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Romania’s opposition party AUR announces no-confidence motion against government
Romania Insider
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July 7, 2025
AUR leader George Simion announced on Monday, July 7, that his party intends to submit a no-confidence motion against the government led by Liberal prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The announcement came the same day the Executive was scheduled to...
EUROPE/ROMANIA - "Our faith is our life." The testimony of Blessed Cardinal Iuliu Hossu at the center of the IV edition of the "Missionary Camp"
Fides
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July 9, 2025
Cetatea de Baltă - “Our faith is our life” was the theme of the fourth missionary camp, organized at the beginning of July in Cetatea de Baltă by the Greek Catholic parish of the Holy Trinity in Cetatea de Baltă under the direction of Fr. Father...
Bucharest introduces app-based smart system to improve public transport for the visually impaired
Romania Insider
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July 7, 2025
Bucharest's public transport operator, Societatea de Transport București (STB), has launched a new system designed to improve accessibility for passengers with visual impairments. The project, which went live on Saturday, July 5, aims to enhance...
ROMANIA: ‘Only a handful of environmental organisations still dare challenge corporate projects in court’
CIVICUS
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Interviews 01 July 2025 CIVICUS speaks to Cristinel Buzatu, regional legal advisor for Central and Eastern Europe at Greenpeace, about how Romania’s state gas company is weaponising the courts to silence environmental opposition. On 10 June, the...
Romanian publication: Azerbaijan – attractive architecture and a safe urban environment
Azertag
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July 6, 2025
Bucharest, July 6, AZERTAC In recent years, Azerbaijan – particularly its capital Baku – has become an appealing travel destination for European tourists. An article published by Romania’s reputable Libertatea.ro newspaper praised the country’s...
Romanian business community and trade unions criticise fiscal package
Romania Insider
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July 7, 2025
Romania's first fiscal package under prime minister Ilie Bolojan has drawn strong criticism from both employers' organisations and trade unions, who argue that the new tax measures unfairly burden the private sector and risk worsening social...
7 Best Atmospheric Horror Games
Comicbook
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July 9, 2025
Slap on a few jump scares and creepy enemy designs, and you can call it a horror game. However, recreating real atmospheric horror is challenging. For that, there must be a sense of unease, an aesthetically pleasing yet haunting art style, and of...
Romania’s far-right AUR takes lead in new parliamentary election poll, hitting 40% support
Romania Insider
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July 7, 2025
Romania’s far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) has surged to a record-high 40.5% in voting intention for parliamentary elections, according to the second edition of the Informat.ro – INSCOP Research Barometer conducted between June...
Romania expects fiscal package to avert EU sanctions and credit rating downgrade
Romania Insider
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July 7, 2025
Romanian authorities believe the recently approved fiscal corrective package, with an estimated impact of 0.56% of GDP, will be sufficient to reassure the European Commission and international credit rating agencies of the country's commitment to...
Romania takes over command of Black Sea Mine Countermeasures Task Group
Romania Insider
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July 7, 2025
Romania is set to take command of the Black Sea Mine Countermeasures Task Group (MCM BS TG) for the next six months, with a formal ceremony scheduled for Wednesday, July 9, in the Port of Constanța. The Romanian Naval Forces will assume leadership...
Bulgaria Hands Over Rotating Mine Countermeasures Black Sea Task Group Command to Romania
Bulgarian News Agency
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Bulgaria handed over the command of the Mine Countermeasures Black Sea Task Group (MCM Black Sea) to Romania in a ceremony held in the city of Constanta on July 9, the press centre of the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday. The ceremony was...
Media Review: July 7
Bulgarian News Agency
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The topic of Bulgaria joining the eurozone dominates Monday's news media. ECONOMY 24 Chasa's front-page story reads that because of the upcoming entry in the eurozone, banks in Bulgaria are reducing fees as early as in July to make the transition...
Romania faces showdown with Brussels over rising budget deficit
BGNES
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July 7, 2025
The new Romanian government, made up of the country’s most pro-European politicians, is setting Bucharest up for a decisive showdown with the European Commission, while using Brussels as an excuse for a drastic package of tax increases and...
Bucharest Exchange-listed Arctic Stream appoints Florin Mărginean as new CEO
Romania Insider
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July 7, 2025
Arctic Stream SA, a Bucharest Stock Exchange-listed provider of IT infrastructure and cybersecurity integration solutions (BVB: AST), has announced the appointment of Florin Mărginean as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective July 7. Mărginean...
Embassy of Turkmenistan Participated in the Asian Culture Festival in Ploiești
News Central Asia
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July 9, 2025
On 9 July 2025, the Palace of Culture in Ploiești hosted the Asian Culture Festival, organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Romania in cooperation with the embassies of Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Japan, the Republic of...
European Commission underlines improvements and shortcomings in Romania in new Rule of Law Report
Romania Insider
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July 9, 2025
Romania has taken steps in line with the Venice Commission's recommendations in order to improve its justice system, according to the sixth Rule of Law Report published by the European Commission on Tuesday, July 8. Nevertheless, there is still...
With 500 programmes and PM Orbán’s keynote speech the 34th Bálványos Summer University and Festival in C Romania is ready to kick off
Daily News Hungary
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July 9, 2025
This year’s Bálványos Summer University in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) in Romania is running under the motto “Count on us!”, Fidesz lawmaker Zsolt Németh, one of the event’s founders and the head of parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said on...
Ajith Kumar hits the road again, kicks off motorcycle tour across Romania and Bulgaria
The Statesman (India)
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July 9, 2025
Ajith Kumar is back doing what he loves best, riding through stunning landscapes on his motorcycle. This time he is biking across the scenic roads of Romania and Bulgaria. The Tamil superstar, who is popular for balancing his packed film calendar...
Puppets in Carpathia: The Magic of The Legend of Ochi A24's first kids movie has practical effects in impractical locations
The Austin Chronicle - Texas
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The Ochi, the wild man of the Isle of Carpathia, in Isaiah Saxon's The Legend of Ochi, out now from A24 Films of Blu-ray. (Image Courtesy of A24 Films) Getting a movie made is an almost impossible task, but few seem tougher to get to screens right...
Romanian government's second package of reforms has no clear calendar
Romania Insider
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July 7, 2025
Prime minister Ilie Bolojan announced on July 2 that the government would come up with a second package of measures by the end of the month to promote important reforms such as changes to special pensions - a milestone in the National Programme...