The average estimated professional life for 15 years old youths in EU was 36.9 years in 2023, while Romania is last in the top with an average of 32.3 years, on the rise from 31.3 years in 2021 and 32 years in 2022, according to Eurostat data released on Thursday. According to those data, there are EU member states where the average professional life span is over 40 years, in countries like the Netherlands (43.7 years), Sweden (43.1 years) and Denmark (41.3 years). In contrast, the lowest professional life span recorded last year in Romania (32.2 years), Italy (32.9 years) and Croatia (34 years). The division on sexes shows that the estimated average professional life in higher among men (39 years in EU), than women (34.7 years). Among member states, the average professional life for men varies between 45.7 years in the Netherlands and 35.4 years in Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania (both with 35.6 years). For women, the average professional life varies between 41.9 years in Sweden and 28.3 years in Italy, forllowed by Romania (28.5 years). Eurostat points out that the estimated average professional life has constantly risen in EU. In 2020 it dropped for the first time, as a result of the health crisis, from 34.7 years in 2013 to 35.9 years in 2019, to go down to 35.6 years in 2020. In 2021 it returned to the level recorded before the pandemic. In Romania's case, the estimated duration of the average professional life grew from 32.8 years in 2014 to 33.8 years in 2019 to reach 33.7 years in 2020 and31.1 years in 2021. As of 2022 it went up to 32 years and to 32.2 years in 2023.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 shook Romania’s capital Bucharest and parts of Eastern Romania on Monday afternoon, September 16, around 17:40. No damages were reported after the event. According to the National Institute for Earth’s Physics (INFP), the earthquake occurred in the Vrancea seismic area, some 56 km North-West of Buzau and 59 km East […]
Romania and the United States, through the head of the prime minister’s chancellery Alexandru-Mihai Ghigiu, and the US ambassador to Romania, Kathleen Kavalec, have signed a five-year Child Protection Framework Partnership valued at USD 10 million. The purpose of the partnership is to create a victim-centered prevention strategy and protect child victims of trafficking, according […]
A snow layer of around 5 cm has fallen on Romania’s Transalpina mountain road, at altitudes over 1,900 meters, according to Gorj County authorities. The snow is particularly present in the Dengherul - Cărbunele sector, and visibility is reduced due to fog. The Gorj Mountain Rescue Service (Salvamont) advises drivers intending to cross Transalpina over […]
Nobel Prize for Literature winner Abdulrazak Gurnah, Irish novelist, poet and playwright Colm Tóibín, Spanish author Clara Usón, Israeli writer Zeruya Shalev, and French novelist and essayist Pascal Bruckner are among the guests of this year’s Iaşi International Festival of Literature and Translation (FILIT). The event, scheduled to take place between October 23 and October […]
Hanwha Aerospace, the largest defense company in South Korea, will begin construction of an armored vehicle factory in Romania at the beginning of next year, according to News.ro. The group plans to make Romania a regional hub for all Hanwha's land...
Turda Salt Mine (Salina Turda), one of the most spectacular tourist destinations revealing Romania’s underground wonders, will expand under a project set to kick off in 2025. The plan is to open another mine to tourists, which, local authorities say, would double the number of visitors. The project targets the 10,000 sqm Iosif mine, which […]
