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Six Brazilian artists explore ‘the extraordinary and the dreamlike’ in Bucharest exhibition
Wild Metaphysics, a group exhibition bringing together six contemporary Brazilian artists whose bodies of work explores the extraordinary, the oneiric, and the metaphysical, opens in Bucharest this week at Gaep. The artists, whose practices are presented in Romania for the first time, are Thiago Barbalho, Maria Nepomuceno, Mariana Rocha, Guga Szabzon, Marina Woisky, and Michel…
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Film by Romanian director Alina Şerban receives audience award at Venice Film Festival
The film follows Rebeca, a Roma teenager preparing to leave the foster home where she grew up. She waits for her father to be released from prison and hopes that his return will give her the family she has always wanted. On the threshold of adulthood, Rebeca struggles with the desire to be saved from…
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EIB provides EUR 630 mln for Brașov-Sighișoara railway upgrade in Romania
The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced that it signed a EUR 630 million financing agreement with Romania to upgrade the railway between Brașov and Sighișoara. The 113 km project has a total estimated cost of EUR 2.25 billion and will also be supported by EU funding and a Romanian state contribution. The works cover the…
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Wizz Air to resume Bucharest-Dubai and Cluj-Abu Dhabi flights next month
Low-cost airline Wizz Air announced that it will resume daily flights between Bucharest’s Henri Coandă Airport and Dubai next month, on October 25. Moreover, it will also restore its Cluj-Napoca-Abu Dhabi route on October 27, operating two flights per week. Tickets are already on sale, with one-way fares starting at EUR 79.99 for Bucharest-Dubai and…
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Government approves new budget for Bucharest subway company Metrorex
Metrorex’s total estimated revenues for this year, according to the new budget, stand at RON 1.797 billion, down 23.19% compared to 2025. In terms of structure, operating revenues account for approximately 99.997% of total revenues. Subsidy revenues, amounting to RON 761.49 million, are down 12.77% compared with those achieved as of December 31, 2025, according…
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Romanian finance minister Alexandru Nazare marries singer Maria Mihali
The wedding took place in northern Bucharest, following a discreet two-year relationship between the minister and the singer from Maramureș, northern Romania. “A day full of emotions that we cannot really describe. A day that we will keep in our hearts forever,” Maria Mihali said at the end of the ceremony, which took place at…
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Bucharest sets Guinness record as 20,000 people gather at 5 km table
Bucharest set a Guinness World Record on Saturday, September 12, with a 5,055-meter communal table made from recycled materials. 20,000 people gathered for the event, which stretched along Unirii Boulevard from Unirii Square to Constituției Square. Masa Care Unește (The Table That Unites) ended in front of Bucharest’s massive communist-era Palace of Parliament. According to…
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A Sunday Brunch, the Corinthia Way: Boulevard 73 Introduces a New Brunch Experience in Bucharest
There are Sundays meant to be enjoyed slowly, over exceptional food, good conversation and a glass of sparkling wine, in an elegant setting where there is nowhere else you need to be. On 20 September, Boulevard 73, the signature restaurant at Corinthia Grand Hotel du Boulevard Bucharest, introduces the first edition of a new brunch…
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Romania’s TAROM adds first Boeing 737 MAX to its fleet
Romanian national airline TAROM has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX, marking the introduction of the aircraft type into its fleet. The Boeing 737-8 is the first of four aircraft to be delivered in stages through 2027. The planes are being acquired through operational and financial leasing arrangements, with two supplied by CDB…
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Romania’s real wages slightly up in July amid 12-month standstill
The rise in the minimum statutory wage in July contributed to the modest improvement, but further wage hikes remain uncertain under the current gloomy economic conditions. Amid lower annual inflation, the moderate nominal rise in the average net wage resulted in a 2.5% y/y real contraction in July, which was still the best reading in…