The contest to create a representative logo for Bucharest, organized by the Bucharest City Hall, has found a winner: Narcis Teodor Lupou, a 32-year-old designer from Timisoara. The winner was announced on Wednesday, May 3.

However, the new logo is strikingly similar to the logo of New Taipei, the most populous city of Taiwan. The logo has been in use in New Taipei since 2011. It can be easily found on a short online search.

Thus, following the fact that many people said that the two symbols look almost the same, the Bucharest City Hall announced on Thursday morning that it decided to disqualify the work presented by Narcis Teodor Lupou. The Municipality will announce another winner in the following days.

The winner of the Bucharest contest will get a prize of RON 50,000 (EUR 11,000).

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