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Dragobete, the local celebration of love and renewal, is marked with a fair at the Village Museum in Bucharest, classical music takes the spotlight in Iași, while film fans have numerous options at dedicated programs in the capital and in Timişoara. In Bucharest: Dragobete Fair @ Village Museum February 22 – February 24 Dimitrie Gusti…

Artmark Galleries Bucharest is marking February 19, Brâncuși National Day 2025, with a tribute exhibition of the first Bust of a Boy sculpted by the artist. The exhibition takes place at Cesianu-Racoviță Palace from February 19 to 23 and can be visited daily between 10:00 AM and 8:00 PM, with free admission. Enfant (Bust of…

A train conductor died following a railway accident in Olt county, southern Romania, involving two freight trains on Wednesday, February 19.  The accident took place around 10:45 AM on Railway Mainline 100, between Mihăești and Radomirești stations. A freight train traveling on the Roșiori – Caracal route derailed and entered the clearance gauge of the…

DokStation – Music Documentary Film Festival, the only festival in the country dedicated to documentaries about music, returns for its ninth edition between May 28 and June 1 in several venues in Bucharest. The films in the program highlight initiatives emerging away from the big studios, stories of trailblazers, or of marginals who became legends.…

As Romania navigates an increasingly complex economic landscape, Rudi Vizental, CEO of ROCA Investments, shares his insights on the private equity sector’s evolution and the key factors shaping business in 2025. He highlights the growing importance of debt financing and secondary transactions as alternatives to traditional funding, explaining that “debt financing is stepping in to…

The Festival of Pirates in Romania’s Danube Delta will return this spring for its eighth edition. Scheduled for May 15-18, the event will take place in Sulina with a program of good music, authentic gastronomy, slow life, unspoiled nature, and forgotten traditions of the Delta. According to the organizers, the town of Sulina is known…

The rehabilitation and equipment upgrade works at Polizu Maternity Hospital in Bucharest, which involved major interventions in three essential medical departments and the acquisition of vital medical equipment, are in their final stages, Save the Children Romania announced. The project includes the renovation and equipment upgrade of the Intensive Care Unit, the Operating Room, and…

The Trump administration is currently pressuring Romanian authorities to ensure that pro-Russian politician Călin Georgescu is allowed to continue his electoral campaign unhindered and run in the presidential elections in May, according to a report from Bloomberg. The US newspaper notes that American officials have focused almost exclusively on the presidential election issue in a…

The annual MerchantPro Compass analysis, conducted by the local SaaS eCommerce platform MerchantPro, based on data from online stores active in both 2024 and the previous year, reveals that Romania’s eCommerce market continued to grow in 2024, with an increase of over 8% in order value compared to the previous year. The number of orders grew by 3%, and the average cart…

Integrated energy producer OMV Petrom has begun construction of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (HVO) production unit at its Petrobrazi refinery in Romania. Following a total investment of EUR 750 million, the facility will have an annual production capacity of 250,000 tons and will make the company the first major producer of sustainable…