Bosnia and Herzegovina has an embassy in Bucharest.

Since the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Bucharest has again become an increasingly cosmopolitan city, including identifiable Chinese and Irish presences.

Bucharest is known to be the only city in Romania which as of 2009 has an underground railway system, comprising both the Bucharest Metro and the light rail system Regia Autonomă de Transport Bucureşti.

" Depp, so far, has made no mention of his involvement, but was seen in Bucharest around the same time in mid-July as Romanian news outlets reported Gilliam was staying in the city for negotiations on studio work with Romanian film production company MediaPro Studios.

The urban area extends beyond the limits of Bucharest proper and has a population of 1. 93 million people.

According to Eurostat, Bucharest has a Larger Urban Zone of 2, 151, 880 residents.

The city proper is administratively known as the Municipality of Bucharest ( Municipiul București ), and has the same administrative level as a county, being further subdivided into six sectors.

The name of Bucureşti has an uncertain origin: tradition connects the founding of Bucharest with the name of Bucur who was either a prince, an outlaw, a fisherman, a shepherd, or a hunter, according to different legends.

Bucharest has a continental-type climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfa ).

Bucharest has a unique status in Romanian administration, since it is the only municipality that is not part of a county.

Additionally, Bucharest has a prefect, who is appointed by Romania's central government.

Each of the six sectors has its own local first instance court ( judecătorie ), while appeals from these courts ' verdicts, and more serious cases, are directed to the Bucharest Tribunal, the city's municipal court.

Bucharest has its own municipal police force, the Bucharest Police ( Poliția București ), which is responsible for policing of crime within the whole city, and operates a number of special divisions.

The city also has five other railway stations run by CFR, most important are Basarab ( in proximity of North Station ), Obor, Baneasa, Progresu, which are in the process of being integrated in a commuter railway serving Bucharest and the surrounding Ilfov county.

Bucharest has two international airports:

Although it is situated on the banks of a river, Bucharest has never functioned as a port city, with other Romanian cities such as Constanța and Galați acting as the country's main ports.

Bucharest has a diverse and growing cultural scene, with cultural life exhibited in a number of various fields, including the visual arts, performing arts and nightlife.

Bucharest has a large number of landmark buildings and monuments.

Performing arts are one of the strongest cultural elements of Bucharest, and the city has a number of world-renowned facilities and institutions.

Another well-known theatre in Bucharest is the State Jewish Theatre, which has gained increasing prominence in recent years due partly to the fact that it features plays starring world-renowned Romanian-Jewish actress Maia Morgenstern.

Since 2005 Bucharest has its own contemporary art biennale, the Bucharest Biennale.

The 1975 film Actorul şi sălbaticii (" The Actor and the Savages ") starred Toma Caragiu ( who died soon afterwards in the 1977 Bucharest Earthquake ) as " Caratase "-a mixture of Caragiu and Tănase and a transparent allusion to Tănase.

During the 2008 Bucharest Summit, the alliance discussed the technical details as well as the political and military implications of the proposed elements of the US missile defense system in Europe.

' Totul ' was a list of elements of everyday life in Bucharest at the time, composed as a comment on the contrast between the official view of life in Romania and the alternative perception of its monotonous shabbiness.

Giacomo Puccini Tosca ( Floria Tosca ) – opera composed for her voice ; the Soprano ’ s aria was requested to Puccini by Hariclea Darclée suggesting too the principal musicals elements ; the opera was interpreted in prima assoluta at Teatro dell ’ Opera of Rome on 14 January 1900 and in première at Teatro Regio of Turin on 20 February 1900, Teatro alla Scala of Milan on 17 March 1900, Lisbon on 19 January 1901, Bucharest National Theatre on 18 January 1902 and Montecarlo Opera on 28 March 1903 ;

* 1913 – Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.

Teacher ( priest ) with class from the outskirts of Bucharest, around 1842.

* 1979 – The first line of Bucharest Metro ( Line M1 ) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.

* 1465 – Wallachian voivode Radu cel Frumos, younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş, issues a writ from his residence in Bucharest

Later Parliamentary inquiries showed that members of the government intelligence services were involved in the instigation and manipulation of both the protesters and the miners, and in June 1994 a Bucharest court found two former Securitate officers guilty of ransacking and stealing $ 100, 000 from the house of a leading opposition politician.

In Bucharest, the temperature ranges from in January to in July, with average temperatures of in January and in July.

Also under construction are parts of A3-Autostrada Transilvania, which is the largest motorway project in Europe with a length of 588 km from Bucharest to Oradea ( near the Hungarian border ).

In order to complete another 100 km of motorway by end of 2010, Romanian Government struggled to allocate the necessary funds for 55 km motorway, part of the Bucharest – Ploieşti motorway ( from a total of 62 km ).

Daily passenger service to Sofia and beyond ( Athens and Istanbul ) from Bucharest.

Multiple daily passenger frequencies to Budapest and beyond ( Vienna, Prague ) from Bucharest, Ploiești and from many cities within Transylvania.

Daily service from Bucharest to Belgrade via Timişoara.

Daily passenger service to Chişinău from Bucharest.

Nevanlinna's work was recognized in the form of honorary degrees which he held from the universities of Heidelberg, the University of Bucharest, the University of Giessen, the Free University of Berlin, the University of Glasgow, the University of Uppsala, the University of Istanbul and the University of Jyväskylä.

* November 16 – Bucharest Metro Line One is opened, in Bucharest, Romania ( from Timpuri Noi to Semanatoarea stations, 8. 63 km ).

* October 14 – Wallachian voivode Radu cel Frumos, younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş, issues a writ from his residence in Bucharest

Writ issued on 14 October 1465 by the Wallachian voivode Radu cel Frumos, from his residence in Bucharest.

There were various other etymologies given by early scholars, including the one of Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi, who said that Bucharest is named after a certain " Ebu-Kariş ", from the tribe of " Beni-Kureiş ".

The altitude varies from at the Dâmbovița bridge in Cățelu, south-eastern Bucharest and at the Militari church.

The A1 to Piteşti and the A2 Sun Motorway to the Dobrogea region and Constanta both start from Bucharest.

Hip-hop bands and artists from Bucharest such as B. U. G.