The Bucharest-Ilfov region is the most developed of Romania, with a Gross Domestic Product on inhabitant worth 131 pct of the European average, which means that Bucharest is above other European capital cities, such as Athens (98 pct), Madrid (128 pct), Berlin (113 pct) or Budapest (108 pct), an analysis sent by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania says on Wednesday. The rest of Romania records a GDP/inhabitant of only 54 pct of the European average, and some regions less than this, namely the North-East (34 pct) or South (41 pct). The Social Monitor, a project by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania has launched on Wednesday a new infographic displaying where Romania lays as compared to other states as regards the difference of development and incomes between Bucharest and the rest of the country. "The over-centralization of economy in the country's capital city is a particularity of Central and Eastern Europe, notwithstanding no other state records such a huge difference of development between the capital city and the rest of the country. In 2012, the average household income in Bucharest was worth 6,300 euro, while in the South and South-East regions it barely reached 2,700 euro, and in North-East 2,300 euro (data for 2012)," reads the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania release. From the point of view of the education of the population aged 30-34 years, Bucharest is close to the average of the other canvassed capitals. According to the source, the percentage of the people aged 30-34 with higher education and of the unemployed, in school or in vocational training (NEET) places the city of Bucharest in a more difficult situation than Athens or Madrid, capital cities of some states that are confronted with high unemployment problems.
Romanian-born actor Sebastian Stan has been nominated in the category of "Best Actor in a Leading Role" for his performance in the film The Apprentice at the 2025 BAFTA Awards. Stan portrays Donald Trump in The Apprentice, focusing on the early years Trump spent in New York. The film depicts a young Trump as an emotional […]
Romanian authorities in coordination with the European Commission participated on Wednesday, January 15, in the urgent medical evacuation operation of 12 Palestinian patients from the Gaza Strip, along with 35 family members. Those evacuated are severely affected by the lack of access to adequate medical treatment. The operation was carried out with the involvement of […]
Romania’s state railway operator CFR Călători will receive 12 new electric trains, which will connect Bucharest with the largest cities in the country’s eastern counties. The trains, part of a contract with the Railway Reform Authority, or ARF, will connect Bucharest North station to Suceava, Iași, Galați, as well as Iași to Cluj-Napoca. According to […]
In a decision adopted in its Thursday meeting, the Romanian government approved May 4, 2025, as the new date for the first round of the presidential elections. The second round should thus be held on May 18, as agreed by the ruling coalition leaders last week. "Two government decisions and an emergency ordinance have been […]
Most of the excavation for the first tunnel built on a highway in Romania has been completed, and traffic could potentially be opened by the end of this year between Tigveni and Bucharest, a section of the Sibiu-Pitești highway. Romanian state officials noted construction work at Section 4 (Tigveni - Curtea de Argeș) of the […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or EBRD, invested EUR 707 million in 44 projects in Romania in 2024 to support the country’s green transition, a sharp increase compared to the previous year, when it invested EUR 658 million spread over 23 projects. EBRD cooperates with private corporations, equity funds, banks, as well as local […]
