Energy minister in Bucharest: Moldova enters winter with over 90% of gas needs secured

The Republic of Moldova enters winter 2025-2026 with over 90% of its gas needs already secured, thanks to proactive policies of source diversification, safety storage, and regional cooperation. Our country has diversified supply sources,...

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...

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...

Romania, Ukraine discuss ways to expand military cooperation

BUCHAREST, October 27. /TASS/. Romanian Defense Minister Ionut Mosteanu and Ukraine’s First Deputy Defense Minister Sergey Boyev have discussed development of military-technical cooperation, the Romanian Defense Ministry said in a statement....

Romania could become the first country to tax citizens' private energy equipment

The Association of Prosumers and Energy Communities draws attention to a negative record that Romania could set if it adopts a bill on this issue. The organization says that Romania could become the first in the world to impose government control...

Bangladesh, Romania aim for structured political consultations

Bangladesh and Romania have agreed to work towards establishing a structured political consultation mechanism and explore opportunities for high-level visits and business cooperation. Ambassador of Bangladesh to Romania Shahnaz Gazi paid a...

Alerion to begin construction of wind parks in Romania totaling 336 MW

When Alerion struck a deal with Monsson Alma for three wind power projects in Romania in 2021, the country was just beginning to revive the sector following several completely dormant years. The Italian company’s investments are entering the...

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...

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...

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 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...

Stories from readers: Romanian-born author reimagines local myths in 1000-word story ‘The Night of Returning Souls’

Romanian-born author Patricia Furstenberg invites readers into the shadowed heart of Transylvania with her 1000-word story The Night of Returning Souls. “Let me show you the world as it once was,” she told Romania-insider.com, introducing a...

Social Democrats back District 4 mayor Daniel Băluță in race for Bucharest City Hall

Romania’s Social Democratic Party (PSD), part of the governing centrist coalition, is backing District 4 mayor Daniel Băluță for the general mayor of Bucharest. Elections will take place on December 7. Interim party leader Sorin Grindeanu first...

Independent Romanian sci-fi horror film “We Put the World to Sleep” screened at festivals in the US

Romanian apocalyptic sci-fi horror feature “We Put the World to Sleep” had its world premiere on October 18 at the Nightmares Film Festival, one of the most important horror and fantastic film festivals in the US. The film, a product of 9 years of...

Attractive Romania platform is now available in six languages, adds 450 new tourist attractions

More than one year after its launch, Attractive Romania/România Atractivă - part of the country’s first national program dedicated to cultural tourism - announced a major expansion. The platform added 450 new tourist landmarks and launched...

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...

2025 Operalia Competition: Romanian baritone Mihai Damian wins top prize

Baritone Mihai Damian, a soloist of the Romanian National Opera in Cluj-Napoca, has won the Male Voice category’s first prize at this year’s edition of Operalia, the competition for young opera artists established by Plácido Domingo. He also won...

Exim Banca Romaneasca secures the exports of Maschio Gaspardo Romania

Exim Banca Romaneasca and Maschio Gaspardo Romania are carrying out a strategic partnership through which the Bank, in its capacity as Romania’s Export Credit Agency, supports the company’s exports, providing protection against various commercial...

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,...

Western Romania: Authorities sign contract for first PV park in Timișoara

Timișoara mayor Dominic Fritz and environment minister Diana Buzoianu signed the financing contract for the construction of the city’s first photovoltaic park, with a value exceeding RON 32 million (EUR 6.29 million), on Monday, October 27. The...