Bucharest’s periphery – between luxury residence and ghetto
The Bucharest of the last years has seen its limits forced by an unprecedented real estate expansion. The periphery developed in isolated luxury residential districts, but also in big, not to be frequented areas. In both situations, the communi... details...
ASTRA Film's Days in Bucharest
Soros Foundation Romania presented the best documentaries from the ASTRA Film Festival Sibiu 2009, the 10th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival.
The access to the projections was free for the entire event.
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George Soros was born in Budapest, Hungary, on August 12, 1930. He survived the Nazi occupation of Budapest and left communist Hungary in 1947 for England, where he graduated from the London School of Economics (LSE). While a student at LSE, Soros became familiar with the work of the philosopher Karl Popper, who had a profound influence on his thinking and later on his professional and philanthropic activities.
The financier. In 1956, Soros moved to the United States, where he began to accumul...
Bucharest’s periphery – between luxury residence and ghetto
ASTRA Film's Days in Bucharest
