Romania

4% of the wood used by IKEA in 2020 was from Romania, very rich in primary forests and facing severe illegal deforestation; IKEA is also alleged to have committed irregularities in managing Romania's forests and benefiting from the illegal market

TIMESENS Exhibitions, concerts, literature and music evenings, origami, painting and martisor workshops, as well as film presentations took place at the European representations of the Romanian Cultural Institute on the occasion of Martisor Day, yesterday

Climber Adrian Ahriţculesei has recently succeeded in conquering the Pico de Orizaba volcano (5.636 m), the highest volcano in North America; the challenge is part of his goal to be the first Romanian man to complete the "Seven Volcanos" circuit

The international airport Brasov - Ghimbav will be operational as of November 1 this year: for the first year of activity, a flow of 300.000 passengers is expected

The employees of the Bucharest Transport Company suspended the protest action and resumed the activity after a round of negotiations that followed 5 days in which the public transport in the capital was absent

For the first time in ten years, the money sent home by Romanian workers working in other EU countries exceeded the amount of foreign direct investment, writes business portal Ziarul Financiar

The Tudor Arghezi Memorial House in Bucharest opened its doors this year to host the Urban Community Orchard, a project to regenerate the orchard of the museum with the involvement of the neighborhood community

Employees of public institutions will receive, between 2022 and 2026, holiday vouchers worth 1.450 lei each (US$330), with an estimated impact on the budget amounting to 8,65 billion lei in total (almost US$2 billion)

George Enescu Bacau International Airport received the highest marks from its passengers while Henri Coanda International Airport in Bucharest was downgraded due to congestion and lack of staff

Wood pellets will be used as fuel in an attempt to decarbonise, after the government signed an agreement with Norwegian producer Arbaflame to convert coal-fired power plants; the transition will reduce the plants' CO2 emissions by more than 90%