Rents have risen rapidly in recent years across Europe, but the highest increases were in Bucharest and Cluj, according to the Social Monitor, a project of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Romania.
In Cluj, rents in 2023 were 80% higher than in 2015, while in Bucharest the increase for the same period was 51%. Among the cities included in this study, only Berlin and Athens saw greater increases in the average rental prices for one-bedroom apartments, according to data from price aggregator database...
Artiss Gallery is set to open a new exhibition, Temporal Harmonies: From Classical to Contemporary in Visual Art, at the Noblesse Palace in Bucharest on March 26. The event will feature a diverse selection of works from iconic classical painters like Theodor Aman to internationally recognized contemporary artists such as Adrian Ghenie. The exhibition highlights […]
Romania is assisting North Macedonia after the deadly nightclub fire on Sunday, March 16, by transporting four patients to hospitals abroad. The fire that broke out at a club in Kočani claimed the lives of at least 59 people and injured 155 others. The four young people in critical condition are being flown to Lithuania […]
Romania’s Constitutional Court (CCR) cleared the main candidacies for president of Romania, including that of far-right politician and leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) George Simion. Former Social Democratic Party (PSD) prime minister Victor Ponta, now an independent, Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan, also an independent, and the ruling coalition candidate Crin […]
The White Symphony Orchestra, Romania's only all-female orchestra, will perform at Sala Palatului in Bucharest on April 29 to mark the 200th anniversary of Johann Strauss II's birth. Under the baton of the talented conductor Donna Bianca and concertmaster Monica Calofir, the orchestra will enchant the audience with some of the most beloved waltzes, polkas, […]
Romania’s tax agency ANAF announced on Monday, March 17, that it uncovered tax evasion exceeding RON 2.41 million in the ride-sharing sector following an anti-fraud inspection at a company based in Ilfov county. The firm, which operates transport services through Uber and Bolt, generated revenues of RON 5.23 million between January 2023 and June...
Tensions are reportedly rising between the two founders of Romanian far-right party AUR (the second-largest in parliament and reportedly the largest one in the recent polls), George Simion and Claudiu Tarziu – who claims that his authoritarian colleague is pressing him to resign. MEP Tarziu currently serves as the head of the AUR leading body […]
