Six out of 10 Romanians cannot afford a 7-day vacation a year, the highest percentage in the European Union, although Bucharest is an exception and the city is significantly reduced in pedestrian and car traffic in August

In mountain towns bear encounters and attacks are increasing; officials argue on how to manage the rising bear population, and conservationists question whether easier shooting would solve the problem; around 4.000 bears are estimated to live in Romania

New austerity measures deemed as 'necessary' for a fiscal reform and designed to lower Romania 7,5 billion euro public deficit target civil servants, magistrates, corporates, businesses, bureaucracy and corruption

National Cyber Security Directorate has issued a warning about a new online scam that fraudulently uses the image of president Nicușor Dan in so-called “quick investment” schemes

Via Transilvanica, the long-distance trail that crosses Romania, will apply to be the first accredited long-distance route in the country after government issued the methodological norms regulating the hiking trails of national interest