On Friday, 11 February 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg will visit the Mihail Kogalniceanu Military Base in Romania, together with the President of Romania, Mr. Klaus Iohannis.They will meet military personnel from Allied nations deployed to Romania, and will give a press conference, the NATO press office informs.Iohannis and Stoltenberg will have one-on-one and official talks, meet the soldiers deployed at the base, and then hold a joint news conference.Stoltenberg is on a visit to Romania at the invitation of Iohannis.The first components of military equipment of the US detachment that will be called Task Force (TF) Cougar arrived at the Mihail Kogalniceanu on Wednesday.TF Cougar will be made up mainly of 2nd Squadron / 2nd Cavalry Regiment soldiers, who will use Stryker armoured personnel carriers, and additional troops of other specialties from the regiment's battalions (artillery, engineering, support).The US Department of Defence announced last week that 1,000 US forces would be repositioned from Germany to Romania.
Leventer Medical Group announced the official opening of the private Băneasa Tumor Center Hospital, a project dedicated to the integrated treatment of tumor pathologies, on Thursday, February 12, after an investment of EUR 30 million. The hospital located in the myhive Victoria Park in the north of Bucharest was designed and built over 4 years. […]
A 51-year-old woman died after an electric car caught fire on Friday, February 13, in Bucharest’s District 6. The driver of the car, a 56-year-old man, was reportedly transported with injuries to the Bagdasar Arseni Hospital. According to initial information, the fire spread to several vehicles. "Upon the arrival of the first crews, the fire […]
The famous “Gate of the Kiss” made by Constantin Brâncuși was recreated in Bucharest as part of the “You are Brâncuși!” project to mark 150 years since the sculptor's birth. The project is a collaboration between the Constantin Brâncuși Research, Documentation and Promotion Center in Târgu Jiu and auction house Artmark, which hosts the recreated […]
Legendary theater director Eugenio Barba, founder of Odin Teatret and a pioneer of anthropological theater, will start the international “Iconic Personalities” programme at Grivița 53 Theater in Bucharest with a special two-week residency between March 7 and 22. Marking his 90th birthday, Barba chose the newly established Bucharest theater over long-standing partner venues across Europe […]
Romanian energy company OMV Petrom (BVB: SNP) will build a photovoltaic park at the Petrobrazi refinery. With an installed capacity of approximately 7 MW, the park will supply renewable electricity for the refinery’s internal consumption. “Installing the photovoltaic park within the refinery helps us cover part of the internal electricity consumption from renewable sources. It […]
Bucharest mayor Ciprian Ciucu, elected in December 2025 after former mayor Nicusor Dan became president of Romania, adopted a 4-month-old cat named Cathy as a mascot for the City Hall. The young kitten was found on the street with a pelvic fracture after being hit by a car. She was taken to a veterinary clinic, […]
