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It’s a weekend of music festivals, with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds performing at Summer Well, and Sting, Lewis Capaldi, and Zara Larsson at Untold. In Bucharest: Film Hour Until August 30 The Summer Garden of the Peasant Museum hosts a program of outdoor screenings, featuring classics and more recent public favorites. More details…

The northern parts of Romania are experiencing a prolonged lack of precipitation and high temperatures, coupled with historic minimum flows for numerous regional rivers.  The Someș-Tisa Water Basin Administration announced this week that 12 hydrological stations have reached zero flow, while another 15 have recorded historic minimum flows, well below the normal values for this…

Banca Comercială Română (BCR) and ING Bank Romania, some of the largest banks in the country, announced they will lend the Bucharest City Hall a total amount of RON 279.33 million (EUR 53 million) for 10 years, to refinance local public debt originating from capital installments due between June 2026 and June 2027, according to…

Energy demand in Romania approached record levels for this summer on Wednesday, August 5, despite a call from the government for the population, companies, and institutions to voluntarily limit their consumption during evening hours. Specifically, Romania’s consumption rose during the critical interval 9 pm to 11 pm to almost 7,700 MW, one of the highest…

The Ultra Runner, Canadian filmmaker Mila Aung-Thwin’s documentary following Romanian ultra-marathoner Tibi Ușeriu, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in the TIFF Docs 2026 program. The film follows Tibi Ușeriu, a three-time winner of the 6633 Arctic Ultra race, as he “battles endless terrain and his own demons in…

Romania’s Chamber of Deputies on August 5 approved the Decarbonisation Law for the second time, this time with the problematic amendments introduced in the Senate by the Social Democrats (PSD) that allegedly put at risk the implementation of the Resilience Plan because they reverse milestones met in the past by the country under the second…

For every IB Diploma student, results day is more than a collection of numbers. It is the culmination of two years of curiosity, perseverance, late nights, ambitious goals, and personal growth. At the International School of Bucharest (ISB), the May 2026 IB Diploma Programme results once again tell a story of excellence, one that reflects…

More than one in four local authorities in Romania risk losing access to parts of their public funding after failing to enrol in Ghiseul.ro, the government’s online platform for the payment of local taxes and fees, interim Deputy Prime Minister Oana Gheorghiu announced. Under the law, all municipalities and local administrations must be connected to…

Romania’s Senate on August 5 approved the Integrity Law, a key milestone under the country’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), sending the legislation to President Nicușor Dan for promulgation, according to Curs de Guvernare. The bill includes two controversial amendments backed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the far-right Alliance for the Union…

Romania’s Finance Minister and one of the potential prime minister candidates, Alexandru Nazare, said in an interview with Ziarul Financiar that the formation of a credible government able to maintain fiscal consolidation momentum under the 2027 budget plan is critical to maintaining the country’s investment-grade rating. The successful completion of the Resilience Plan and the…