January 2016

Romanian tennis player Horia Tecau and American Coco Vandeweghe (US) have been defeated on Sunday 6-4, 4-6, 10-5 by the pair Bruno Soares (Brazil)/Elena Vesnina (Russia) in Melbourne, in the final of the mixed doubles. For reaching the…

Over 2,000 people marched in Sibiu on Saturday in support of Bodnariu family and of the other two families whose children have been taken away by Barnevernet, the Norwegian child welfare. They hold placards displaying their support messages…

Several tens of people lit candles and laid flowers in front of the former Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest on Saturday, to commemorate three months since the deadly blaze that claimed 63 lives and left another 147 injured. There were…

PM Cioloș on Saturday sent his Moldovan counterpart Pavel Filip a letter elaborating on the reforms that Republic of Moldova has to step up ‘as soon as possible’ to unblock EUR 60 M from the loan agreement signed by the two countries. The…

The National History Museum of Romania (MNIR) is getting ready for restoration works that are scheduled to last 5 years. The museum’s general manager told Mediafax that a contest would be launched on February 1 in order to choose the best…

An exhibition celebrating 100 years of Dadaism in Romania and rejoining works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Joan Miró will be varnished in Bucharest at ArCuB’s Gabroveni HQs on February 5, at 6 p.m. The exhibition is signed by the…

Iran is on track to raise oil production by 500,000 barrels per day after the lifting of sanctions this month, and one million barrels of Iranian Light grade to get to Lukoil's Petrotel refinery in Romania, sources said for reuters.com,…

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday that Hungary is not going to build on its borders, stating ‘not a kilometre more than needed’ and expressed hope that Romania is able to defend its own borders. “Can anyone tell me…

American fast-food restaurant franchise Subway decided to expand on the domestic market, opening a new unit in western Bucharest, a press release informs. Covering an area of 120 square meters and has 28 seats at the tables, the new…

PM Dacian Cioloș said he doesn’t use an official motorcade and he would not use it either, arguing it’s a matter of ‘common sense’. “I have never used Police motorcades and I won’t. I’d rather wake up earlier than confusing people. It’s…