The National Weather Administration (NMA) on Thursday issued a code orange warning for heat wave and raising thermal discomfort valid on Friday and Saturday in over half of Romania, Bucharest City included, as well as a code yellow for particularly hot weather for the rest of the country.According to meteorologists, between July 4, 10:00hrs and July 5, 10:00 hrs there will be code orange heat in areas of Banat, Crisana, Maramures, Oltenia, most of Transylvania and the western half of Muntenia.In these areas, the heat wave will intensify, and the temperature-humidity index (THI) will exceed the critical threshold of 80. Highs between 37 and 40 degrees Celsius, and in Oltenia, southern Banat and parts of Muntenia the lows will not drop below 20 degrees Celsius, typical of a tropical night.Also, from Friday morning to Saturday, at 10:00hrs, code yellow for warm weather will be in force in Moldova, Dobrogea, in the eastern half of Muntenia and in eastern Transylvania, with highs of between 33 and 38 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the THI will reach or slightly exceed the critical threshold of 80, while the lows will generally be between 16 and 21 degrees Celsius.The heat wave would narrow on Saturday towards the southern half of the country, and on Sunday it will intensify again in all regions.
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. […]
