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The Bucharest General Council has unanimously approved an implementation protocol for the Bucharest–Ilfov Green Belt on Thursday, October 30, marking a key step toward integrating nature and sustainable development across the capital region. The protocol, signed between the City Hall, represented by city manager Lucian Judele, and the Green Belt Foundation (Fundația Centura Verde), represented…

The first edition of the event “Energy for Romania ”, organized by the Electrica Group and the Electrica Foundation, took place at Hala Filaret, the site of the first power plant in Bucharest. It brought together over 150 participants, including representatives from the public authorities, leaders from the energy sector, the capital market, academia, and…

Andrei Găluț, the lead singer of the band Goodbye to Gravity, which was on stage when the fire broke out in the Colectiv club on October 2015, launched a new project honoring the victims of the tragedies that have marked Romania over the past decade. The Memento Project, created as a charitable project together with…

71% of people worldwide support Deposit Return Schemes (DRS), with trust at record highs, paving the way for circular systems that keep infinitely recyclable materials like drink cans in the loop. ●      Romania is among the fastest DRS adopters, with 9 in 10 people participating and 77% supporting the system. ●      71% of Romanians feel…

Romania’s construction sector accounted for almost 8% of GDP over the past four quarters, the highest share across the entire European Union, according to Eurostat data analysed by investment company Colliers. This level is well above the EU-27 average of 5%. Moreover, Romania recorded the second-fastest post-pandemic growth in construction activity within the European Union, according…

Romanian women who went abroad to work found it disproportionately harder to find work in their country compared to the men, according to data from a European study conducted by Save the Children Romania. Parents in the study sample have been abroad for an average of six years, both mothers and fathers, and 67% of…

Bucharest’s ARCUB Cultural Center will open The Art of the Game (TAG) on November 8 – a large-scale cultural event dedicated to video games and related arts. Curated by Elvira Lupșa, the four-month exhibition and event series will run until March 1, 2026, at ARCUB – Hanul Gabroveni, featuring workshops, talks and multimedia performances. The…

Mercenary Horațiu Potra, who faces charges of attempting to undermine constitutional order in Romania, has expressed his intention to return to the country voluntarily rather than wait for extradition from the United Arab Emirates, his lawyer confirmed on Thursday, October 30, as reported by Digi24. However, no timeline has been announced. Christiana Mondea, Potra’s lawyer,…

Romanian-born chemical engineer Anca Faur, the wife of American astronaut Buzz Aldrin, has died at the age of 66, according to a statement posted Wednesday on the Facebook page of the Apollo 11 legend, the second man to walk on the Moon. The cause of death has not been disclosed. “Dr. Anca Aldrin, wife of…

Prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the Bucharest Court of Appeal detained three people on Wednesday, October 29, in the case of the October 17 explosion at the apartment building in southern Bucharest that left three dead. Moreover, gas supplier Distrigaz Sud Rețele is considered a suspect. The company is charged with aggravated destruction,…