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Christmas is around the (nearest) corner and with it the days up to New Year’s, a daze of food (mainly the eponymous meat-filled cabbage rolls), family, friends, and (hopefully for as many as possible) no work. Also a time to catch up on movies. Here are a few to pass these weeks, some are for…

Romania’s new ministers of defense and economy took the oath of office on Tuesday, December 23, at the Cotroceni Palace, during a special ceremony. As such, Radu Miruță (picture, right) is the new minister for defense, and Irineu Darău (picture, left) is the minister for economy. The Save Romania Union (USR) party proposed Radu Miruță, then-minister of economy,…

Romania’s first post-1989 president, Ion Iliescu, and his allies confiscated the anti-communist revolution and executed a military coup, according to military prosecutor Cătălin Ranco Pițu, who signed the indictment in the 1989 Revolution Case. The prosecutor gave an hour-long interview to Digi24 on Monday, December 22, to mark the Revolution. During the program, he presented…

The Book Truck, a mobile library set up in a van, has been traveling since 2021 to bring books to children living in villages in Cluj county, in western Romania, and sometimes further. Victor Miron, the initiator of the Book Truck and the founder of the association Cărțile pe Față, an NGO which runs various…

The Romanian executive has released a draft emergency ordinance that provides for the creation of the official platform WorkinRomania.gov.ro designed for foreign workers, Economedia.ro reported. The platform is meant to be a single point of interaction between employers, employment placement agencies, and state authorities. Also accompanying the draft project is the registration procedure and obligations…

Romania’s deposit-return system for beverage packaging (known as SGR) is nearing the milestone of 5 billion returned containers in 2025, according to data released on Tuesday, December 23, by administrator RetuRO. Since the system became operational two years ago, over 8.2 billion containers have been collected nationwide. Between January and November 2025, nearly 4.9 billion…

Lawmakers from the reformist center-right party Save Romania Union (USR) announced that they have submitted a legislative initiative aimed at banning communist organizations and symbols, as well as sanctioning communist propaganda. The project is meant to stop a wave of content favorable to the totalitarian Nicolae Ceaușescu regime in Romania, primarily shared on TikTok. The…

The city of Iași could become the first locality in Romania with a suspended train, according to a project promoted by a local NGO and currently in the pre-feasibility stage.  Consultations regarding the launch of the pre-feasibility study for the Iași monorail project began in November with representatives of the Local and County Councils. The…

Russian bloggers and influencers have been found using photos of the Romanian Intelligence Service to promote an image of Russian strength to English-speaking audiences. One account, St. Chucks, which claims to provide daily ‘news,’ shared an image of elite Romanian units with the Russian flag superimposed on the uniforms. “Russia is well equipped against any external…

The National Meteorological Administration (ANM) has issued a severe weather alert for the Christmas period, warning of blizzards, heavy snowfall, strong winds, and freezing temperatures across large parts of the country. A yellow code warning is in force in roughly half of Romania, including Bucharest. According to ANM, an extended weather advisory is valid from…