"I'm optimistic, " said Costin Iorgulescu, as we sat in a cafe in the capital Bucharest.
The Yorkshire club have only won one match all season, in Bucharest in the Challenge up.
He leaves the Scotland A squad in Bucharest preparing to launch their defence of the IRB Nations Cup.
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It turns out that Bucharest is also infested with something in the neighborhood of 100, 000 semi-starving, feral dogs.
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Northern Irish champions Linfield could play Steaua Bucharest if they beat Gorica of Slovenia in the first qualifier.
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Honey-sellers in the market at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, swarm around a foreigner, asking about new hygiene rules.
But as they will tell you on the streets of Bucharest today, democracy is the only way to go.
Bitdefender, the 670-person Bucharest-based security software firm, could be the first initial public offering of a Romania-based tech firm.
"If these proposals are accepted, then France at the Bucharest NATO summit will suggest strengthening its presence, " he said.
That was a view shared by a group of successful young professionals I met in a bar in central Bucharest.
The Spanish side then won the penalty shootout to advance to the final, where it was beaten by Steaua Bucharest.
Stelios Sava is the commercial director of Alexandrion, a very popular brandy, produced in Ploesti, 100km (60 miles) north of Bucharest.
Before leaving Tuesday for Bucharest, Bush said that Russia will not be able to veto Georgia's or Ukraine's inclusion into NATO.
He has also announced a new scheme whereby businesses are encouraged to adopt one of Bucharest's crumbling schools and pay for repairs.
But none that I know were formed by acquiring two companies one from Bucharest, Romania and the other from Padua, Italy.
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Swindon, who opened with a 2-2 draw against Steaua Bucharest, finish their tour with a match against FC Zlin on Tuesday night.
Bucharest has warned against a wave of xenophobia, following an assault on three Romanians by a mob of Italians in Rome on Friday.
If Gerrard is sidelined for four weeks he will miss matches against West Ham, Tottenham, Steaua Bucharest, Aston Villa, Newcastle and FC Utrecht.
Meanwhile, Romania completed their qualifying campaign in style with a comprehensive 6-1 victory over nine-man Albania in Bucharest to finish top of Group G.
In 1913, the Treaty of Bucharest was signed between Bulgaria and the Balkan allies Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, ending the second Balkan war.
The building sits in the middle of Bucharest like a wedding cake would if wedding cakes sat on hills and had radiating arterial boulevards.
Liverpool had an unkind draw too, the Reds put into Group K along with Romania's Steaua Bucharest, Italy's Napoli and Utrecht of the Netherlands.
The man who gains most from the crisis, indeed, may be Petre Roman, who many people in Bucharest think set the whole episode rolling.
The Czech beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3 6-2 in the Bucharest final and dedicated his victory to his father, who sadly passed away 10 days ago.
He ordered that Romania's ambassador be expelled, recalled the Moldovan envoy from Bucharest, and said Romanians would in future need visas to cross into Moldova.
For the first time since the foundation of the Russia-NATO Council in 2002, he is turning up to their meeting here in Bucharest on Thursday.
But those defeats were bookended by promising results in Germany and Bucharest and Miller is aiming to continue the club's decent form on the road.
The threat has provoked a flurry of diplomatic activity in Bucharest.
It ensured that Motherwell will face Steaua Bucharest in the next round in a week's time after the Romanians beat Hungarians Ujpest after two 2-1 wins.
In the video below, I break the news to Jon that he will be flying coach (non-reclining middle seat) to Bucharest, Romania this evening, returning Wednesday afternoon.
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