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| MEDIA HEADLINES 04/01/2008 |
| (2008-01-04) |
| Last updated: 2008-01-05 18:18 EET |
“Romania caught short by blizzards”, “South-eastern Romania buried under snowdrifts”, “Snows from a forgotten time” – these are just some of the headlines carried by the newspapers in Bucharest to describe the recent weather in Romania, as winter made itself felt.
The daily newspaper EVENIMENTUL ZILEI writes about heavy snowfalls in the south of the country, of a kind not seen for several years, especially in Bucharest, Craiova and Constanta. The newspaper also notes the problems caused by the snowfall: traffic jams, isolated localities, hapless authorities, paralyzed economic activities, delayed trains, postponed or cancelled flights and thousands of people struggling to carry on as normal.
On a similar note, the daily GANDUL writes that after the first serious snow of the year, chaos engulfed the entire country.
“Romania is facing ‘code white’. The infrastructure was overwhelmed by how quickly the snow fell”, writes the daily GARDIANUL. The newspaper also draws some conclusions: dozens of blocked national and county roads, temporarily closed airports, cars covered in snow and hundreds of streets from Romania’s important cities, including Bucharest, asphalted in white. In the meantime, the authorities are searching for explanations, putting the blame on the companies that were supposed to clear the snow. According to GARDIANUL, the mayor of Constanta, a city paralyzed by snow and blizzards, was on holiday abroad.
Things are no better in Bucharest. The daily COTIDIANUL ironically writes “Videanu went missing”, referring to the mayor of Romania’s capital city. On Thursday no one was certain of his whereabouts. According to some information, the mayor of Bucharest was away skiing, abroad. In the meantime, the people of Bucharest were struggling through the snow, as most streets were blocked to traffic.
The daily ZIUA points out the lack of reaction from the local authorities who, although they had been warned in advance by meteorologists, were caught, as usual, by surprise. More so, ZIUA writes that authorities took advantage of the mini-vacation over the holidays and took time off until Monday, when everybody will go back to their daily business.
Things didn’t look any brighter for those Romanians who spent New Year’s in Bulgaria, Greece or Turkey, either. On their way back, unfavourable weather caught up with them in Bulgaria, where roads towards the Romanian border were blocked or access was difficult. At the border they were greeted by other surprises, as they had to wait for nine hours for the road into Romania to be cleared. Only then were the holidaying Romanians finally able to return home.
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