The 565th anniversary of the first documentary attestation of Bucharest will be marked on September 21 and 22 in Constitution Square through a video mapping contest, live concerts and activities for all ages. The international 3D video mapping competition, iMapp Bucharest, now in its 9th edition, will transform the city into a ' true world capital of light' bringing the spectacle of visual arts and technology to the 23,000 square metre facade of Palace of Parliament. The theme of this year is'Legacy' and will honour the richness of culture, folklore and traditions, but also universal values and emotions. PIXEL, the virtual MC of iMapp Bucharest, generated by artificial intelligence will speak to the spectators from the projection surface and present the participating teams. During the two days, the partner Bucharest Street Food Festival - special edition by iMapp ' the biggest street food event in Europe' will be present in the Constitution Square with dishes from over ten international cuisines. On September 22, starting at 11 a.m. the city's celebration continues with live music, in Piata Constitutiei and with Bucharest Street Food Festival (more than 50 food trucks).
WWF Romania has launched a series of planting initiatives in Bucharest aimed at supporting declining pollinator species, joining forces with local environmental groups to transform urban green spaces into habitats for bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects. The first intervention took place on November 1 in the 400 sqm garden of the Museum of Maps, […]
Romanian prosecutors conducted searches on Friday, November 7, at the headquarters of the steel mill Liberty Galați and in several counties, in a case of embezzlement and tax evasion that includes Russian gas giant Gazprom, Economedia.ro reported. Specifically,...
Romania has begun testing the US-supplied Merops anti-drone system as part of wider NATO efforts to strengthen air defenses on the alliance’s eastern flank, defense minister Ionuț Moșteanu told local news channel Digi24. The system, already used in...
The Ministry of Development proposed to the government to analyse the opportunity to develop an investment program dedicated to the economic recovery of small towns with a population of under 25,000 in non-metropolitan areas. The financial support for the development of these towns has been so far fragmented, and competition with large cities for funds proved […]
Prime minister Ilie Bolojan said on November 6 that he hopes that the ruling coalition will manage to legislate by the end of this month the rest of the second package of budgetary measures, namely the public administration streamlining law and the law on magistrates' pensions. Unless the law on the public administration is legislated, […]
Japanese group Makita announced that it will reduce production of power tools in China for the US market due to the unpredictability of US tariffs and move this production to factories in Romania and Thailand, according to Nikkei Asia, as reported by Economica.net. The Japanese group reported business of almost EUR 640 million locally...
