The number of new car registrations, in Romania, has gone up by almost 40% during the first two months of the year, when comparing with the same period of 2021, the margin of "electrified" automobiles having registered a leap of 84.9%, achieving a market share of 17.4% to a volume of 8,616 units, according to the data published by the Association of Automobile Manufacturers and Importers (APIA) on Friday.The ranking by brands is led, after two months, by Dacia - with 5,025 new units registered, followed by Hyundai (1,804), Ford (1,542), Volkswagen (1,417), Renault (1,246), Toyota (1,225), Mercedes Benz (1,198), Skoda (1,196), Fiat (677) and Peugeot (645)Based on the fuel type of registered automobiles, during the interval of January-February 2022, gasoline engines register an increase of 54.5%, as opposed to the similar period of 2021, to a share of 67.3%, while automobiles equipped with diesel engines have registered a drop of 18.2% and hold a share of 15.3% of the total.Reported to the reference period, the first five most sold, full electric automobiles are: Dacia Spring - 315 units (model launched in 2021), Tesla Model 3 (with 96 units, increase of over 23 times), Hyundai Kona (88 units, +450%), Volkswagen ID3 (65 units, +140.7%), and Volkswagen e-UP (54 units, -6.9%).On the plug-in automobile segment, the hierarchy is led by Ford Kuga, with 58 units (+544.4%), followed by Hyundai Tucson and Mercedes Benz GLE (47 units each, +235.7%), Mercedes Benz GLC (41 units, +173.3%), and Volvo XC60 (32 units, +146.2%).Furthermore, hybrid automobiles, without recharging from external sources, are led by Toyota C-HR with 259 units (-22.5% from 2021), then Toyota Corolla (224 units, -26.3%) and Toyota RAV2 (183 units, -1.1%).
Maia Sandu, the president of the Republic of Moldova, has been awarded the Franz Josef Strauss Prize by the Hanns Seidel Foundation in recognition of her commitment to democratic values, the rule of law, and her support for Ukraine. The award ceremony took place in the Kaisersaal of the Munich Residenz and was attended by […]
Romania’s new ruling coalition, composed of the National Liberal Party (PNL), Social Democratic Party (PSD), Save Romania Union (USR), the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), and representatives of national minorities, signed a political agreement on Monday, June 23, outlining the structure of the incoming government, the rotation of the prime minister’s office, and […]
InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest is pleased to announce that Chef Michael Passarelli has joined the team as Chef de Cuisine at JORJ, the hotel's iconic dining venue, recently reopened following a comprehensive renovation totalling EUR 3.2 million. With a career spanning over 20 years in top restaurants across Romania, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, […]
A powerful story of survival and displacement took center stage at the 23rd edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) in Romania, as To a Land Unknown (UK) claimed the coveted Transilvania Trophy. The EUR 10,000 award was presented during the festival’s Closing Gala at the National Theatre in Cluj-Napoca on Saturday evening, June […]
Romanian star tennis player and former women’s world no. 1 Simona Halep announced that she will play at the Concord Iaşi Open tournament on July 9 during an exhibition match. The former WTA leader will step onto the court alongside Andrei Pavel, as well as other well-known names that have not yet been revealed during […]
Claudiu Târziu, a former leader and co-founder of the far-right party Alliance for the Union of Romanians, or AUR, launched a new conservative party on Saturday, June 21, in opposition to the announced centrist government. Named The Conservative Action party, the new formation “will harshly sanction every deviation of this treacherous coalition,” the leadership said […]
