Romania enters a fourth day of anti-government and anti-presidential demonstrations after a weekend marked by the most intense street violence the country has seen since the miners protests in Bucharest in the nineties. Peaceful protests took place in many cities across Romania these days, but only the capital city saw a wave of violence, with HotNews.ro recorded videos showing dozens of violent football fans coming to confront the special police forces deployed in the city centre.
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air announced three new routes from Bucharest, two additional aircraft, and a permanent base that will be established in the Romanian capital at the Băneasa Airport. The new base will open starting April 1, 2025. The move will see the airline increase its Bucharest fleet to 21 aircraft. "Bucharest is of crucial importance […]
Shopping center developer Argo Capital sold Shopping City Suceava in northeastern Romania to M Core for an undisclosed sum. The property offers a leasable area of 43,100 square meters, hosting over 100 retailers. According to real estate consultancy company iO Partners, which advised Argo Capital, this marks the largest transaction in the past five years […]
“Language Buddy,” a project launched in the city of Brașov, aims to support young migrants and refugees in learning the Romanian language. The same project trains students as mentors in intercultural pedagogy. “Language Buddy” is a model simultaneously implemented in eight European countries (Greece, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Spain, Portugal, Malta, and Austria) and is based […]
President Klaus Iohannis and prime minister Marcel Ciolacu reaffirmed Romania’s intention to combat anti-Semitism and promote the memory of Holocaust victims with the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust. The head of the Romanian executive attended the ceremony dedicated to the international day and the remembrance of the […]
Bucharest, Ilfov, and Timiș emerged as the regions with the highest number of registered mortgages in Romania in 2024, followed by Iași and Constanța. According to an analysis conducted by online broker Ipotecare.ro and financial consultant and mortgage lending company SVN Credit Romania, roughly 86,600 mortgages were recorded nationwide last year, marking a 26.5% increase […]
Crevedia Retail Park, one of the largest strip malls in Romania, with a total leasable area of 11,400 sqm, opened on the Bucharest-Târgoviște road close to Bucharest on Monday, January 27. The total investment, by REPACO Capital and its partner Weststar Real Estate, amounts to EUR 15 million, partly co-financed by Banca Transilvania through an investment […]
