Blogging: Gods of a secularised world: All the international sports events, from olympic games to football championships, have been marked, in recent years, by ceremonies that tended to be ever more somptuous, ever more costly...
The struggle for sports: Romania used to be one of Europe's sports powers during the communist years. Now, the performance achieved in this malfunctioning system is considered a miracle...
The broken government: Daniel Timoce explains how and why Romania's governing coalition broke up
Is the concept of TV series changing? Everybody who lives in a part of the world that benefits from the miracle of electricity owns a TV set and knows what a series is...
Agro-dementia: Charles Bell discusses why Romanian farmers are turning their backs on European money
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Follow any political debate on any Romanian TV channel, then follow any soccer debate on any Romanian TV channel. You'll be surprised how similar they are. You just have to replace the subjects of the sentences (political actors vs. football actors), an you've translated one dircourse into the other...
Russian gas giant Gazprom invited Romanian state-run gas operator Transgaz to join the South Stream project, according to Romania's Minister of Economy Adriean Videanu.
Romania's slow real estate market is paralleled by the hotel market. The owners of NH Hotel in Bucharest city centre keep lowering the price, but nobody wants to buy.
The name of Romania's notorious communist dictator Ceausescu has been used lately in the branding of such diverse things as hotel rooms, chocolate, or even condoms. But who is the real owner of this brand?
Several piranha fishes might live in the 'Chios' lake, located in Cluj city centre, endangering other species. Two piranhas have been fished out from the lake last year, it has been revealed on Monday, 15th February, 2010.
Romanian premier Emil Boc is to meet his Bulgarian counterpart Boiko Borissov on Friday, 12th February, 2010, to reassess the development of Danube Bridge 2.
Romania's Department of Defense will follow the legal procedures needed to unclassify its documents related to the violent events that led to the fall of the communist regime in December 1989.
Romanian PM Emil Boc asked the Health minister on Friday, 5th February, 2010, to draw a bill that would extend the list of illegal psychedelic plants, whether or not such plants might have European Commission's approval.
President Traian Basescu announced on Thrusday, 4th February 2010, that Romania is ready to sign an anti-missile deal proposed by US president Barack Obama.
Transylvania Highway's contractor Bechtel announced plans to cutting a number of 1933 jobs in county Cluj. National Railway company CFR, too, will leave 816 people jobless.
The economy will see a moderate growth this year, and will only reach its peak growth potential, 5 or 6%, as late as 2012, says Mihai Tanasescu, Romanian representative of International Monetary Fund.
Romanian President Traian Basescu announced that a special agency will be created for the management of citizenship applications in the case of those who have owned this right and lost it later.
Romania will have a governmet within 10 days after the presidential election result will be validated, acording to Emil Boc, intermediary chief of the government.
Close battle for the Romanian presidency. The actual president Traian Basescu, supported by the Democrat – Liberal Party, has been reelected with 50.33% of votes, while his adversary, the social – democrat Mircea Geoana, has only 49.66% of votes.
The movie Katalin Varga (2009, directed by Peter Strickland) tells a troubling story of love, crime, forgiveness, and revenge. Read our news about it here.
For Sale: Dracula's Transylvanian castle
You already know the myth. Now find out the facts about Bran Castle from this short Al Jazeera film. At present, a large number of old Transylvanian castles are waiting for investors pepared to buy them and restore their condition. Read more here.
Too much Krivach won't kill you
A fresh and untypical interpretation of Queen's 'Too much love will kill you' convinced the members of the jury that Razvan Krivach deservs the big trophy at Brasov's 2008 Golden Stag music festival. Read more here, or listen and watch the song below:
Afrim's Attic
They are gross and at the same time funny; they are genuine, but also bold: The characters pictured up by young director Radu Afrim tell something about our own fears, our hopes, and maybe our madness.
Mr Afrim's work has been recently acclaimed at Avignon Off 2008 festival. Find out more here, and watch this short scene from his 'Mansarde à Paris/ Les détours Cioran' recorded by an amateur:
Drama experiments in Transylvania
A walk to the fringes of the possibilities of modern theatre. It's called Man.In.Fest, and it's an international festival of the experimental, the unexplored, and the unimagined theatre.
Read more about the 2008 edition here, and watch a short film about the 2007 edition of Man.In.Fest below:
One day after facing unionists's street protests, Romanian PM Emil Boc talked about measures that would fight economic crisis.
Fitch assigned Romania's 5-year sovereign bond the 'BB+' rating. The country sold euro-denominated bonds worth € 1 Bn.
Russian gas giant Gazprom invited Romanian state-run gas operator 
Romania's slow real estate market is paralleled by the hotel market. The owners of NH Hotel in Bucharest city centre keep lowering the price, but nobody wants to buy.
The name of Romania's notorious communist dictator Ceausescu has been used lately in the branding of such diverse things as hotel rooms, chocolate, or even condoms. But who is the real owner of this brand?
Prices of Romanian houses will continue their falling tendencies in 2010, real estate specialists predict.
A number of 6,000 Romanian companies have suspended operations during the month of January 2010, according to the Office of National Trade Registry.
Several piranha fishes might live in the 'Chios' lake, located in Cluj city centre, endangering other species. Two piranhas have been fished out from the lake last year, it has been revealed on Monday, 15th February, 2010.
Two high-school teenagers work on the virtual reconstruction of Romania's major cities from the ground up.
Romanian carmaker Dacia is to produce Logan, Sandero, and Symbol models in a new plant that Renault wants to build in Algeria.
Romanian premier Emil Boc is to meet his Bulgarian counterpart Boiko Borissov on Friday, 12th February, 2010, to reassess the development of Danube Bridge 2.
Toyota is recalling around 12,500 of its third-generation hybird cars in Romania because of concerns over a braking problem.
Romania's Department of Defense will follow the legal procedures needed to unclassify its documents related to the violent events that led to the fall of the communist regime in December 1989.
The federally-owned Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. has drawn a contract to assessing the viability of building two new reactors in Romania.
Unemployment rate rose in Romania in January 2010 to 8.1%, according to data by National Employment Agency (ANOFM).
Romanian PM Emil Boc asked the Health minister on Friday, 5th February, 2010, to draw a bill that would extend the list of illegal psychedelic plants, whether or not such plants might have European Commission's approval.
Bucharest city's 'Casa Poporului' (People's House), the world's second largest building, could be turned into a shopping mall under new proposals.
President Traian Basescu announced on Thrusday, 4th February 2010, that Romania is ready to sign an anti-missile deal proposed by US president Barack Obama.
Transylvania Highway's contractor Bechtel announced plans to cutting a number of 1933 jobs in county Cluj. National Railway company CFR, too, will leave 816 people jobless.
Fitch revised Romania's risk outlook to 'stable' from 'negative', on the basis of 'the improvement in external financial and economic conditions'.
The economy will see a moderate growth this year, and will only reach its peak growth potential, 5 or 6%, as late as 2012, says Mihai Tanasescu, Romanian representative of International Monetary Fund.
Romanian President Traian Basescu announced that a special agency will be created for the management of citizenship applications in the case of those who have owned this right and lost it later.
Cluj ring road has been closed a couple of days after the opening. 
Close battle for the Romanian presidency. The actual president Traian Basescu, supported by the Democrat – Liberal Party, has been reelected with 50.33% of votes, while his adversary, the social – democrat Mircea Geoana, has only 49.66% of votes. 