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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 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]
Bucharest (UK: / ˌ b uː k ə ˈ r ɛ s t / ⓘ BOO-kə-REST, US: / ˈ b uː k ə r ɛ s t /-rest; Romanian: București [bukuˈreʃtʲ] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Romania.The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania.
The violent crime rate in Bucharest remains very low in comparison with other EU capitals. In 2007, 11 murders and 983 other violent offenses took place. [3] In 2013, violent crimes fell by 13% from 2012, however there was a slight increase in murders compared to 2007 with 19 recorded murders (with suspects being arrested for 18 of them). [2]
Because of its access to the A1 motorway, the district developed rapidly following the Romanian Revolution of 1989, transforming itself in one of the most prosperous neighborhoods of Bucharest. Since the early 2000s the district saw the opening of several hypermarkets (Cora, Carrefour, Metro, Auchan, Kaufland), and a large mall ("Plaza Romania ...
The six sectors of Bucharest. Sector 3 (Romanian: Sectorul 3) is an administrative unit of Bucharest. It is the most populous, most densely populated and also the third-largest division of the city. With a total population of over 460 thousand, it is actually the second-most populated administrative area of Romania, only after the capital city. [1]