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The animated BT Visa UNTOLD digital card in the BT Pay app now features a new design inspired by the UNTOLD 2026 theme, A New Journey. The griffin, the symbol of this year’s festival, is the card’s central visual element, evoking both a spirit of exploration and the magic of a new chapter for the…

Bucharest city officials adopted a decision to adapt public transport stations to provide more protection for passengers during heatwaves. Similarly, the Bucharest City Hall announced the opening of the largest network of climate shelters in the country. The first measure concerns stations that belong to the local transport authority, STB, and began as a proposal…

Bucharest received more than 92% of its average monthly June rainfall in just 10 hours during the powerful overnight storm that hit the Romanian capital, according to data released on Wednesday, July 1, by water utility Apa Nova and cited by Agerpres. The rainfall overwhelmed parts of the city’s drainage system as emergency crews continued…

Romanians are more dissatisfied with their quality of life than the EU average, according to the spring barometer conducted by the European Parliament.  According to the report, around 63% of Romanians said they were satisfied with their quality of life, while the European average is 83%. However, the European figure falls to 69% among those…

Apartment prices continued to rise across Romania’s major cities over the past year, with the sharpest increase for new homes recorded in Bucharest and the biggest gains for existing apartments seen in Timișoara, according to the latest Imobiliare.ro index quoted by news agency Agerpres. The slowest price growth was registered in Constanța for new apartments…

Students in Romania will soon be able to train as musical theater performers and live production technicians as part of their regular high school curriculum under a new pilot education program launching in the 2026-2027 school year. The initiative is the first of its kind in the country and will be introduced at the Politehnica…

The National Meteorological Administration (ANM) issued a series of yellow and orange weather warnings for heat, severe storms, and hail, with alerts covering most of the country through July 3. Temperatures are expected to reach up to 37 degrees Celsius in some areas, while powerful wind gusts, torrential rain, and large hail are forecast for…

Romania’s Chamber of Deputies approved on Tuesday, June 30, a bill allowing for the sale of beer and even wine in stadiums during competitions and public gatherings. The bill, which was debated and adopted by the upper house in November before reaching the decision-making lower chamber, specifically allows “the sale, distribution or consumption of non-alcoholic…

Social media platform eYou said it had surpassed 100,000 users eight weeks after its public launch. eYou’s growth has been driven entirely by word of mouth, without any spending on marketing. This fully organic growth has been achieved by a team of just four people, including the platform’s two founders, eYou said. eYou Social (eYou)…

Bucharest mayor Ciprian Ciucu said on Wednesday, July 1, that he is innocent of the bribery charges brought against him by the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), saying he has “nothing to hide” and no concerns because he knows he did not accept a bribe. The mayor made the remarks after being placed under judicial supervision…