air quality

After the Bucharest Mayor Gabriela Firea announced two days ago the city hall's intention to enforce a pollution tax in the city as of next year for the vehicles that are not from Bucharest and Ilfov county in order to curb the pollutant…

The European Commission is providing national, regional and local actors with practical help to improve air quality in Europe, and stepping up its enforcement against 7 Member States who have breached agreed EU rules on air pollution limits…

EU legislation on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (Directive 2008/50/EC) sets air quality limits that cannot be exceeded anywhere in the EU, and obliges Member States to limit the exposure of citizens to harmful air…

The European Commission on Tuesday gave new warning to Romania, and other eight member states (the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Slovakia and UK) over air pollution issue, giving them a deadline until next week to meet the…

25,000 Europeans die every year because of air pollution, statistics shows. According to European Commission, three major Romanian cities could be sanctioned by Brussels officials, as digi24.ro informs. It’s about Bucharest, Iasi and…

The Bucharest City Hall will grant 5,000 vouchers worth RON 500/person for acquiring bicycles, electric bikes, electric scooters and Segways/Nineboot, a draft decision approved by the city council on Friday reads. The draft, named ‘Bike…

The European Commission is sending a letter of formal notice to Romania over significant gaps in monitoring air pollution. Air pollution poses a major risk to public health causing more than 25,000 premature deaths per year in this Member…

A recent air quality index in Romania analyzed the citizens’ perceptions on the air quality in the cities and district where they live. The study conducted by Storia.ro in partnership with D&D Research, three cities in Romania were…

Romanian ranks among the last countries in the European Union on the life expectancy of the citizens. A Romanian is living on the average 75 years old, according to the 2015 data provided by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).…

Inhabitants of Bucharest are the least satisfied wiith the air quality in EU capital cities – 22 percent. This information, based on perception survey indicators produced by the European Commission, is issued by Eurostat, the statistical…