Natural gas and cooking oil suffered the highest price increases in the past year, while the only reduction was noted in air transport services, according to data of the National Institute for Statistics (INS) published on Monday.In the November 2020 - November 2021 interval, the prices for natural gas have increased by 49.42 pct, cooking oil - 28.17 pct and fuels - 25.55 pct.In what regards food, in the past year the highest price increase was noted in cooking oil - 28.17 and potatoes - 22.55 pct, with no price decreases recorded.On the other hand, since the beginning of this year, the price of cooking oil increased by 25.47 pct and potatoes by 19.61 pct, without price decreases recorded.In the non-food items category, the past year saw the highest price increases in natural gas - 49.42 pct and fuels - 25.55 pct, without price decreases recorded.Electrical energy saw price increases in November compared to the same month of last year and the start of the year by 8.14 pct, and compared to the previous month, the price decreased by 12.2 pct.In the case of services, the highest increases were noted in other services (plus 7.01 pct), water, sewerage, sanitation (6.88 pct) and postal services (5.53 pct). Air transport services were cheaper by 0.94 pct.Since the beginning of the current year, the highest increases in prices were recorded in water, sewerage, sanitation (7.09 pct), other service (7.02 pct) and postal services (5.53 pct). Air transport services were cheaper by 21.85 pct.The annual rate of inflation dropped to 7.8 pct for November 2021, from 7.9 pct in October, given that non-food items recorded price increases of 10.49 pct, food items - 6.10 pct, and services - 4.09, according to data published on Monday by the National Institute for Statistics (INS).
Romanian president Nicușor Dan visited a team of researchers and students from ‘Grigore T. Popa’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, the creators of the smallest artificial heart with applications for both adults and children, on Saturday, October 25. In 2023, UMF “Grigore Popa” announced that the Mavis Artificial Heart team from the higher […]
Brașov, the popular mountain city in central Romania, will no longer host a fireworks display on New Year’s Eve, the City Hall announced. The decision, the authorities say, aims to protect pets and wildlife from the stress and harm caused by loud explosions, as well as the environment from chemical pollution. Instead of fireworks, the […]
Romania’s Social Democratic Party (PSD), part of the governing centrist coalition, is backing District 4 mayor Daniel Băluță for the general mayor of Bucharest. Elections will take place on December 7. Interim party leader Sorin Grindeanu first talked about the appointment following discussions with the PSD in Bucharest. “We had a meeting with colleagues from […]
More than one year after its launch, Attractive Romania/România Atractivă - part of the country’s first national program dedicated to cultural tourism - announced a major expansion. The platform added 450 new tourist landmarks and launched multilingual access in six languages. The digital platform, developed as part of the National Recovery...
Romanian-born author Patricia Furstenberg invites readers into the shadowed heart of Transylvania with her 1000-word story The Night of Returning Souls. “Let me show you the world as it once was,” she told Romania-insider.com, introducing a haunting tale set on All Saints’ Night, when the veil between the living and the dead grows thin. “In […]
Three tourists climbing Romania’s Făgăraș Mountains died this past weekend in separate accidents after slipping hundreds of meters down steep, ice-covered slopes. According to the mountain rescuers, two of the victims may not have had the necessary equipment for winter conditions. Their bodies could not be recovered immediately because of the late hour, officials said, […]
