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The cinema of the Netherlands will have a dedicated section at the 25th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival, set to take place this June in Cluj-Napoca. Focus Netherlands, curated by Evgeny Gusyatinskiy, a member of the programming team of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), will cover both recent debut films presented at…

Poland’s president Karol Nawrocki adopted a rescued bear during his visit to Romania for the Bucharest Nine (B9) Summit this week, Mediafax reported. The bear, now named Batyr, lives at the Libearty Bear Sanctuary near the town of Zărnești. The announcement was first made on social media by Marcin Przydacz, a senior adviser on foreign…

North Bucharest Investments (NBI) has been named “Best of the Best Real Estate Agency” at HOF Awards 2026, one of the most important benchmarks in the Central and Eastern European real estate industry, organized under the aegis of CIJ Europe. The distinction represents the highest level of recognition within the HOF Awards platform, bringing together…

Timișoara, the city in the western Romania region of Banat and a holder of the European Capital of Culture title in 2023, won the grand prize and has been named the Destination of the Year 2026 at this year’s competition of the same, which aims to promote local tourism. This year’s edition of the competition…

Greenvolt Next said that it signed a new agreement with Sam Mills to develop and operate a photovoltaic project for self-consumption of over 2 MW, integrated with a 10.03 MWh battery energy storage system. Greenvolt Next will invest more than EUR 2.6 million in this project, bringing the total value of renewable energy solutions implemented…

Leasing transactions for modern office space in Bucharest increased by 14% in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period last year, while new demand rose by 24%. Even so, the market remains below pre-pandemic levels, according to Colliers data.  Total new demand reached approximately 24,000 square meters in the first three months…

The Romanian-American University announces the signing of a strategic academic partnership with the University of Hyogo, Japan, for the development of the International Business and Entrepreneurship master’s program, which thus becomes the first Japan-Romania double degree program in the field of business and entrepreneurship in Romania. Through this partnership, students will have the opportunity to…

The European Commission (EC) announced on Thursday, May 14, that it issued a positive preliminary assessment of Romania’s fourth payment request for EUR 2.62 billion under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. The funds are tied to reforms and investments targeting transport decarbonization, digitalization, healthcare, tax reform, education, and public administration modernization. “The Commission found…

Romania ranks 14th out of 40 countries for income inequality, with the wealthiest fifth earning 5.73 times more than the poorest fifth, according to the “Unequal Chances – Children and Economic Inequality” report released by UNICEF on Tuesday, May 12. Among the countries with comparable data included in the report, Romania ranks 10th in child poverty,…

Famed American actress Nicole Kidman stars in a new video promoting “Danaïde,” Constantin Brancusi’ golden portrait of his muse dated from 1913.  In the video produced by prestigious auction house Christie’s, set to David Bowie’s song “Golden Years,” Kidman, herself a lover and supporter of the arts, approaches the work in Christie’s Rockefeller Center galleries,…