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Romania’s population will reach 15.633 million people in 2080, compared with 19.043 million on January 1, 2025, according to the latest projections made by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), published on Friday on the occasion of World Population Day. The country’s resident population will therefore decrease by 3.41 million people, or -17.9%, by 2080.…

The Military Prosecutor’s Office announced on Thursday, July 9, that it imposed a precautionary seizure on the assets of the head of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU), Raed Arafat, in a case concerning an emergency situations service SMURD helicopter. The Office alleged that the aircraft was brought into Romania and used without completing the…

The highest court in the United States has sent an unequivocal message to Spain and, indirectly, to Brussels: a state cannot escape an international arbitral award by invoking the internal rules of the European Union. On 29 June 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to rehear the case Spain v. Blasket Renewable Investments, leaving in…

Hercule, the taverna restaurant developed by Strong MND Group, plans to open five units in the country this year, while investing approximately RON 4 million (EUR 761,904) in the new locations. The expansion is part of the company’s long-term strategy to build a network of 100 Hercule restaurants over the next five years, through a…

The fourth edition of the Night of Museums in Villages, the event that shines a spotlight on museums and heritage collections in Romania’s rural communities, will take place on 29 August. This year, the event is expanding to six rural museum ecosystems with the addition of a new territory, namely Coronini, in Caraș-Severin county, the…

Access with bicycles/scooters in the Bucharest subway network will be allowed between 11 AM and 2 PM on weekdays, from July 15 to September 15, 2026, in addition to the time intervals already provided in the regulations, namely, 8 PM to 11 PM, respectively, permanently on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays, according to a Metrorex…

Russian president Vladimir Putin is reportedly looking to escalate the war in Ukraine with possible strikes on NATO bases in Romania or the Baltic states, according to a Russian source cited by Reuters.  Despite the ongoing fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian drone deep strikes on refineries, Russia is aiming to escalate the conflict regionally. The…

Limitless Agency, formed through the 2022 merger of MoLoSo and SEO Cupcake, has grown into one of Romania’s top three digital marketing agencies, with group revenues rising from roughly RON 21 million in 2023 to around RON 32 million in 2025. Romania Insider spoke with CEO & Partner Daniel Slavenie about the state of the…

Acting environment minister Diana Buzoianu said on Thursday, July 9, that construction work to restore Romania’s flooded Praid Salt Mine may begin this year after funding was allocated. The project has an approved work plan, and the construction site has fulfilled all necessary preliminary stages before opening. The interim official explained that the project’s technical parameters…

Bitdefender has expanded its partnership with Scuderia Ferrari HP by integrating its GravityZone platform into the Italian team’s cybersecurity infrastructure, according to an announcement made this week. The company also published the Fan Threat Index 2026, a report showing that the greatest cybersecurity risk in motorsport is not found in car telemetry or team networks,…