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A Romanian F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet deployed as part of NATO’s enhanced air policing mission in the Baltic region shot down a drone in Estonian airspace on Tuesday, May 19, Romania’s Ministry of Defense announced. The interception marks a first for the Romanian Air Force detachment known as the “Carpathian Vipers.” According to the…

Cluj Business Campus, a real estate and urban workplace experience project developed in Cluj-Napoca, Romania’s second-largest city, has entered a new stage of development, with investments of nearly half a million euros allocated for 2026, according to a press release from the institution. The investments are part of a multi-year development calendar and are focused…

Around 48.6% of respondents in the most recent INSCOP Research survey believe that the no-confidence motion backed by the Social Democratic Party and Alliance for the Union of Romanians, which brought down the Bolojan government on May 5, was a useless act that will worsen things in Romania. Roughly 44% of people believe the action…

Earlier this week, the Romanian Senate passed a legislative proposal initiated by the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) under which non-governmental organizations are required to make public all sources of funding and the identity of donors. If the bill is adopted as law, the reports regarding an NGO’s financing would be submitted…

Thirty-five years after the opening of the Șt. O. Iosif bookstore in Brașov, the starting point of Libris, the company is publishing an analysis of the bestselling books of the past decades. From previously banned authors avidly read immediately after 1989 to books about trauma, meaning and healing dominating today’s charts, Libris data reveals how…

The National Bank of Romania (BNR) has revised upward its inflation forecast for the end of 2026 to 5.5%, from a previous estimate of 3.9%, according to data presented on Tuesday, May 19, by central bank governor Mugur Isărescu. The institution expects inflation to ease to 2.9% by the end of 2027. Speaking during a…

Passengers using the parking facilities at Henri Coandă International Airport (also known as Otopeni Airport) can now pay online through a new digital platform launched by the Bucharest Airports Company (CNAB). The new system is aimed at simplifying and speeding up parking payments for travelers. The online parking payment platform is available at Parcare.cnab.ro. According…

Vasile Rodideal, a 65-year-old Romanian included in the international Most Wanted category, was brought back to the country on Monday, May 18, from Russia by the Romanian Police. Originally from the Republic of Moldova, the man was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison for forming an organized crime group, possession of military…

The head of public television in the Republic of Moldova resigned on Monday, May 18, after a public outcry regarding the points given to Romania by the former’s expert jury during the Eurovision final held in Vienna. In the Eurovision system of voting, the public vote for contestants is doubled by points from 1 to…

Flip, a regional leader in the refurbished devices market, and iSTYLE, the largest Apple premium retailer in Romania, announced a partnership to launch a buyback program allowing customers to trade in old devices both in physical stores and online. The program is now available through iSTYLE stores across Romania as well as on the retailer’s…