*Wizz Air announces suspension of dozens of flights from six Romanian airports in Summer 2024, affecting routes to cities like Prague, Preveza, Skiathos, Jeddah, and Abu Dhabi due to reduced demand, https://www.travelwires.com/ informs. Wizz Air suspends dozens of flights to and from Romania during the summer season. The airline Wizz Air has announced that it will suspend dozens of flights to and from six airports in Romania during the summer season of 2024, affecting travelers to multiple destinations. According to BoardingPass.ro, at least 20 Wizz Air routes will be suspended or not resumed this summer season. Among these are flights to cities such as Prague, Preveza, and Skiathos, as well as more distant destinations like Jeddah and Abu Dhabi. The cancellations will affect 6 airports in Romania, namely Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iasi, Timisoara, and Targu Mures. The affected routes include important connections to destinations such as Vienna, Berlin, Lyon, and Birmingham. In addition to the announced suspensions, Wizz Air has also decided to reduce the frequency of several other routes to and from the country's airports. These drastic measures come as a result of reduced demand for certain destinations and changes in the travel market.
"There is no question of a nuclear dome over Romania," presidential adviser and former foreign minister Cristian Diaconescu said, commenting on the scenarios circulated about France using its nuclear umbrella to protect a larger part of the continent against the Russian threat, according to
The average net wage in Romania rose 9.7% y/y to RON 5,328 (EUR 1,070) in January, marking the slowest annual real growth rate (+4.7% y/y) since May 2023. Wages are expected to lose momentum through 2025, after the 4.4% and 7.7% advance, in real terms, during 2023 and 2024. The government’s forecasting body expects a […]
Romania’s public debt increased by 22.9% y/y to RON 964.3 billion (EUR 193.9 billion) at the end of December, after it surged by EUR 36.2 billion during the year. The public debt leaped by RON 27.4 billion (EUR 5.5 billion) in December, although the Treasury has not issued any FX bond – the increase […]
International rating agency Moody's followed Fitch and S&P in changing Romania's outlook from stable to negative, based on concerns about the fiscal situation aggravated by the political turmoil. All three major agencies rate Romania's debt at the lowest category in the investment-grade area – Baa3 in the case of Moody's. The decision to change the […]
Thousands of Romanians gathered in cities across the country and in major European capitals on Saturday, March 15, in a show of support for Romania's place in the European Union. The Euro Manifest rally took place in Bucharest, Timișoara, Arad, Oradea, Iași, and in the diaspora, including Brussels, London, and Dublin. Organizers estimated that between […]
The 2025 edition of the year’s first major film fest in Europe (and one of the biggest worldwide), the Berlin International Film Festival, took place between 13 and 23 February. My notes come with a bit of delay, as I was also hit by the festival flu that got so many of us sniffling and […]
