War, Politics, and Women Who “Dare to Dream Big”: Tallinn Black Nights Fest Unveils Docs Lineup

The 2025 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has unveiled the selection of documentaries in its Doc@PÖFF International and Baltic competitions, with Baltic documentaries and feature films set to compete in separate programs for the first...

Almost 60% of Romanians have a positive opinion of the election results in the Republic of Moldova

Almost 60% of Romanians hold a positive opinion about the results of the elections in the Republic of Moldova, where the pro-European party secured over 50% of the votes, according to an INSCOP survey released on Tuesday. The study shows that...

Immigrants and women behind growing number of patents in Germany

At least 14 percent of all patent applications developed in Germany now originate from inventors with foreign roots, with Indians, and women, making particularly dynamic contributions. Patent applications are a key indicator of a country’s...

Romania’s National Cathedral to be consecrated this month

Romania’s National Cathedral, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world, will be consecrated on October 26, the Romanian Patriarchate announced on Monday, October 13, presenting a detailed timeline of the building’s construction that spans...

Romania's ruling Social Democratic Party to hold congress in November

Romania's Social Democratic Party (PSD), the largest in the ruling coalition, will hold its congress and implicitly elect a new president on November 7, announced the party's interim head, Sorin Grindeanu, who is at this moment the sole candidate...

Romania witnesses steepest real wage correction in decades

The real net wage in Romania plunged by 5% y/y in August, after it had contracted nominally for the second consecutive month (-2.4% m/m) and the headline inflation rate accelerated to 9.9% y/y from 5.7% y/y only two months earlier, according to...

Clinical Implementation of the Hill-Bone Compliance to High Blood Pressure Therapy Scale: Antihypertensive Adherence Assessment in a Romanian Cardiology Outpatient Center

Introduction Hypertension is one of the most prevalent chronic conditions worldwide, and sustained adherence to antihypertensive therapy is essential for achieving effective blood pressure (BP) control and reduction of cardiovascular risk. 1,2 In...

Catalina Otto: One Year of Leadership at HABAU Romania

In October 2025, Catalina Otto celebrates one year since returning to Romania, after almost 9 years spent in Austria, where she developed and consolidated her international experience. She currently leads HABAU Romania as CFO. Throughout her...

Losing its bite?: Exploring the vampire in pop culture

From Dracula to Twilight, there can be no doubt that the concept of the vampire is ubiquitous in modern pop culture. It is well-nigh impossible to go anywhere around Halloween without seeing decorations or costumes of the pallid, fanged horror...

Saint Parascheva celebration in Iași draws one of Romania’s largest pilgrimages

By&nbspCarmen Ciocan Published on 13/10/2025 - 17:26 GMT+2 Thousands of people are gathered and praying over the relics of Saint Parascheva in Iași, eastern Romania, in what is one of the largest pilgrimages in the eastern European nation. The...

This was the moment activists splashed red paint over huge Christopher Columbus canvas in Madrid museum

Jesús García Calero Madrid Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 12:08 Share It was a long, hard day for staff at the Museo Naval in Madrid during this year's 12 October Spanish national holiday celebration. After Futuro Vegetal activists splashed paint over...

Prime minister attends launch of new EUR 100 mln Mercedes production line in Romania

Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan attended the launch of a new Mercedes-Benz assembly line for propulsion units on Monday, October 13, in Sebeș, central Romania. The new line will service fully-electric GLC models produced by the German...

‘We wanted to design something that could work anywhere’: How this Romanian-born startup is tackling marine plastic pollution

Recycllux is tackling marine plastic pollution with a platform connecting companies seeking to offset their plastic footprint with the local cleanup capacity. From the more than 400 million tonnes of plastic that are produced yearly worldwide,...

Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks Petkovden, the day of Saint Petka

On October 14, the Bulgarian Orthodox church pays homage to Saint Paraskeva, also called St. Petka of Tarnovo and the day is known in Bulgaria as "Petkovden". Saint Petka was born in the 11th century in the town of Epibat, on the Sea of Marmara,...

Bulgarian Church Commemorates Saint Paraskeva of Epivates

Saint Venerable Paraskeva of Epivates, known among our people as Petka of Bulgaria, is one of the most highly revered female saints in Bulgaria and in the Orthodox Christian world. She was born in the 11th century in the town of Epivates...

Gardaí deport 23 prison inmates from the State to Romania

The Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) carried out an operation removing the group from the State on foot of EU Removal and Exclusion Orders for 10 years. All individuals were removed on a chartered flight which left Dublin earlier today for...

23 men serving prison sentences removed to Romania today

23 men, all of whom were serving prison sentences, were removed from Ireland to Romania today as part of a Garda National Immigration Bureau operation. The operation removed the men from the State on foot of EU Removal and Exclusion Orders for 10...

23 Romanian criminals booted out of Ireland in major deportation crackdown

23 convicted criminals left Dublin Airport for Romania on Monday (stock image) A total of 23 convicted rapists, burglars and fraudsters from Romania have been removed from the State and banned from re-entering for up to ten years, it has been...

“Garden of Lights” returns to Bucharest Botanical Garden with new “Small World” exhibition

Bucharest’s Botanical Garden will once again be illuminated this fall as the “Garden of Lights – Small World” exhibition opens to the public on October 24. The nighttime event will feature thousands of light installations, colorful lanterns,...

Metropolis Foundation starts construction of EUR 16.5 mln pediatric psychiatry hospital in Bucharest

The Metropolis Foundation announced the start of construction works on Romania’s largest pediatric psychiatry hospital, a project valued at over EUR 16.5 million. The new facility will be built within Bucharest’s “Prof. Dr. Alexandru Obregia”...