TAROM has sold its landing and take-off slots at the UK’s Heathrow Airport to Qatar Airways, according to Boardingpass. Thus, the Romanian company will no longer operate flights to London, and Romanians will have to turn to other airlines. According to the TAROM airline website, there are no flights available to Heathrow Airport in the UK. TAROM had 7 weekly return services to London, but these will be suspended from 27 October 2024. Last months, the Executive approved state aid for TAROM, in the amount of 471.04 million lei, the decision being an important step for saving the company, announced the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Sorin Grindeanu. According to him, the amount allocated has the following destinations: up to 214.3 million lei represents restructuring aid that is proposed to be granted in the form of capitalization in 2024, the amount of 12.51 million lei represents the increase in share capital carried out in year 2023, and 244.22 million lei represents the loan granted as individual state aid for rescue in 2020 and the updated related interest
British heavy metal band Iron Maiden will perform at Bucharest’s National Arena on May 28, 2026, as part of their “Run For Your Lives” anniversary world tour, promoter Emagic announced on Thursday, September 18. The concert will feature a career-spanning setlist highlighting defining moments from the group’s five-decade history, accompanied by what organizers described as […]
Three-quarters of Romanians believe that the war in Ukraine affects Romania to a very great and fairly great extent, according to the third edition of the Informat.ro barometer by INSCOP Research, carried out between September 1 and 9. The monthly survey, which aims to bring to public attention topics of interest, shows that “opinions are […]
Daniela Schoppmeyer, the majority shareholder and general manager of Faberrom, a company that took over in the 1990s most of the spaces of the former APACA clothing factory in western Bucharest, is the new owner of half of the emblematic Scala residential block, on Magheru Boulevard, Profit.ro reported. Schoppmeyer...
The Bucharest Municipal Parking Company (CMPB) inaugurated 189 new parking facilities with more than 12,400 spaces in the first half of 2025, while revenues from parking fees rose 20% year-on-year to RON 50.4 million (roughly EUR 10 million), the company said on Thursday, September 18. CMPB reported a net profit of RON 28.3 million for January–June […]
Romania has inaugurated underwater seagrass meadows and artificial reefs in the Black Sea as part of a major restoration project aimed at curbing erosion and reviving marine biodiversity, the National Administration “Apele Române” said. More than 20 hectares of seabed have already been planted with Zostera noltii seagrass and transplanted with Cystoseira barbata seaweed, creating […]
A former pastor from California has been accused of sexual abuse and child trafficking at a shelter he ran in Bucharest, according to lawsuits filed by two Romanian men in the California District Court, AP reported. The complaints, filed by 33-year-old Marian Barbu and 40-year-old Mihai-Constantin Petcu, reportedly say that former pastor and missionary of […]
