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Works by Marcel Iancu, Maxy, Victor Brauner, Hans Mattis-Teutsch, Corneliu Michailescu, Apcar Baltazar, and other artists who helped define Romanian artistic modernity are on display in Palermo until September 27 as part of the exhibition The Romanian Avant-Garde: Works and Networks, 1907–1947. The show, curated by Erwin Kessler, explores the history of the Romanian avant-garde…

Romania won eight medals, including four gold and four silver, at the Balkan Athletics Championships held on Saturday and Sunday, June 20-21, in Volos (Greece), according to the Romanian Athletics Federation. Andrea Miklos and Ștefania Balint won gold in the women’s 400m, with 52 sec 26/100, respectively silver, with 52 sec 66/100. Romania also won…

Romania’s men’s sabre team won the silver medal at the European Fencing Championships, held in France between June 15 and 21. The team made up of Vlad Covaliu (20 years old), George Dragomir (27 years old), Radu Nițu (21 years old), and Răzvan Ursachi (28 years old) got past the host country in the semi-final…

Representatives of the center-right National Liberal Party (PNL) met on Sunday, June 21, in an extraordinary congress and reconfirmed president Ilie Bolojan as head of the party after strong contestation from supporters of PM-designate Adrian Vestea. Bolojan, currently interim prime minister after he was deposed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), a former partner of…

Lech Walesa, Poland’s anti-communist leader and former president, is the recipient of the National Order of the Star of Romania in the rank of Grand Cross, the Presidential Administration announced. The distinction is meant “as a sign of high appreciation for the exceptional merits in strengthening and deepening Romanian–Polish bilateral relations, as well as for…

Norwegian is inaugurating this month direct flights from Cluj to Oslo and Copenhagen, the Avram Iancu International Airport in Cluj announced. Beginning June 20, Norwegian operates direct flights between Cluj-Napoca and Oslo Gardermoen. Starting June 28, the airline will start operating the flights between Cluj-Napoca and Copenhagen. The two routes open further connections to cities…

Ukraine confirmed that it would respond to the set of 14 questions sent by the Romanian side regarding the June 5 naval drone incident on June 23, Romanian acting Minister of Defense Radu Miruţă said, cited by News.ro. Separately, Constanta Port management should come up within 11 days with a security plan that would be…

Romania is seeking to restore its right to export live sheep and goats after the European Union extended restrictions on shipments until the end of 2026, threatening an activity that generates more than EUR 200 million annually for the economy. Romania, the EU’s second-largest sheep producer after Spain, had a flock of 10.75 million animals…

Romania’s Naval Forces have received their first corvette since the fall of communism, with president Nicuşor Dan and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attending the flag-raising ceremony of the HISAR-class vessel Rear Admiral August Roman in Istanbul on June 20, according to the Romanian Presidential Administration. The ceremony, held at the Istanbul Shipyard, marked the…

The volume of construction world volume reported by Romanian construction companies increased by 20.7% y/y in April, after the robust 7.7% y/y advance in Q1, according to data published by the statistics office INS.  While the main growth driver in Q1 was the residential buildings segment (+14.7% y/y), the civil engineering works accelerated in April…