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Ferentari was the first modern industrial area of Bucharest developed in the middle of 19th century, when new industrial plants were built in the area and especially after the first railway in Romania was built (opened in 1869 and connecting Bucharest—via Filaret station—to Giurgiu). In 1947, the Ferentari Market housing estate was built ...
A small riot took place in Ferentari–Zăbrăuți area of Bucharest, Romania on the evening of November 14, 2006. Ferentari is Bucharest's poorest district, with a bad reputation with respect to crime.
In Bucharest however, Mayor Adriean Videanu evicted between 2,000 and 3,000 people in a process of cleaning up the city centre for business and tourism. [2] Problems with the state provision of housing have pushed people into squatting in areas such as Ferentari. [4] As of 2015, there were over a thousand informal settlements across the country ...
The film tells the story of Adi (Schiop), an introverted anthropologist who moves into Ferentari, an ill-famed neighbourhood of Bucharest, to study for his PhD in manele music. After meeting Alberto (Vasile Pavel-Digudai), a Romani former convict who was sexually abused in prison , they begin a romantic relationship.
The February 1990 Mineriad was a mineriad that occurred in Bucharest, the capital of Romania.Although it was at first non-violent, the protests later escalated. This Mineriad happened 18–19 February, [1] less than a month after the January 1990 Mineriad.
The June 1990 Mineriad was the suppression of anti-National Salvation Front (FSN) rioting in Bucharest, Romania by the physical intervention of groups of industrial workers as well as coal miners from the Jiu Valley, brought to Bucharest by the government to counter the rising violence of the protesters. [1]
The January 1990 Mineriad was the first of the six mineriads that occurred in Romania.It started after a protest in the Victory Square of Bucharest was carried out on 28 January 1990 by Romanians of all ages, backgrounds and places of the country against the National Salvation Front (FSN) after it announced it would participate in the next Romanian election although it promised not doing so.
By contrast, cities are very safe; in 2023 five Romanian cities, namely Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Brașov, Bucharest, and Iași, were ranked in the top 100 safest cities in the world. [3] Another peculiarity of Romania is that gun violence is exceptionally rare [4] due to Romania having some of the strictest gun laws in the world. Most homicides ...