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The Constitutional Court (CCR) ruled on Monday, August 17, that the modified law governing the National Integrity Agency (ANI) is partially constitutional, despite amendments that would apply retroactively, contrary to all legislative principles and the Romanian Constitution itself. The law was at the center of a major debate last month, and its form was changed…

Raluca Epureanu, a Romanian woman from Constanța active in the London hospitality market, has received GBP 500,000 in pre-seed funding for FlairMakers, the startup she founded, according to a RePatriot press release sent on Monday, August 17. The funding was led by SFC Capital, one of the most active seed investors in the UK, alongside…

The body of 18-year-old British citizen George Smyth, a geology student at the University of Bristol, was found during search operations in Romania, according to an announcement from the Avon and Somerset Police cited by The Guardian. Smyth went missing in November 2025. The student, originally from Newport, Shropshire, is believed to have left Poiana…

Romania is being promoted as a cultural and tourist destination throughout the 2026 BBC Proms, marking the country’s first tourism campaign at the classical music festival. A page titled “Discover Romania” appears in the official brochure accompanying each of this year’s 63 concerts. The campaign is supported by Romania’s Ministry of Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship, and…

Four historic estates in Romania will host European film screenings, live music, contemporary poetry, and cultural activities during four consecutive weekends next month. Organized by the Metropolis Cultural Association in partnership with the Pro Patrimonio Foundation, the first Film la Conac – Curți Deschise will run from September 4 to 27. Each location will host…

Nine citizens of the Republic of Moldova are currently under investigation in Italy in connection with the theft of three paintings signed by Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri Matisse. The paintings were stolen on the night of March 22 to 23 from the Fondazione Magnani Rocca museum in Mamiano di Traversetolo, near Parma.  The…

The flow of the Danube, the second-longest river in Europe, will continue to decrease until the end of next week in the Romanian section. The river’s volume will be three times lower than the multiannual average for August, according to the forecast issued by the National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management for the period…

Four US officials, two of whom are former ambassadors to Romania, signed a Jerusalem Post article arguing that George Simion, the leader of the far-right party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), should not have a visa to the United States.  The signatories, former US ambassadors to Bucharest Adrian Zuckerman and Mark Gitenstein, former…

Approximately 4,000 apartments are currently under construction in Bucharest’s Aviației area and are scheduled for completion between 2026 and 2028, according to an analysis by real estate consultancy SVN Romania. The average selling price for new apartments under development in the area stands at EUR 3,230 per usable square meter, excluding VAT. SVN said Aviației…

Romania’s domestic energy production fell by 2.6% in the first six months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to provisional data published on Monday, August 17, by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) and quoted by Agerpres. Final electricity consumption also declined by 3.3% year-on-year. Between January 1 and June 30,…