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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…

The Mark Twain International School, part of the Romania Education Alliance educational platform, will begin construction of a new flagship campus in Baloteşti, near Bucharest, with an estimated investment of approximately EUR 30 million. The project, carried out in partnership with Partener Construct Logistic and a group of real estate investors, is scheduled for completion no…

Netopia Group has sold Web2SMS, its SMS messaging business, to Norway-based communications platform as a service (CPaaS) provider Link Mobility. The transaction values Web2SMS at an enterprise value of EUR 4.0 million and is expected to close in Q2 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, the company announced. The deal allows Netopia…

Romanian students study some of the highest numbers of foreign languages in school across the European Union, yet young people in Romania remain among those who speak the fewest. The findings come from Eurostat data analyzed by Monitorul Social (the Social Monitor), a project of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania. According to the analysis, almost all students…

Automobile manufacturer Dacia, part of the Renault Group, has unveiled its new compact model, the Striker. The model will compete in the compact segment of station wagons as well as SUVs, but it will not be produced in Romania. The carmaker, which operates a large factory in Mioveni, southern Romania, designed the Striker to be…

Romanian actor Ovidiu Schumacher will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 20th edition of the Gopo Awards, organizers announced. The award will be presented during the gala ceremony on May 4 at the National Theater Bucharest. Schumacher, an actor and acting teacher, is being honored for his contribution to Romanian theater and cinema over…

Passengers departing from airports in Bucharest can now carry liquids, aerosols, and gels in their hand luggage in individual containers of up to 2 liters after the removal of the 100 ml per container rule. The new rules regarding the transport of liquids, aerosols, and gels (LAGs) in cabin baggage came into force starting Wednesday,…

Romania has six representatives in the 2026 ranking of the richest people in the world compiled by Forbes, the same as in the previous edition of the top. Ion Stoica (61) and Matei Zaharia (40) are the first Romanian names in the latest edition of the Forbes ranking. The two are placed in 852nd position,…

Romanian organizations Tășuleasa Social Association and ADV Romania have launched a new program aimed at supporting social businesses along the long-distance trail Via Transilvanica. The initiative will offer training, mentorship, and grants of up to EUR 8,000 for local projects developed by communities along the route. The program, called the “Social Enterprise Accelerator on Via…

Paleontologists from the University of Bucharest and Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest have discovered a new species of herbivorous dinosaur in Romania’s Hațeg Country UNESCO Global Geopark. The dinosaur, which lived around 70 million years ago, has been named Kryptohadros kallaiae. Researchers said the species was related to other dinosaurs discovered in southeastern Europe, including…