crisis, to pay salaries and pensions, to create jobs.
8. Various of the headquarters of the Financiarul newspapers
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Radu Tudor, Editor of 'Financiarul' newspaper and political analyst:
In Romania we have a bigger political crisis than the economic one, and according to the polls more and more people are looking for a new solution for a new president because everybody is looking for a more stable Romania. IMF (International Monetary Fund) and European Commission are also looking for a more stable solution in Romania from a political point of view to stabilise Romania on the economic side in 2010.
10. Romanian President and the Democrat Liberals candidate, Traian Basescu, being greeted by his supporters
11. Basescu on stage waving an orange scarf
12. Wide of supporters of Basescu gathered in square
13. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Traian Basescu, Romanian President and the presidential candidate of the Democrat Liberals:
We need a less bureaucratic state, with less employees, with more simple laws, with a one chamber parliament and more respect towards the nation.
14. Wide of crowd gathered to support Basescu
15. Close of posters of the National Liberal Party's presidential candidate Crin Antonescu
16. Antonescu greeting his supporters
17. Antonescu on stage
18. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Crin Antonescu, presidential candidate of the National Liberal Party:
As long as Romania is suffering from poverty, disease, desperate people and children with no hope - I as a future president can not sleep.
19. Antonescu on stage campaigning
STORYLINE
Romanian presidential candidates held their final campaign rallies on Friday in the capital Bucharest, ahead of Sunday's election, which takes place in the midst of an economic crisis.
The incumbent, Traian Basescu, is running for a second five-year term in office and was forced to call early elections after the government collapsed.
The former government led by Prime Minister Emil Boc and supported by Basescu fell on October 13 in a no-confidence vote.
Basescu is expected to find most of his competition from Social Democratic Party candidate Mircea Geoana and the National Liberal Party's Crin Antonescu.
Under the Romanian electoral system all of the 12 presidential candidates will contest Sunday's election with the two candidates receiving the most votes contesting a December 6 run-off.
Geoana was out on the campaign trail on Friday and spoke to his supporters in the Romanian capital.
I will nominate before Christmas a real government, with professional members, and all together we will fight the crisis, to pay salaries and pensions, to create jobs, he told the crowd.
Under the Romanian constitution the presidential seat may be held by one person for a maximum of two terms, which can be successive giving Basescu the chance to run for office again.
Basescu has called the elections but also called a referendum on the parliament structure.
The money is made available in quarterly instalments subject to the IMF's review of Romania's economy.
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PM, Bucharest Mayor and president voting
Bucharest
1. Close-up Romanian flags
2. Pull out to wide shot parliament building
3. Close-up newspapers for sale
4. Newspaper vendor selling newspaper to passing motorist
5. Exterior polling station
6. People entering polling station
7. Notices in polling station
8. Various people voting
Cernica, 20 kilometres from Bucharest
9. Men walking outside monastery in snow
10. Close-up sign for polling station
11. Various people, including priests, voting in monastery
Bucharest
12. Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase walking to polling station
13. Close-up Nastase's identification card
14. Various Nastase voting
15. SOUNDBITE: (Romanian) Adrian Nastase, Romanian Prime Minister:
I voted for a very simple idea: for a Romania without poverty.
16. Romanian and European Union flags outside polling station
17. Various Bucharest mayor Traian Basescu voting
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Traian Basescu, Bucharest Mayor:
I am confident I'll win in the first round.
19. Romanian President Ion Iliescu entering polling station
20. Various Iliescu voting
STORYLINE:
Exit polls in the Romanian election show the ruling party in the lead, but not by enough to avoid being forced into a run-off to elect the president.
Neither party has won a majority that would enable it to form a government, the polls indicated.
Shortly after polls closed at 9 p.m. (1900GMT) on Sunday, two exit polls predicted that the governing Social Democratic Party would get about 40 per cent of the vote, while the centrist Justice and Truth Alliance secured about 35 per cent of the vote.
Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase was in the lead in the presidential poll with up to 43.7 per cent, with challenger Traian Basescu in second place with just 35.2 per cent.
The results of the presidential race mean there will be a run-off on December 12.
The 54-year-old Nastase heads the ruling Social Democratic Party, seen by many to be the successor to the Communist Party.
Despite being regarded as the embodiment of the country's communist past, Nastase said he was the best candidate to take Romania into the European Union because he has personal ties to foreign leaders and has helped lead the country during four years of economic growth.
Basescu, the Bucharest mayor, is an inexperienced but outspoken and popular politician who rose to national fame by launching scathing attacks against the ruling party, which he accuses of fostering corruption and damaging democracy.
Basescu promises a Western-leaning future and has vowed to take Romania into the EU with dignity, by implementing needed reforms to prepare the country for membership.
He also says Romania should continue to fight alongside the United States against terrorism and in Iraq, where Romania has about 700 soldiers.
