2015

Romanian pianist Alex Penescu has launched the song "Esti lumina mea/You are my light" on Christmas, performed by soprano Angela Gheorghiu, next to tenor Teodor Ilinca. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HERrnMrxz4M The new single is the…

Several files have been sent to court after the tragedy occurred in the Colectiv club two years ago, that claimed 64 lives and left more than 140 injured. However, none of these cases were solved, so no one has been found guilty so far.…

Romania posted a consistent cultural activity last year, as revealed by the statistics of cultural activities released by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). Therefore, more than 13 million people visited museum and public…

81,500 foreigners have filed requests for the Romanian citizenship in 2015, four times more than in 2014. Most of the citizens filing for the Romanian citizenship were citizens from Republic of Moldova and from the Arab countries, said the…

“Body” by Małgorzata Szumowska, winner of the “Silver Bear” award for the best direction at the Berlin Film Festival last year will be screened for the first time in Romania at the closing gala of the European Film Festival in Bucharest.…

Romania still tops the road deaths in the EU last year, reporting 95 road deaths per 1 million inhabitants, almost double than the European average of 51.5, read the EC 2015 ‘Road Safety’ report. However, compared to 2010, the road death…

The General Prosecutor’s Office presented his 2015 activity report on Monday, which revealed that prosecutors across the country concluded almost 650,000 cases last year and sent almost 59,000 people to court. The interim head of the…

Romanian ranks 58th in the 2015 edition of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, which reads that although corruption is still rife globally, more countries improved their scores in the 2015 edition. Overall,…

Romania ranks 32nd in 35 countries in the 2015 Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI), published by the Health Consumer Powerhouse (HCP) Ltd. The report states that European healthcare is steadily improving, in spite of alarm bells about…

The local real estate market had an encouraging increase last year, both in the value and the volume of the transactions, with an optimist trend forecast in 2016. Compared to 2014, the rise was by 10 percent last year. The average…