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.
Romanian car rental company Klass Wagen said that it launched the Autozentrum brand and opened its first subsidiary in Germany, becoming the first Romanian company to sell used cars on the German market. The move marks the beginning of the Klass Wagen Autozentrum European network, through which the group intends to sell used cars directly […]
The Romanian men's tennis team defeated El Salvador 3-1 over the weekend of September 13-14 and secured a spot in the Davis Cup World Group I Play-offs. The tie between the two teams was played within World Group II. In the first match of the tie, Romanian Radu Țurcanu defeated Marcelo Arévalo, 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, […]
France has introduced a pilot program to teach Romanian as a mandatory foreign language in its public school system, marking the first such initiative in the country’s education sector, the Romanian Embassy in Paris announced. The project began at Collège Aimé et Eugénie Cotton in Blanc-Mesnil, a town in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, where many students […]
Romanian athlete Sabrina Maneca Voinea won the gold medal in the final floor exercise at the 2025 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup held in Paris. Voinea, who had also had the highest score in qualifications, namely 13.633, received 13.800 points for her final routine, earning the top spot. The silver medal went to the […]
An expected decision on prolonging the price capping mechanism for staple food, which expires at the end of September, may generate more tensions within Romania's four-party coalition. The Social Democrats (PSD) expressed firm views over the weekend, after the government's spokesperson, Ioana Dogioiu, on September 13 claimed that the non-prolongation decision was approved by all […]
Romania's Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador for the second time in only a couple of days, after a Russian drone entered the national territory in the evening of September 13. In a mission described by Romanian defence minister Ionut Mosteanu as "most likely a provocation," the Russian drone followed a circular trajectory for 50 […]