Romania hopes to join the EU by 2007, but has been told to clean up endemic corruption and improve press freedom.
A first round winner was unlikely because a candidate would need to secure more than 50 per cent of the vote.
The winner will replace President Ion Iliescu, who is stepping down after serving three terms.
About 3,300 Romanian and 50 foreign observers monitored the election. Official results are expected by Tuesday.
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Protest in Romania in wake of deadly blaze
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Bucharest - 3 November 2015
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide pan of protesters gathered in Victoria Square outside Romanian government offices
2. Close-up of Romanian flag, pull-out to protesters
3. Wide of protesters, government building in background
4. Protester carrying poster reading Colectiv (referring to the name of the nightclub where 32 people died in a fire incident), security in foreground
5. Close-up of poster
6. Poster reading (Romanian) Corruption kills
7. Protesters stage sit-down protest on square, then stand up shouting UPSOUND (Romanian) We want justice.
8. Wide of protester holder poster reading (Romanian) Resignation
9. Close-up of poster
10. SOUNDBITE: (Romanian) Delia (last name not given), company manager:
“ (I am here) because I want my country back. I want justice to be done. I want people to take responsibility for what they do. I want them to take the blame. I want the dead to rest in peace.
11. Various of crowd of protesters
12. Various of protesters on the march
13. Mid of placard reading (Romanian) Corruption kills
14. Various of protesters marching
STORYLINE:
Thousands of demonstrators marched through Bucharest on Tuesday evening in protest against the Romanian government following a nightclub fire which left at least 32 dead.
More than 10,000 marched down the city's main streets and then massed outside the government offices calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta, Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea and the mayor of the district where the Colectiv nightclub was located.
The fire broke out during a heavy-metal concert in the basement club when a spark ignited foam decor, sending panicked people stampeding for the single-door exit according to witnesses.
Anger has been brewing against the government, which many perceive as being corrupt, and Friday's fire has added to the discontent.
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Reax to EU report on country's accession efforts
SHOTLIST
Bucharest, 5 November 2003
1. Romanian flag
2. Former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's palace in the center of Bucharest
3. Various newspapers
4. Close up headline Critical test for Romanian government
5. Busy streets
6. Block of flats and small houses
7. Palace of Justice
8. Interior pictures of courtroom
9. Various dossiers
10. Romanian police patrolling in car
11. Various of police raid, breaking down doors, searching various youths, arresting and leading away youths
12. Zoom out from old communist painting on tyre factory in Bucharest
13. Women moving tractor tyres in factory
Braila (200 km east from Bucharest) - Recent
14. Various of shipyard on the river Danube
Near Bucharest - Recent
15. Various of peasants working land with ox and plough
Bucharest, 5 November 2003
16. Large abandoned cranes
17. Beggar
18. Old woman going past exclusive shops
19. Mircea Geoana, Romanian Foreign Minister entering hotel lobby
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Geoana, Romanian Foreign Minister:
The release of the report of the European Commission on Romania is, of course, an important event. We have always considered the report as an objective analytical and political instrument to measure Romania against its own performance on its way to European membership. We believe that in comparison to the report in 2002, this report makes a significant improvement of Romania's overall performance on its way to closing negotiations to join the EU in 2007. That's why we take the positive signals with obvious pleasure, but we also take the negative things with a similar desire to work harder and to be able to until the last report of the commission in October 2004 for my country to be able to fully comply with the criteria and open our way towards full integration in the European Union.
21. Flower bouquet
STORYLINE:
The European Union's head office on Wednesday told the 10 relatively poor countries set to join next spring to move faster in getting ready by enacting required reforms in areas ranging from food safety to garbage collection. But the so-called annual readiness reports showed all accession sates still had a way to go in conforming to 80,000 pages of EU law and regulation accumulated while most of them were stuck behind the Iron Curtain.
Romania and Bulgaria, which failed to close talks last year, are still on course to join the union by 2007, the EU said. They are expected to conclude their negotiations next year.
The Commission praised both for their efforts to combat corruption but said more still needed to be done to reinforce democracy and the rule of law.
The Commission did not give Romania what it desperately wanted, a clear recognition that it had a functioning market economy. The European Union's executive arm said that the former communist country has a long way to go before it is ready. Romania can be considered as a functioning market economy once the good progress made has continued decisively, the report said, expressing particular concern about all-pervasive corruption.
It said that while Romania has carried out many reforms, a considerable gap remains between the commitments made... and the capacity of the Romanian administration to meet these commitments.
Romania needs vigorous and sustained implementation of its structural reform program... to be able to cope with competitive pressure and market forces within the Union in the near term, the report said. It said the Romanian civil service remains characterized by cumbersome procedures, limited transparency and a limited capacity for policy execution. The recent tightening in monetary policy should be accompanied by prudent fiscal and wage policies, the report added.
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