Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca announced on Wednesday that the government will no longer extend the fuel price subsidy of 0.5 RON per litre, but is ready to apply it again should "price developments be such that the citizens' purchasing power is exceeded.""Whereas initially the measure didn't seem to produce effects, at the end of the year we can see that it was a good measure, as fuel prices reached levels previous to the enforcement of the measure. And we must announce that starting with January 1 the measure will no longer be in effect," Ciuca said before the government meeting.He added that, if necessary, the Executive is ready to reintroduce the subsidy should "price developments be such that the citizens' purchasing power is exceeded."
FlixBus, the travel-tech company operating Europe's largest intercity coach network, announced the launch of its first domestic routes in Romania. Operated in partnership with local carriers, the 10 new intercounty lines will connect over 50 cities, the company said. FlixBus's domestic network includes major routes such as Bucharest–Iași, Constanța–Timișoara, and connections to cities like Satu […]
Romanian president Nicușor Dan has called a meeting of the Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT) to be held on Monday, June 30, at the Cotroceni Palace. The agenda will cover several key issues, including the current state and outlook of the war in Ukraine and its implications for Romania, cybersecurity, and tax evasion. The […]
The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) said that another 35 Romanian citizens and first-degree family members in Israel were evacuated and brought back to the country on Thursday, June 26. The Romanian citizens were brought to the country aboard a C-27J Spartan aircraft of the Romanian Air Forces. “As part of the ongoing complex […]
Smallest Art Fair in Town (SAT), an art fair dedicated to works on paper, will hold a second edition developed around the theme of Interrupted Realities. The works selected for SAT discuss this “acute topic of our times – that of the increasingly fractured reality in which we live,” the organizers explained. The artists whose […]
A Romanian man has been jailed for more than five years after he joined an online chat that supported plans for a terrorist attack in Leeds. Claudiu Stefan Cristea, 47, was found guilty by a jury of possessing a terrorist document following a week-long trial at Leicester Crown Court. He was arrested in February 2024 […]
Play Giurgiu, a festival for children and teenagers, will present a program of films, workshops, and other cultural activities in the southern Romania city of Giurgiu, which lacks a cinema hall. The event, taking place between June 27 and June 29, is organized by the animation festival Animest at the city's Tudor Vianu theater and […]
