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Bucharest’s ARCUB Cultural Center will open The Art of the Game (TAG) on November 8 – a large-scale cultural event dedicated to video games and related arts. Curated by Elvira Lupșa, the four-month exhibition and event series will run until March 1, 2026, at ARCUB – Hanul Gabroveni, featuring workshops, talks and multimedia performances. The…

Mercenary Horațiu Potra, who faces charges of attempting to undermine constitutional order in Romania, has expressed his intention to return to the country voluntarily rather than wait for extradition from the United Arab Emirates, his lawyer confirmed on Thursday, October 30, as reported by Digi24. However, no timeline has been announced. Christiana Mondea, Potra’s lawyer,…

Prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the Bucharest Court of Appeal detained three people on Wednesday, October 29, in the case of the October 17 explosion at the apartment building in southern Bucharest that left three dead. Moreover, gas supplier Distrigaz Sud Rețele is considered a suspect. The company is charged with aggravated destruction,…

Romanian-born chemical engineer Anca Faur, the wife of American astronaut Buzz Aldrin, has died at the age of 66, according to a statement posted Wednesday on the Facebook page of the Apollo 11 legend, the second man to walk on the Moon. The cause of death has not been disclosed. “Dr. Anca Aldrin, wife of…

No burn treatment centers were built in Romania following the 2015 Colectiv club fire that killed 65 people, the majority of them from hospital-borne infections, despite numerous promises. On the evening of October 30, 2015, several hundred young people were in the Colectiv club in the former Pionierul factory in Bucharest, attending a concert by…

Oana Gheorghiu, co-founder of the non-profit organization Dăruiește Viață, which built a hospital for children entirely with private donations, was officially sworn in as deputy prime minister on Thursday, October 30. Her appointment followed the proposal by prime minister Ilie Bolojan to fill the post left vacant after the resignation of Dragoș Anastasiu. President Nicușor…

Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan said the government is unlikely to raise the minimum gross basic salary in 2026, arguing that such a move would trigger a chain reaction of wage increases across the public sector and impose an unsustainable burden on the state budget, Ziarul Financiar reported. Speaking at a meeting of the National…

Russian operatives with ties to the Kremlin are reportedly attempting to prevent the extradition of Horatiu Potra, a former French Foreign Legionnaire and bodyguard turned alleged financier of Romanian isolationist leader Călin Georgescu, The Guardian reported. Potra, wanted in Romania for embezzlement, tax evasion, and money laundering, was arrested in Dubai and is the subject…

Romania’s e-commerce platform eMAG will use the cloud hosting and AI services provided by Tencent Cloud, the cloud division of the Chinese group and the world’s largest gaming company Tencent, Profit.ro reported. The partnership is aimed “to provide smooth and highly available online services, maintain the highest standards of customer data protection, and rapidly scale…

Romanian state-controlled power producer Hidroelectrica (BVB: H2O) reported a 23% year-on-year decline in net electricity generation to 8,473 GWh in the January–September period, according to operational data published on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. The company, valued at RON 55 billion (EUR 11 billion), said the reduction was largely driven by lower hydrological flows, Ziarul Financiar…