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The Environment Ministry, the Youth Platform for Sustainability, and UNICEF Romania have opened applications for a new Youth Advisory Council on Climate and the Environment. The body will comprise 20 people aged 14 to 35 who will contribute recommendations on climate and environmental policies. The council will address topics including climate change adaptation, biodiversity, pollution,…

A monumental sculpture inspired by Constantin Brâncuși’s artistic principles will be presented at the 2026 Balkanik Festival in Bucharest’s Tei Park from August 28 to 30. The installation will be transformed after dark through video mapping, while a second intervention will invite festivalgoers to participate in a collective ritual of silence. The program, titled Silent…

The “Viennese Gala” National Tour will return to Romania this winter, bringing together on the same stage musicians from the renowned Orchestra di Teatro D’Opera Italiana and the Vox Opera for a series of Christmas Concerts, according to a press release from the organizers. The two orchestras are famous throughout Europe, and their collaboration brings…

A 5.5 km table will be installed in central Bucharest on September 12 as part of an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record. Organizers of Masa Care Unește (The Table That Unites) aim to seat 20,000 people simultaneously while raising funds for Romania’s first pediatric psychiatry hospital. The event will take place in…

The Bucharest Tribunal on Tuesday, August 18, rejected public transport operator STB’s request to enter insolvency proceedings because the company did not submit all the documents required by law. Mayor Ciprian Ciucu called the decision “unexpected” and said he hoped the company would appeal. The case was registered last Thursday and resolved at its first…

An underground fire burning in the dried-up bed of the Mureșul Mort River has affected approximately 30 hectares of forest in western Romania’s Lunca Mureșului Natural Park. The blaze began in 2025 and expanded this summer amid prolonged drought and wind, according to state forestry company Romsilva. The initial fire covered around 200 square meters…

Top officials in the Romanian government, including president Nicusor Dan, signalled their opposition to the Constitutional Court (CCR) decision establishing that the modified law governing the National Integrity Agency (ANI) is partially constitutional, despite amendments that would apply retroactively. The most controversial amendment of the law, initiated by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), stipulates that…

Romania allocates the lowest percentage of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to education in the entire European Union, namely 3%, while the European average is 4.7%. On the other hand, Sweden allocates the most – 6.8%, according to data published on Tuesday, August 18, by Eurostat – the European Statistical Office. Furthermore, Romania allocates the…

The draft guide for prosumers who want to install energy storage systems is available, starting August 18, on the website of the Ministry of Environment, Waters, and Forests, according to a press release from the Ministry of Environment. The budget of the scheme is RON 400 million (EUR 26.3 million). The funding granted by AFM…

North Bucharest Investments (NBI) is expanding its partnership with Astorium by adding Astorium Boutique to the company’s portfolio. Located in the Theodor Pallady area, the project introduces a boutique residential concept centred on lifestyle, privacy and the connection between indoor and outdoor living, in one of Bucharest’s emerging residential hubs. North Bucharest Investments is strengthening…