Romania ranks first in the EU grains market with an export level above the other member states. As expected, wheat is the main cereal sold in Romania in this season, but the top shows similar results in case of barley exports. According to data released by AGRI Column, since the beginning of 2024-2025 season, that is as of July 1, 2024 until the present day, Romania exported over 3.2 million tons of wheat to third countries, without taking into account trade within EU. Lithuania ranks second with 1.4 million tons, followed by France (1.28 million tons), Germany (1.23 million tons), Poland (0.95 million tons) and Bulgaria (0.88 million tons). As for barley, Romania exported, during the same period of time, 1.36 million tons, being followed by France with 410,000 tons. The top also includes Germany with 205,000 tons, Bulgaria with 97,000 tons, Lithiania with 31,000 tons and Poland with 593 tons, Agro TV shows. The general classification for overall exports of wheat, barley and corn in the commercial season 2024-2025 is as follows: Romania- 4,989,978 tons, France -1,913,685 tons, Lithuania – 1,466,879 tons, Germany- 1,453,410 tons, Poland -1,311,608 tons, Bulgaria -990,370 tons.
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Roughly 70% of Romanians are “very” or “moderately” concerned about how AI accesses and uses their data, according to the latest survey conducted by RoCoach in partnership with Novel Research between May and June 2025. Distrust in automated decision-making and the demand for regulation are becoming more pronounced, as Romania rolls out major digitalization projects […]
The Armenian Street Festival returns for a 9th edition between August 1 and 3, 2025, in the “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden in Bucharest. The festival brings into focus the living heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and the diaspora. According to the organizers, this year’s edition aims to strengthen the Bucharest–Chișinău–Yerevan cultural axis, articulated […]
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions market registered a total of 122 announced transactions in the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding EUR 2.7 billion, marking a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by George Ureche, partner at PwC Romania. […]
