Bucharest General Mayor Gabriela Firea and Bucharest District 4 Mayor Daniel Baluta on Sunday opened the Piata Sudului underpass, with Firea mentioning that the constructor has promised to complete the underpass area for trams by September 10. “Today we are opening the Piata Sudului underpass for cars, an investment that was 60 percent physically completed […]
The international documentary film festival fARAD is returning to Arad, western Romania, this autumn for its 12th edition. Running from October 8 to 12, the event will feature five days of screenings and meetings with guests from Romania and abroad, according to the organizers. For the first time, the festival is introducing a national competition […]
More than 40,000 positions will be cut from local administration in Romania as part of a wider effort to reduce public expenses. In total, the expected annual financial impact amounts to RON 2.2 billion (EUR 434 million). The job cuts were announced by Romania’s minister of development, public works, and administration, Cseke Attila. Also cut […]
The residential market in Bucharest and the surrounding Ilfov county showed signs of cooling in the first half of 2025, with the number of transactions down 10% compared to the same period last year. Despite the decline in sales, prices continued to rise, driven by high inflation, anticipated tax changes, and limited supply, according to […]
Inflation jumped by 2.7% in a single month in Romania in July, compared to June 2025, to an annual rate of 7.8%. Although food prices did not increase significantly, the removal of the electricity price cap on July 1 led to an average 61% increase in electricity bills, according to a report from the National […]
Romanian education trade unions are maintaining their warning of a general strike and possible boycott of the new school year after failing to secure concessions from the government during talks on August 11, Economica.net...
The Social Democratic Party (PSD) expressed several conditions to be met by the ruling coalition before it attends the coalition meetings, interim president Sorin Grindeanu announced on August 11 after a meeting of the party's leadership, Digi24...
