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Legendary Romanian player and coach Gheorghe Hagi will be the new coach of the national football team, replacing the late Mircea Lucescu. “The King,” as Hagi is known in Romania, coached the national team for four matches in 2001, a 2-0 win against Hungary and a 1-1 draw with Georgia in the 2002 World Cup…

Bulgaria will be the guest of honor at the International Book Fair Bookfest, which will take place in Bucharest, at Romexpo, between June 3 and 7. Over 20 guests, including the most important Bulgarian writer of the moment, Georgi Gospodinov, will come to Bucharest to take part in a rich series of debates, book launches,…

In the first two months of the year, the volume of construction works increased by 6.3% compared to the same period in 2025, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics. Residential construction also resumed its growth, registering a 12.9% advance. February 2026 vs January 2026 Compared to January 2026, construction recorded a sharp…

The Romanian Social Democratic Party, or PSD, announced on Monday, April 20, that it will submit a draft law to Parliament banning the sale of assets in profitable state-owned companies for two years, despite agreeing earlier to sell minority stakes in the same enterprises as envisaged by the EU-sponsored Recovery and Resilience Plan. The announcement…

The “Open Streets – Bucharest” program will return this weekend, on April 25, transforming central areas of the Romanian capital into pedestrian spaces every weekend until October. The initiative, now in its sixth edition, is one of the city’s largest cultural projects and is expected to attract over one million visitors, the City Hall said.…

The project to build a dedicated bus terminal at Bucharest’s Henri Coandă International Airport (also known as Otopeni Airport) entered the implementation phase, according to an official announcement. The initiative comes amid a steady increase in passenger traffic to and from the airport. The National Company Airports Bucharest (CNAB) announced that it completed the tender…

Romania has joined ELIXIR, an important European research network that helps scientists gain easier access to data and international collaborations, according to a press release from the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca sent on Saturday, April 18. The accession was adopted by the Romanian Senate on April 14, providing the scientific community with greater access to…

Weighlifter Mihaela Cambei won three medals, one gold and two silver, on the first day of the European Weightlifting Championships 2026 held in Batumi, Georgia, between April 20 and 26. The 23-year-old is the European champion of the last three editions of the continental competition in the 49 kg category. In Georgia, Cambei first secured…

President Nicușor Dan announced the launch of “European Week at Cotroceni Palace,” a series of high-level debates aimed at shaping Romania’s strategic priorities within the European Union (EU). The events will take place between May 5 and 9 at the presidential palace in Bucharest. Organized by the Presidential Administration of Romania, the initiative seeks to…

The future stadium of local football club Dinamo Bucharest (CS Dinamo București) will be named after Mircea Lucescu, interior minister Cătălin Predoiu announced, as a tribute to one of the most influential figures in Romanian and international football. The initiative comes after the coach’s passing earlier this month at the age of 80. In an official statement,…