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Editorial cartoon: A Bucharest city official celebrates in front of a gleaming rebuilt school, holding giant scissors and a framed press release, while a massive padlock secures the door behind him. The key to the padlock hangs visibly from his own belt. Students in winter coats sit on the pavement outside doing homework.

Politics

Romania: Bucharest's Sector 5 City Hall Rebuilt the School. Then Locked It.

One year after the deadly Calea Rahovei gas explosion in Bucharest, Sector 5 City Hall issued a proud anniversary press release about rebuilding school classrooms - while admitting students still cannot enter them, because "the authorities" haven't cleared it. City Hall is those authorities.

Satire & commentary · 2026-10-17

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