The Danube Gorge (also called the Iron Gates, in a broader sense) is the number one tourist destination of 2025, followed by the cities of Iasi and Brasov, in the top ten tourist destinations from Romania for this year proposed by the Tourism Press Club - FIJET Romania, which continues the project "The FIJET Destinations in Romania," which has now reached its 3rd edition.According to a press release, the ten destinations are Sfantu Gheorghe (rural town in the Tulcea County, in the Danube Delta area), the city of Timisoara, the mountain resort Baile Herculane, a village in Transylvania, Arieseni, the geopark Olteania de sub Munte, the city of Targu Jiu, the mountain resort of Ranca, the cities of Brasov and Iasi and the the Danube Gorge."For the third consecutive year, FIJET Romania selected ten special tourist destination in our country to make them better known both in Romania and abroad, through the FIJET World network. The initiative highlights the development of tourism in the respective areas and recognizes the efforts of all those who contribute to their promotion. The project also aims at bringing to the forefront such places in Romania where things are done with passion and professionalism from a tourism perspective," reads the abovementioned press release.In 2023, the top 3 of FIJET Romania destinations was led by Fundata, a village in the Brasov county, followed by the Bucovina region and the Danube Delta, and in 2024, the leader of the top was Rimetea, a village in Transylvania, followed by Vatra Dornei and Borsec mountain resorts.The Tourism Press Club - FIJET Romania, founded in 2008, is the national association affiliated with the International Federation of Travel Journalists and Writers (FIJET World), bringing together journalists specialized in the written, online, radio and television press.
The Romanian government adopted a fiscal corrective package on July 4 worth RON 10.7 billion (EUR 2.1 billion), equivalent to 0.56% of GDP. The package includes tax increases, reductions in public spending, and changes to health insurance contributions aimed at improving the general government budget balance in line with the consolidation trajectory recommended by the […]
Romania’s health minister Alexandru Rogobete announced that, starting July 14, patients and their families will be able to submit complaints about hospital food through an online form on the Ministry of Health’s website. The initiative is aimed at increasing transparency and improving the conditions in medical facilities. Rogobete invited people to send photos and information […]
The National Meteorological Administration (ANM) has issued a Code Red heat alert for several counties and the capital Bucharest, warning of extreme and persistent heat between July 7 at 10:00 AM and July 8 at 10:00 AM. The affected areas include the counties of Mehedinți, Gorj, Dolj, Olt, Vâlcea, Argeș, Teleorman, Giurgiu, Dâmbovița, Prahova, Buzău, […]
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
