Most Romanians will spend less or nothing at all on Black Friday this year

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Four out of ten Romanians (41%) will reduce their budget allocated for "Black Friday 2025", while two out of ten people will not buy anything on this occasion, show the results of a specialized survey, published on...

Four in ten Romanians follow online promotions of brands, retailers

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Romanians are planning their purchases increasingly more carefully, and four in ten are looking for and following promotions directly through applications or websites that have digital catalogues, according to the...

Report: 15% growth rate of medical costs estimated for 2026, in Romania, above European average

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 The 15% growth rate of medical costs estimated in Romania for 2026 places our country above the European average of 8.2%, maintaining the accelerated pace observed in other Central and Eastern European countries,...

Tourist accommodation facilities in Romania up 5.8% as of 31 July 2025

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Romania had 14,325 tourist accommodation facilities as of 31 July 2025, 5.8% more than in the same period in 2024, while the number of available places reached 464,354, marking an increase of 3.2%, according to the...

Ukrainian Men Fleeing Conscription Pay Smugglers To Escape To Romania

The Ukrainian military is facing a manpower crisis, exacerbated by draft dodgers and deserters trying to leave the country. On the border with Romania, men trying to flee service or conscription often pay smugglers to help them leave illegally,...

Romania, Ukraine discuss possibilities of developing bilateral military-technical cooperation

First Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Serhiy Boiev and Minister of Defense of Romania Liviu-Ionuț Moșteanu discussed the possibilities of developing bilateral military-technical cooperation during a meeting in Bucharest, Romania, the press...

Ukraine’s Western Front: Hunting Draft Dodgers On The Romanian Border

HORBIVTSI, Ukraine -- Two tiny white figures can be seen sprinting across a grainy black-and-white screen. Moments later, a third figure approaches from the opposite direction – and a voice is heard challenging them through the drone operator’s...

Romania opens world’s biggest Orthodox Church after 15 years of construction

Thousands of pilgrims gathered in Bucharest on Sunday 26th October 2025 to witness the consecration of religious paintings inside the world’s largest Orthodox Christian church. The People’s Salvation Cathedral, known as the National Cathedral, was...

Romanian grooming gang jailed for raping ten women

A gang of Romanians who exploited vulnerable women after plying them with drugs at brothels in Dundee have been jailed. Mircea Marian Cumpanasoiu, Cristian Urlateanu, Remus Stan, Catalin Dobre and Alexandra Bugonea were found guilty in January...

Vehicle trade in Romania on upward trend in first eight months of 2025

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Wholesale and retail trade, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles increased in the first eight months of 2025, both as gross series (+4.8 percent) and as adjusted series to the number of working days...

President visits Romanian student team that created small artificial heart

Romanian president Nicușor Dan visited a team of researchers and students from ‘Grigore T. Popa’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, the creators of the smallest artificial heart with applications for both adults and children, on...

Romanian grooming gang led by 'smirking pimp' are jailed for grooming vulnerable women and forcing them to take part in 'sex games'

A Romanian grooming gang who groomed vulnerable women and forced them to take part in 'sex games' have been jailed. Ringleader Marian Cumpanasoiu, 38, and four associates drugged their victims, aged between 16 and 30, at flats across Dundee...

EU Economics Commissioner comes to Bucharest for talks on budgetary developments and NRRP

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 The EU Economics Commissioner, Valdis Dombrovskis isin official visit to Romania, between 27 and 28 October to discuss the budgetary and economic evolutions of Romania, the implementation of the National Recovery and...

Decoration ceremony of His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, and of the Romanian Patriarchate at the Cotroceni Palace

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 The Romanian state remains a guarantor of freedom of conscience and belief, as well as a loyal partner of the church, declared President Nicusor Dan, on Monday, at the decoration ceremony of His Holiness Bartholomew I,...

Anniversary event marking 150 years since the birth of Queen Marie of Romania

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 The Foyer of the Chamber of Deputies inaugurated on Monday, in the attendance of numerous guests, an anniversary exhibition marking the 150th anniversary since the birth of Queen Marie of Romania, organized by the Joint...

Inger Johansson wins Romanian Cultural Institute's translation award

Inger Johansson has won the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) award for translation for the Swedish translation of Mihail Sebastian's The Correspondence of Marcel Proust, published by Bokförlaget Faethon. The volume was published in 2024 with...

Romanian grooming gang jailed for raping and exploiting women

Five members of a Romanian grooming gang who sexually exploited ten vulnerable women have been jailed for a total of 68 years. Mircea Marian Cumpanasoiu, 38, Cristian Urlateanu, 41, Alexandra Bugonea, 34, Remus Stan, 35, and Catalin Dobre, 45,...

Romanian grooming gang of rapists who prowled streets for vulnerable women jailed

A gang of four men and one woman have been jailed after being found guilty of raping and sexually abusing 10 women in flats across Dundee. Their victims, all aged between 16 and 30, were plied with alcohol and Class A drugs. At the time, judge...

Romania Activates New F-16 Squadron to Reinforce NATO’s Eastern Air Defense Posture

Romania has stood up the 48th Fighter Squadron at Câmpia Turzii Air Base, adding another operational F-16 unit to NATO’s eastern air policing network. The expansion enhances rapid-response coverage over the Black Sea and strengthens deterrence...

Romanian grooming gang jailed for raping and sexually exploiting vulnerable women

Gang members supplied the women with alcohol and class A drugs at parties before coercing them into sexual activity Five members of a Romanian grooming gang have been jailed for raping and sexually exploiting vulnerable women in Scotland. Listen...