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OMV Petrom, the biggest oil, and gas company in Romania, and Auchan Retail Romania, the local subsidiary of French group Auchan, plan to expand their partnership for opening MyAuchan proximity shops in Petrom gas stations. The two parts have agreed on a memorandum of understanding expressing their intentions to discuss Lees meer…
February is all about celebrating love, that’s why our song selection this month will have love as its central theme. This song launched by popular Moldovan band Carla’s Dreams is about love that consumes, as suggested by its title – Pana La Sange (To The Flesh). Like in most songs launched Lees meer…
The first edition of music festival Fall in Love will take place between August 31 and September 1 of this year, at Mogosoia Palace, close to Bucharest. The festival already announced several international and local names in the lineup. They are Liam Gallagher (pictured), Disclosure DJ set, Kaiser Chiefs, Kovacs, Lees meer…
Cancer kills 140 Romanians daily and the disease is diagnosed late, according to data presented by the Federation of Cancer Patients Associations (FABC). The lack of information & screening programs is the main cause for the late detection of the disease. The federation also called for a National Oncology Plan, Lees meer…
Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers, a film partially shot in Romania and co-produced by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, received the Best Film, Best Director, and Best Image awards at this year’s edition of France’s Lumières awards. The film is a noir western, staring Jake Gyllenhaal and Joaquin Phoenix. Last year, Lees meer…
The Government is urging the National Bank of Romania (BNR) to redefine the way the interbank interest rate ROBOR is calculated, Bloomberg reported, quoting Darius Vâlcov, an advisor to prime minister Viorica Dăncilă. This would help local banks avoid paying “the greed tax.” “I hope we can get a radical change in Lees meer…
Laura Codruta Kovesi, the former chief prosecutor of Romania’s National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) ranked first in the selection procedure for the position of chief prosecutor of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), according to a document shared by Romanian MP Iulian Bulai of the Save Romania Union (USR) on Facebook. Lees meer…
Laurentiu Cazan was one of the first Romanian artists who reached international fame after 1990. His song Say Something won second place in the national selection for Eurovision in 1993. Despite the fact that he didn’t get to the Eurovision stage, his song also became popular abroad. Laurentiu Cazan was Lees meer…
Dutch banker Anthony van der Heijden sold part of his Romanian art collection at an Artmark auction organized on January 31. About 80% of the items put up for sale were auctioned, for approximately EUR 330,000, according to Artmark. The stars were Care cu provizii (sold for EUR 23,000) and Tarancuta Lees meer…
The Museum of Romanian Records in Bucharest, is home to the largest collection of Romanian stamps, but also to impressive collections of corkscrews, pressing irons, trivets, and vintage cameras. The museum spreads on five floors, filled with private collections. It was introduced into the Guinness Book of Records five times, Lees meer…