The Sibiu Contemporary Art Festival (SCAF) opened its doors on Thursday, at the Ursuline Monastery, with works by over 150 artists from over 20 countries, making it "the most important contemporary art festival in South-Eastern Europe", said the Marketing Director of the Brukenthal National Museum, Alexandru Constantin Chituta."The theme of this edition is resilience, an edition that this year brings together over 150 artists from over 20 countries in Sibiu. SCAF is one of the youngest festivals in Sibiu, it is the most important contemporary art festival in South-Eastern Europe and the most important diplomatic cultural festival in South-Eastern Europe, for which I thank the ambassadors, I thank the Ministers of Culture of Romania and the Republic of Moldova and I thank with friendship and respect the Mayor Astrid Fodor, who saved this edition. When there are no funds, the Sibiu City Hall finds them", said Alexandru Constantin Chituta.Now in its sixth edition, SCAF brings together over 150 artists from Romania, the Republic of Moldova, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, the United States of America, Poland, Italy, Lithuania or Mexico.SCAF is running until October 5, in four spaces in the city of Sibiu: the Brukenthal Museum of Contemporary Art, the Brukenthal Palace - the temporary exhibition halls, the Ursuline Monastery and the Promenade Mall Sibiu.Visiting hours are Wednesday to Sunday, between 10:00 and 18:00.
Representatives of the ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD, gathered for a congress in Bucharest on Friday, November 7, to elect new leadership and to amend the party’s Statute. The only candidate for party leader is Sorin Grindeanu, who held the interim position after Marcel Ciolacu's resignation in May. In his speech at the congress, Sorin […]
The e-commerce sector recorded strong early results on Black Friday 2025, according to real-time data released on Friday, November 7, by PayU GPO Romania from its dedicated Media Center. By 14:10, the payment processor reported successful transactions totaling RON 514 million (roughly EUR 101 million). PayU said shoppers had made roughly 889,000 purchases, with around […]
Contakt Express Logistik, one of Romania’s leading retailers of mobile phone and tablet accessories, with a network of over 235 stores, is set to launch the initial public offering (IPO) between November 12 and December 3, 2025. The company offers a wide range of products, including cases, screen protectors, chargers, and gadgets, both in physical […]
Romania attracts fewer international tourists today than it did during the communist era, making it the only country in Europe in this situation, the National Association of Travel Agencies (ANAT) warned, as reported by news agency Agerpres. According to the organization, Romania received more than 3.4...
InterCapital ETF, the first international ETF provider in Romania, will launch two new exchange-traded funds on the Bucharest Stock Exchange starting November 11, 2025. The new instruments are the InterCapital CROBEX10 TR UCITS ETF, which offers exposure to the Croatian blue-chip equity market by tracking the performance of the CROBEX10tr index, and the InterCapital EUR […]
The Competition Councils of Romania, Bulgaria, and the Republic of Moldova have granted the necessary authorizations and approvals for the completion of the transaction through which Maspex Romania takes over the majority shareholding of Purcari Wineries. The Maspex Group, which has been present in Romania for nearly 30 years, became the majority shareholder of one […]
