August 30, 2025
A roundup of local and world news
Newsroom, 30.08.2025, 13:55
TOURISTS Authorities in Bucharest are looking for solutions to bring back roughly 100 Romanian tourists who travelled abroad with the Cocktail Holidays agency, which is currently facing a temporary financial blockage. A Crisis Cell has been set up at the Ministry of Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship and Tourism, which upon talks with representatives of the aforementioned agency and other relevant institutions, has identified 677 Romanian tourists who are still abroad. Solutions have been found to bring back most of these tourists during this weekend at the end of their trip. The situation of other 87 tourists is being assessed. According to statements by Cocktail Holidays the service packages underway have been guaranteed by two valid insurance policies. The owner says that his agency, which has been operational for the past 25 years, is facing a difficult period mainly due to the degrading economic situation of the business environment.
FESTIVAL Presently in its 7th day, the George Enescu classical music festival today brings to the stage a couple of Enescu’s 45 opuses. The Orchestra of the Valencia Community will kick off a series of noon concerts at the Radio Hall while the orchestra of the Santa Cecilia National Academy will be performing tonight at the Palace Hall in Bucharest. The Symphony Orchestra Cologne will be performing in Timisoara, western Romania, under the baton of the festival’s artistic director, Cristian Macelaru. 80 ensembles, symphony orchestras, choirs and chamber orchestras from 28 countries will be giving concerts until September 21. Radio Romania is co-producer of the International George Enescu Festival.
VISIT Romania’s president Nicusor Dan will be paying a formal visit to the neighboring Republic of Moldova, an ex-soviet Romanian speaking country, to participate in the events dedicated to the Romanian Language Day – the presidential administration in Chisinau has announced. According to the same sources, the head of the Romanian state will be met by the president of the Republic of Moldova, the pro-Western Maia Sandu, together with whom he will be attending several cultural events. This is President Dan’s third visit to the Republic since the beginning of his mandate. Other cultural events concurrently staged in Romania, the Republic of Moldova and the historical communities in the Diaspora are meant to mark the Romanian Language Day. Established by the Bucharest Parliament in 2013, the Romanian Language Day takes place concurrently with the national celebration in the Republic of Moldova and pays homage to the movement of national awakening in the neighboring Romanian-speaking state. On August 31 1989, back in the time of the former Soviet Union, the Parliament in Chisinau, picketed by 750 thousand people, a sixth of the then population of the republic, made Romanian the state language also passing from the Cyrillic alphabet imposed by the occupation forces to the Latin alphabet.
BIAS Over 150 thousand people are expected to come and visit the biggest air show in Romania, Bucharest International Air Show (BIAS) 2025. The event also comprises live performances, fireworks, exhibitions, souvenirs as well as areas especially made for children. The aforementioned airshow is to bring together over 200 civilian and military aircraft, 200 pilots and skydivers from Romania and other countries. The event celebrates 115 years since the first Romanian flight by Aurel Vlaicu and brings to the forefront one of the most famous aerobatics demonstration teams, Patrouille de France.
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