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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky will pay an official visit to Romania today, March 12, for talks with Romanian leader Nicușor Dan and prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The meetings will focus on security developments, Romania’s support for Ukraine, and strengthening bilateral cooperation. The visit takes place shortly after the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of…

A chocolate-themed event and one for pet lovers add to the lineup of concerts, exhibitions, and film screenings in Bucharest. In Bucharest: Concerts @ George Enescu Philharmonic March 12, 13 Andrei Boreyko conducts the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra for a program of works by Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Martucci, and Ottorino Respighi. Violinist Leonidas Kavakos is the…

A Romanian aviator, Captain Octavian Palferenț, died on Tuesday, March 10, at Borcea Air Base. He drowned while trying to save a dog that had fallen into a water basin inside the unit, according to the Ministry of National Defense. The pilot, aged 30, was on a mission to the 86th Air Base “Lieutenant Aviator…

Takashi Katae, the Japanese ambassador to Romania, had one of his shoes swallowed by mud during a visit to the Mud Volcanoes organized by the Buzău County Council (CJ Buzǎu), in southern Romania. All was related in an amusing video posted by the embassy. The official visited the Mud Volcanoes reserve in “Ținutul Buzăului” and…

Romanian energy minister Bogdan Ivan stated during the Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris on Tuesday, March 10, that the country will almost triple its nuclear energy production capacity over the next decade.  The minister underlined Romania’s 60 years of experience in the nuclear sector and said that Units 1 and 2 of the Cernavodă Nuclear…

Pe 22 martie, începând cu ora 19.00, InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest găzduiește evenimentul Una Notte Sotto Le Stelle în istoricul Le Diplomate Ballroom, o cină exclusivistă semnată de Chef invitat Richard Abou Zaki. O seară memorabilă vă așteaptă in decorul exclusivist al Le Diplomate Ballroom în cadrul evenimentului Una Notte Sotto Le Stelle, unde Chef…

Romanian airline DAN AIR will resume flights to Syria but will temporarily move its operations from Damascus to Aleppo due to the continued closure of Damascus airspace amid the Middle East conflict. The company said all flights scheduled for Damascus between March 15 and March 26 will instead operate from Aleppo International Airport. Passengers who…

Fewer and fewer Romanians are interested in a job abroad, especially now as the international context becomes increasingly uncertain. Only 6.3% already have a plan when it comes to leaving and working abroad in 2026, according to a recent survey conducted by employment platform eJobs. Almost 28,000 applications for jobs abroad have been recorded since…

US refueling aircraft, monitoring systems, and satellite communication equipment could be temporarily deployed to Romania, president Nicușor Dan announced after discussions in the country’s Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT) on Wednesday, March 11. He said the equipment is defensive and will strengthen Romania’s security. “The third item (e.n. on the CSAT meeting agenda) concerned…

Fiction Tuesdays, a film program of the Czech Center in Bucharest, focuses at this edition on a retrospective dedicated to the creative partnership of writer Bohumil Hrabal and director Jiří Menzel. “Hrabal and Menzel built together a universe recognizable through its ironic humor, humanism, and attention to ordinary people caught up in the whirlwind of…