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Bucharest is also home to Romania's supreme court, the High Court of Cassation and Justice, as well as to the Constitutional Court of Romania. Bucharest has a municipal police force, the Bucharest Police ( Poliția București ), which is responsible for policing crime within the whole city, and operates a number of divisions.
Bucureștii Noi is a fast-growing district, with many houses and supermarkets being constructed in the last years in the area. The neighborhood center is dominated by a park, Park Bazilescu (also known as Nicholas Bălcescu), opposite the Bazilescu Church.
Piața Constituției (Romanian for "Constitution Square") is one of the largest squares in the centre of Bucharest, Romania. The square is standing face-to-face with the Palace of the Parliament (biggest building in Europe) and it is bisected by Bulevardul Unirii (Union Boulevard) and by Bulevardul Libertății (Liberty Boulevard). [1]
After Romania joined the European Union in 2007, EU funds helped with the expansion of the metro. [17] The M5 line was opened in 2020, and the M6 line is under construction. Due to Bucharest being one of the largest cities in the region, the network is larger than those of Prague , Warsaw , Budapest or Sofia .
Bulevardul Magheru is a major street in central Bucharest.Built in the early 20th century, it is named after General Gheorghe Magheru.. Together with Bulevardul Bălcescu, Magheru connects Piața Romană and Piața Universității squares and was in the 1930s and 1940s Bucharest's most modern part.
Piața Unirii (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈpjat͡sa uˈnirij], Union Square) is the largest square in central Bucharest, Romania, and one of the largest public spaces in Europe, being located in the center of the capital where Sectors 1, 2, 3, and 4 meet.
Calea Moșilor (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈkale̯a ˈmoʃilor], Moșilor Avenue) is both a historic street and a major road in Bucharest, Romania. It runs from the back of the Cocor Shopping Mall (near Piața Unirii), in Sector 3 to Obor, in Sector 2. The street is divided into two distinct parts.
The Municipality of Bucharest (the capital of Romania) is divided into 6 administrative units, named sectors (sectoare in Romanian), each of which has its own mayor and council, and has responsibility over local affairs, such as secondary streets, parks, schools and the cleaning services.