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Romania is being promoted as a cultural and tourist destination throughout the 2026 BBC Proms, marking the country’s first tourism campaign at the classical music festival. A page titled “Discover Romania” appears in the official brochure accompanying each of this year’s 63 concerts. The campaign is supported by Romania’s Ministry of Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship, and…

Four historic estates in Romania will host European film screenings, live music, contemporary poetry, and cultural activities during four consecutive weekends next month. Organized by the Metropolis Cultural Association in partnership with the Pro Patrimonio Foundation, the first Film la Conac – Curți Deschise will run from September 4 to 27. Each location will host…

Nine citizens of the Republic of Moldova are currently under investigation in Italy in connection with the theft of three paintings signed by Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri Matisse. The paintings were stolen on the night of March 22 to 23 from the Fondazione Magnani Rocca museum in Mamiano di Traversetolo, near Parma.  The…

The flow of the Danube, the second-longest river in Europe, will continue to decrease until the end of next week in the Romanian section. The river’s volume will be three times lower than the multiannual average for August, according to the forecast issued by the National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management for the period…

Four US officials, two of whom are former ambassadors to Romania, signed a Jerusalem Post article arguing that George Simion, the leader of the far-right party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), should not have a visa to the United States.  The signatories, former US ambassadors to Bucharest Adrian Zuckerman and Mark Gitenstein, former…

Approximately 4,000 apartments are currently under construction in Bucharest’s Aviației area and are scheduled for completion between 2026 and 2028, according to an analysis by real estate consultancy SVN Romania. The average selling price for new apartments under development in the area stands at EUR 3,230 per usable square meter, excluding VAT. SVN said Aviației…

Romania’s domestic energy production fell by 2.6% in the first six months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to provisional data published on Monday, August 17, by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) and quoted by Agerpres. Final electricity consumption also declined by 3.3% year-on-year. Between January 1 and June 30,…

Romanian director Florin Șerban’s You Don’t Belong Here (Nu e locul tău aici) won the Pardo d’Oro, or Golden Leopard, at the 79th Locarno Film Festival. The award marks Șerban’s return to feature filmmaking after an eight-year absence. The father-son drama impressed the jury of the festival’s International Competition through “the strength of its screenplay,…

Romania’s current account (CA) deficit has more than doubled to EUR 2.96 billion in June on higher imports and dividend outflows, bringing the rolling 12-month deficit to EUR 30.5 billion – 1.5% more compared to the previous 12-month period, according to data published by the National Bank of Romania (BNR). The CA deficit to GDP…

Romania’s seasonally adjusted GDP remained constant in the second quarter of 2026, compared to Q1, and was 2% y/y lower than in the same period of 2025, according to flash estimate data published by the statistics office INS. After the marginal 0.1% q/q contraction in Q1, Romania’s economic activity remained for the third consecutive quarter…