​Romania's governing alliance of Liberals and Social Democrats (USL) launched a massive series of moves on state institutions and key people in the Parliament, the Constitutional Court and the People's Lawyer (Ombudsman) on Tuesday. The moves fall in line with the phases of an action plan by USL - first presented by HotNews.ro in its Romanian version - to suspend President Traian Basescu, who the USL leaders see as the main obstacle in their taking over effective power in the country. Opposition leaders decried on Tuesday what they called a "coup d'etat" and a major attack on the Constitution and the state of law.
Roughly two-thirds (62%) of Romanian employees are thinking of changing their job, but the majority do not have a concrete plan, while 18% state that they know what steps they will follow, according to the “Romanians@Work 2025” report. The report is an extensive national research about the labor market carried out by CareerShift.ro, an organization for […]
The National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) announced on Friday, October 3, that it has legally taken over the half share of the property in Sibiu owned by former president Klaus Iohannis. ANAF agents changed the locks of the property located at 29 Nicolae Bălcescu Street after the former owners agreed to it, according to […]
George Simion, leader of Romania’s far-right party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), said on Friday, October 3, that he had cancelled his Netflix subscription and urged Romanians to follow suit. He accuses the streaming giant of spreading “woke and pro-transgender propaganda.” “I just canceled my Netflix subscription, and I urge everyone to do […]
Blockchain developer platform Alchemy announced the opening of a new office in Bucharest, Romania, as part of a strategic expansion in Europe following its acquisition of local startup Bware Labs. The move, which coincides with the company’s eighth anniversary, deepens Alchemy’s engineering base and supports its plans to scale global Web3 infrastructure. Alchemy powers more […]
President Nicuşor Dan announced that Romania has joined the initiative launched by French president Emmanuel Macron and Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni regarding a European Coalition against Drugs. The initiative, launched during the European Political Community summit in Copenhagen on Thursday, October 2, is aimed at concretely strengthening cooperation within the EPC framework in fighting […]
Famous US actor and film producer John Malkovich said a recent DNA test revealed he is almost half Romanian. The actor, 71, portrays Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache in the film The Yellow Tie, set for release in cinemas next month. He said he knew his paternal grandparents were European. “It came out that I’m 43% […]
