Mayors of Bucharest and Madrid will sign a memorandum of cooperation between the two cities in sustainable development, infrastructure, education, culture and tourism fields, on the occasion of Aa visit that Gabriela Firea will pay to the Spanish Capital, as of November 5. The General Mayor of the Capital City Bucharest will have a series of meetings with experts of the Madrid Municipality, on issues related to the smart city concept and infrastructure, and also with representatives of some specialized companies to discuss about urban planning and urban governance models. She will also attend the opening of the World Forum on Urban Violence and Education for Better Living Together and Peace and she will meet President of the Madrid Community Angel Garrido. “A city with almost 4 million inhabitants like Madrid, which managed in just a few year to solve, through a clear strategy, its problems related to traffic and to successfully implement smart city projects represents an administrative model for the Romanian capital. I want to set the grounds for a long term collaboration, in order to benefit from the expertise of the Madrid specialists, not only in what concerns the traffic problems, but also in areas like education, urbanism and culture,” stated Gabriela Firea, according to a release of the Bucharest City Hall (PMB).
Sibiu International Theater Festival (FITS) has announced for this year a program that is set to bring actors such as John Malkovich or Isabelle Adjani to the central Romania city. The 31st edition of the festival, which focuses this year on the theme of Friendship, takes place between June 21 and June 30. The tickets […]
Climate Change Summit, the event on climate change issues, will host at this year’s edition a competition rewarding transformative solutions addressing environmental challenges. The competition Climate Change Summit Awards targets individuals under 30 and small and medium enterprises from Romania and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) developing ideas in the areas of energy, mobility, construction, circular economy, […]
A 53-year-old man from Sri Lanka, internationally wanted for a murder committed in Bucharest in 1991 and arrested in Germany at the beginning of this year, will be brought to Romania on April 23 to serve a 19-year prison sentence. The man will be brought to the country by an escort of the Romanian Police. […]
Romania will celebrate 20 years since joining NATO with an extraordinary concert to be held at the famous Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington DC, the very hall where the NATO Treaty was signed 75 years ago. The concert, titled 'Faith, Freedom and Friendship. Celebrating 20 years of Romania’s NATO membership', will take place on […]
The "I.C. Brătianu" Museum Centre in Buzău will host the first edition of the Slow Food Romania Conference on May 24. Organized by the Slow Food Buzău Community, the event brings together slow food communities in Romania as well as artisanal food enthusiasts from across the country. In addition to the conference, the artisan food market Piața Artizanilor will […]
The 12th edition of the Haferland Week, an event dedicated to promoting the culture and traditions of the Saxons of Transylvania, will take place this year between August 8 and 11. The theme of the 2024 edition will be 'History, tradition, and culture, yesterday and today in Haferland,’ as announced by the organizers, the M&V […]
