The US is planning to add Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Romania to its visa-waiver programme, letting people stay for up to 90 days without a permit. "We have four candidates in the pipeline: Israel, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Romania," homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday, Reuters reports. "Each time you add one of these countries, travel just booms," a US tourism-association chief said. All other 24 EU states already had waivers.
Romania’s industrial output volume index contracted by 3.3% y/y in August, after it boosted positive annual growth rates over the previous three months, according to data published by the statistics office INS. The negative annual growth rate came as a surprise, after the outlook for the country’s industry seemed to have improved over the past […]
A fundraising campaign has been launched to support the creation of the Muzeul Fluierelor Lumii/Museum of World Whistles, a unique cultural project in Romania dedicated to preserving and celebrating one of humanity’s oldest musical instruments - the whistle. Titled “Give a leu for the Museum - don’t let the sound of the whistle fade,” the […]
Romania’s anticorruption prosecutors have indicted Cristian Popescu-Piedone, the former head of the National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC), for allegedly warning a hotel in Sinaia ahead of an official inspection. According to a statement released Wednesday, October 15, by the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), Popescu-Piedone has been charged under judicial supervision...
Three Bucharest synagogues can be visited afterhours this weekend, while many events are ongoing at Bucharest Photofest and the National Theater Festival.
Investment: 125 million euros to establish STIHL’s European Competence Center for the production of battery packs and battery-powered tools Scale: 47,000 square meters facility on a 147,000 square meters site — capacity of up to 1.8 million battery packs and 1.7 million tools by 2028 Employment: Approximately 700 jobs to be created by 2028 Network: Romania […]
A report published on Wednesday, October 15, by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (or CPT) urges Romanian authorities to address serious shortcomings in the treatment and conditions of detention of patients in forensic psychiatric hospitals. The deficiencies in the Romanian system were identified by the Committee representatives during a visit […]
