Romania

At the start of summer 2024, Bulgaria has reported record low unemployment levels. According to the latest data from Eurostat, the share of job vacancies across the European Union declined to 2.4 percent in the second quarter, down from 2.6 percent in the previous quarter.

Authorities in Bulgaria have denied involvement in the supply chain of thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in a deadly blow to Hezbollah.

Tuesday's attack, and another on Wednesday involving exploding hand-held radios used by Hezbollah, together killed 37 people and wounded about 3,000 in Lebanon.

On September 18, Bulgarian Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov participated in a meeting of the Bucharest-9 (B-9) defense ministers in Bucharest, Romania. The forum also included representatives from the United States.

The premier event for the solar energy and energy storage sectors, Sustainable Energy Expo: CISOLAR 2024, will take place at the Laminor Arena in Bucharest, Romania. This year's expo, will be held on October 15-17, 2024, promises to be the most comprehensive and dynamic yet, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators from around the globe.

Romanian Defense Minister Angel Tilvar has urged NATO to implement a "robust coordinated" response to incidents where Russian missiles or drones targeting Ukraine stray into the alliance's airspace. At a meeting of NATO's eastern flank nations in Bucharest, Tilvar emphasized the growing concerns over Russian activities in the Black Sea region and beyond.

If the energy crisis was a nightmare, the spike in energy prices, since July, seems like a rude awakening back to the nightmare reality: while in winter prices – due to high demand for heating – are high across Europe, in the summer when Eastern Europe is hit by cold weather (and increases consumption by at least 40%) prices (re)rise locally.

The memory of Greece's former Deputy Foreign Minister Yannos Kranidiotis and six other people who were killed in September 1999 after the government plane that was carrying them suddenly lost altitude over Romania was honored on Wednesday by the Cultural Foundation of the Journalist Union of Athens Daily Newspapers (ESIEA) and the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Athens. 

A Greek co-production is among the five films nominated for the LUX Audience Award, which is organised by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy.

More than 300 people evacuated the Romanian Parliament building, also known as the “Ceausescu Palace,” on Tuesday afternoon after a man set fire to a room near the building’s entrance, according to local television station Digi24.

The incident took place in the visitors’ area, which includes an exhibition hall and souvenir shops.

According to the latest Eurostat data published today, 6.8% of the European Union's population experienced severe material and social deprivation in 2023, a slight increase from 6.7% in 2022. The data highlights significant disparities among EU countries.