It’s a busy weekend in Bucharest, as the city gears up for its annual celebration, film and theater festivals bring the latest productions, and new exhibitions are opening.
The Polytechnic University of Bucharest (UPB) will coordinate the implementation of a project worth approximately 3,800,000 EUR on the creation of a center of competence in the field of adaptation to climate change, the funding to be provided through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), UPB informs in a release sent on Tuesday.A consortium coordinated by the Polytechnic University of Bucharest under the guidance of Prof. Mihai Datcu Phd, together with the Ovidius University of Constanta, the Romanian Space Agency, the National Research and Development Institute for Earth Physics and the Ion Ionescu de la Brad University of Life Sciences of Iasi submitted the proposal "Competence Center for Climate Change Digital Twin for Earth forecasts and societal redressment: DTEClimate", which won the competition for the field "Adaptation to climate change" organized within PNRR - Component 9 - Support for the private sector, Research, Development and Innovation, I5. Establishment and operationalization of Competence Centers PNRR-III-C9-2022 - I5.The project is to be carried out in the next 36 months and aims to implement the European strategy for adaptation to climate change in Romania by consolidating a national network of excellence.This network will interconnect research expertise and innovative approaches to support smart and systemic adaptation. "DTEClimate has the support of a wide community of users including central and local public authorities, organizations from the non-governmental sector that will actively support the expansion of public-private partnerships and the development of a culture of real and effective cooperation between the research environment and industry", shows the release.
It’s a busy weekend in Bucharest, as the city gears up for its annual celebration, film and theater festivals bring the latest productions, and new exhibitions are opening.
The 16th edition of Les Films de Cannes, the festival showcasing productions awarded or selected at the Cannes film festival, returns this fall to Bucharest and four other cities in the country. The winner of this year's Palme d'Or, Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident, will be screened at the event, as will be […]
Răsvan Angheluţă Natural Sciences Museum in Galaţi is scheduled to reopen on September 20, after the completion of modernization works worth over 15.1 million lei (approximately EUR 3 million) carried out by the County Council through the recovery and resilience facility PNRR. The building hosts an Aquarium, an Astronomical Observatory, a Planetarium, and temporary exhibitions. […]
A team of Romanian paramedics won first place at the World Rescue Challenge 2025, a competition that sees first responders and trauma teams from around the world develop new skills and share knowledge. This year, the competition took place in Karlovac, Croatia, and was attended by two Romanian paramedics from Bucharest who have been working […]
Artmark, one of Romania’s leading auction houses, registered record sales of over EUR 15 million despite economic instability, showing the growth potential of the national art market, according to the company’s 2024-2025 market report. Overall, auction sales totaled EUR 11 million, up 8.2% compared to the previous year, while sales through the “Dependent de Artă” […]
Cybersecurity has become a major global priority, impacting individual users, companies, organizations, and public institutions. Social engineering, deepfakes, digital manipulation, and coordinated geopolitical attacks are fundamentally reshaping how we view the digital future. In this context, DefCamp, the largest cybersecurity and hacking conference in Central and Eastern Europe, reaffirms its role as a strategic hub […]