As the Beijing Olympic Games end, one newspaper rules on Monday that Romania's performance was among its poorest in the history of the games. Elsewhere in the news, Bucharest real estate prices reach Budapest level. Last but not least, political scandals are common these days, as fall parliamentary elections approach.

Evenimentul Zilei reads about Romania's representatives and their performance at this year's Beijing Olympic Games. The newspaper concludes that Romania had its poorest performance in the last 36 years.

This year, Romania was ranked on 17 with only eight medals: 4 gold, 1 silver and 3 of bronze. Overall, the newspaper concludes that the last time Romania received less gold medals was 36 years ago in 1972 when the Olympic games were held in Munich.

The newspaper reads that Romania's performance at the Olympic games is basically supported by the young gymnasts who manage high performances. The paper quotes Romanian athletes who declare that it's actually the men who have a say at the Olympics because almost all trainers are men.

Now that the games are over, everybody pinpoints to the other in an attempt to lose the blame. Thus, politicians fail to offer athletes the necessary conditions to train but they rejoice when the latter win.

Elsewhere in the news, Bucharest real estate prices reach the same level as the ones in Budapest, Hungary, Cotidianul reads. The newspaper notes that Budapest's estate market reflects the economic crisis that hit Hungary.

Thus, in Budapest, after real estate prices skyrocketed, currently almost a quarter of new apartments are impossible to be sold. Thus, there are no real differences among prices in the two capital cities.

This year, new apartment sales dropped below their last year's numbers and most market players are waiting for the new fall s