The inflationist shock of September, when the monthly rate was 1.8 pc, will be felt until August 2013, and this evolution determined the Central Bank (BNR) to revise the inflation target for 2012, the head of BNR’s Department for Statistics, Constantin Chirca, announced yesterday during an EU-Cofile seminar organised by BNR jointly with Alpha Bank [...]
Romanian star swimmer and Olympic gold medalist David Popovici is donating his Paris Olympics equipment to raise money to help build a home for children with special needs in Bucharest’s District 5. Roughly EUR 450,000 is needed to build the family home, and David wants to raise EUR 115,000 of that sum. To achieve this, […]
The Beliş-Fântânele complex in Cluj County, which covers six hectares, will reopen under the Hampton by Hilton brand in 2026, following a one-year delay and a EUR 20 million investment. The planned opening will take place after a collaboration between the Transilvania Trek group, part of UNITA Turism group, and the international brand. The partnership […]
Romania ranks last in the European Union in terms of the percentage of the population that has completed higher education, with only 19% of the adult population, in contrast to the European average of 35%, according to the Social Monitor, a project of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania. Experts say that this tertiary education rate is one of […]
Uber said on Monday, September 30, that it is expanding its Green service to four new cities in Romania, namely Craiova, Constanța, Iași, and Sibiu. Its fleet includes environmentally friendly models such as Toyota Prius, Hyundai Ioniq, Tesla Model Y, and Volkswagen ID.3. So far, the Uber Green service was available in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, […]
Ascendis Group, active in training and consultancy, has acquired the magazines Cariere and HR Manager following a transaction worth EUR 300,000. In the short term, Ascendis' plans include expanding the magazine's distribution in the country's major cities and Moldova. In the medium term, the objectives are aimed at increasing the frequency of the two publications […]
The exhibition The Lights of Caravaggio. The Beginning of Modernity in European Painting, Masterpieces from the Roberto Longhi Collection is scheduled to open at the Timișoara National Art Museum in November. The show will include one painting by Caravaggio, alongside works by artists such as Lorenzo Lotto, Juseppe Ribera, Gian Battista Caracciolo, Dirck van Baburen, […]
