Mandinga, the band representing Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 contest, qualified into the final stage of the competition to be held Saturday, having passed Tuesday’s semifinals in Baku, Azerbaijan. Romania was the first country finalist announced. Despite Mandinga singer Elena Ionescu’s problems with her earphones, the band aptly performed the contest song “Zaleilah†[...]
The immersive art museum MINA Cluj will host a special event featuring Dumitru Prunariu, the only Romanian who flew in space. Scheduled for November 24, the event will give the public the opportunity to hear the stories directly from the one who represented Romania in the Soyuz 40 mission in 1981, carried out as part […]
Romanian president Klaus Iohannis will be in Germany from November 15 to 18 at the invitation of German leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier. During his stay in Berlin, Iohannis will engage in discussions with president Steinmeier, German chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Bundestag president Bärbel Bas. Another highlight of the Romanian president's visit will be his address to […]
Romania’s National Forest Administration authority, Romsilva, announced on Tuesday, November 12, that 1,000 pheasants have been released into the forests managed by the Fântânele Forest District. The pheasants, sourced from the Prahova Forestry Directorate’s breeding areas, are part of an ongoing repopulation effort aimed at maintaining a high-quality pheasant population within hunting areas. Romsilva’s forestry […]
A third of Romanians attended cinemas in 2023, but only 10% are frequent moviegoers. Instead, 53% prefer using streaming platforms, though under half of Romanian households have subscriptions, according to the latest 2023 Cultural Consumption Barometer. Titled “Communities of Consumption in the Context of Societal Changes,” the study, ran by the National Institute for Cultural […]
Vulcangas Romania, a subsidiary of Società Italiana Gas Liquidi Spa - Vulcan Group, inaugurated the first filling station in Romania with Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and BioLNG (including CNG and BioCNG). Located in Pecica, Arad county, the new infrastructure aims to offer cleaner fuel options for heavy-duty transport, supporting Romania’s steps toward lowering emissions in […]
Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air has announced plans to expand its Bucharest base with the addition of an Airbus A321neo aircraft in the summer of 2025, bringing the total to 19 aircraft stationed at Otopeni Airport. The airline also unveiled a new route to Chișinău and increased frequencies on 11 routes from the Romanian capital. […]
