Over 100,000 Romanians are diagnosed with cancer annually, with the total number of cancer patients in the doctors' records between January and September 2024, standing at 564,764, up 2% y-o-y, the Federation of Romania's Cancer Patients' Associations (FABC) said on last Tuesday.On World Cancer Day, which is marked annually on February 4, FABC organised an event to highlight the urgent need for health education and launched a public call for the establishment of a national working group for the development and implementation of a national health literacy plan.According to FABC, the most common types of cancer among men in Romania are prostate cancer (18.2%), lung cancer (14.8%) and colorectal cancer (14.1%), while breast cancer (26.8%), colorectal cancer (11.6%) and cervical cancer (7.1%) predominate among women in Romania.Cancer is also one of the main causes of mortality in Romania, with 56,216 deaths recorded in 2023. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimates that there are 18,700 premature deaths from cancer each year, which is one in five deaths nationwide. In fact, Romania has the highest mortality from breast and cervical cancer in Europe, FABC said.According to the organisation, in order to respond to these challenges, Romania must increase access to prevention, screening, diagnosis and appropriate treatments for cancer, essential conditions to improve the lives of people with this condition and the main health indicators. Ironing out socioeconomic inequities would also reduce premature cancer mortality, FABC said.According to OECD, by implementing consistent measures, one in three premature deaths from cancer could be prevented, and the average life expectancy of the population would increase by eight months."Despite medical advances in the field of oncology, the lack of a national health education plan remains a major challenge," according to PABC.
Baroque and romantic operas, contemporary works, and film music are part of this year's edition of the Athenaeum Summer Festival, set to take place between June 14 and 25. The program includes two concerts on the Athenaeum Esplanade, with free admission, and three performances at the Athenaeum's Great Hall, featuring the George Enescu Philharmonic Choir […]
Ovidiu Maitec 100, a retrospective on the work of Romanian sculptor Ovidiu Maitec, will open at the Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu on June 20. The exhibition, which will open at the Brukenthal Palace in Sibiu’s Grand Square, is part of the Brukenthal Exhibition Season at the Sibiu International Theatre Festival. It will cover 50 works […]
Agroland, a Romanian entrepreneurial group present on the retail, agribusiness, food production and animal nutrition market, marked four years since the listing of Agroland Business System and Agroland Agribusiness on the AeRO market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange on Thursday, June 5. In this time, the company tripled its business and now plans to keep […]
Volker Raffel, CEO of E.ON Romania, has been elected as the new president of the Romanian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Romania), succeeding Andreas Lier of BASF. The announcement was made following the annual General Assembly of AHK Romania members held on Tuesday evening, June 3, where the leadership also confirmed a new board […]
Romanian handball player Cristina Neagu, who ended her career earlier this year, was nominated on Wednesday, June 4, for the European Handball Federation (EHF) Excellence Awards along with 46 other players from Europe, including seven from three Romanian teams. The third edition of the EHF Excellence Awards honors the best players of the 2024–2025 season. […]
The Transfăgărășan (DN7C), one of Romania’s most scenic mountain roads, will reopen to traffic on Friday, June 6, at 7:00 am, announced Cristian Pistol, the general director of CNAIR, the company that manages the road infrastructure. Tourists will once again be able to drive the iconic route, including the stretch between Bâlea Cascadă in Sibiu […]
