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A Dutch court convicted three men to 47 months in prison each for stealing the Coțofenești Helmet and three Dacian gold bracelets, objects belonging to Romania’s cultural heritage that had been loaned to the Drents Museum in Assen for a major exhibition. The three men, identified as Jan B. (21), Douglas Chesley W. (37), and…

Bucharest is among the most unhappy cities in the world, placing in 247th place out of 251 cities analyzed in the 2026 edition of the Happy City Index, one of the most extensive studies on urban quality of life, G4media.ro reported. The Happy City Index is a complex indicator of quality of life. The ranking…

Diana Șoșoacă, the president of the far-right party SOS Romania and an MEP, addressed Russian president Vladimir Putin at the St. Petersburg Forum, claiming that Romanians love him and that they do not want to support Ukraine in the war.  Șoșoacă told the Russian dictator during the Q&A session of a panel that Romania is…

The percentage of those who declare that they have reduced their purchases has increased from 55% to 61% in May 2026, compared to the previous month, according to data from an IRSOP survey published on Monday, June 8. Irrespective of the destination, Romanians expressed a lower willingness to spend money from April to May 2026.…

President Nicușor Dan visited berth 78 in the Port of Constanța on Saturday, June 6, to see the site where the Ukrainian naval drone exploded last week. The incident in the Romanian port occurred on Friday, June 5. That day, the president stated publicly that the drone was part of a Ukrainian military operation and…

Romania plans to seek a new loan from the United States government to finance purchases of USD 3 billion of US military equipment, according to a government memorandum cited by Profit.ro. The document authorises the minister of defence to send a letter to Washington expressing Romania’s intention to begin consultations on a new financing agreement…

The Bucharest City Hall plans to purchase 100 new trolleybuses and 79 modern trams using European Union funds under the 2021–2027 Bucharest-Ilfov Regional Programme. The investment is part of the capital’s broader effort to modernize public transport and reduce pollution. The City Hall said preparations for the procurement process are underway, with a series of…

Romania had the highest proportion of early leavers from education and training in the European Union in 2025, with 15.5% of people aged 18-24 leaving the education system prematurely, according to Eurostat data. The figure was well above the EU average of 9.1%, which almost meets the bloc’s target of reducing the share of early…

Romania’s intelligence service SRI said on June 5 that the EUR 196 million contract awarded to Digi Romania for the development of an integrated large language model (LLM) cybersecurity platform was carried out in accordance with the procedures established under the EU’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument and national legislation. The clarification came a…

Romania’s competition body, following an investigation initiated at the end of 2022, concluded that ten banks breached the competition regulations and the Treaty of Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) by exchanging information with the final aim of coordinating their actions and manipulating the interbank interest rate indices ROBOR used for the calculation of variable…