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John Raceala memoir recounts Bible smuggling and prison under Communist Romania
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John Raceala’s Smuggling Light in the Darkness draws on his own experience of Bible smuggling, imprisonment and Christian faith under Communist Romania.
Romania becomes EU identity wallet test case as December deadline nears
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Romania is now issuing chip-based national ID cards nationwide as the EU pushes every member state to offer a digital identity wallet by Dec. 6, 2026. The shift is forcing banks and other regulated firms to solve a harder problem: verifying both…
Aquila Collection and Air France-KLM target Romania and Slovakia for Cape Town tourism growth
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Aquila Collection and Air France-KLM have launched a private-sector marketing push in Romania and Slovakia to grow demand for Cape Town and South Africa.
Innovation City partners with Onelink Solutions to expand abroad
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Innovation City has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with Onelink Solutions to expand its international reach from Ras Al Khaimah.
Innovation City taps Onelink Solutions for Europe expansion
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Innovation City signed an MoU with Onelink Solutions to expand its reach in London and Bucharest and make it easier for foreign entrepreneurs and investors to enter the UAE market.
80,000 visit Tokyo’s TOKYO LIGHTS projection mapping and light art festival
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TOKYO LIGHTS 2026 drew about 80,000 visitors to Shinjuku from May 23 to 31, combining a global projection mapping contest with outdoor light art installations.
Argent LNG, Albania sign MOU for Balkan LNG terminal
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Argent LNG and Albania signed a nonbinding memorandum to study an onshore LNG storage and regasification terminal on the Albanian coast.
Frankfurt to host EAPC’s 2026 political consultants conference
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The European Association of Political Consultants will hold its 2026 conference in Frankfurt am Main on 2–3 October, bringing together political strategists, campaign managers and public affairs professionals to focus on AI and technology in…
Romanian media shifted from solidarity to economic caution on Ukraine war
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A new study from Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu says Romanian news coverage of the war in Ukraine moved from humanitarian empathy to a more cost-focused and security-driven frame between 2022 and 2024. The research points to a sharper focus on…
ArtsPR retrospective honors Italian artist Antonio Masini
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ArtsPR is marking 2026 with a tribute to Antonio Masini, the Italian painter, engraver and sculptor who died in 2018. The retrospective highlights Masini’s award-winning career, large public sculptures and international reach across Europe, the…
Romanian researchers use math and AI to spot aneurysms, diabetes and Alzheimer’s markers
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A European project led from Sibiu says it can combine approximation theory and artificial intelligence to analyze CT, MRI and OCTA images without sacrificing interpretability.
Sam Bayat’s video series lands in Naoero and adds viewer questions
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Sam Bayat’s daily walking-video series has reached Naoero, the Pacific island state formerly known internationally as Nauru, and will now answer selected viewer questions on camera.
Romania’s ULBS joins €6M Horizon Europe cyber AI project
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Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu is part of a 24-member Horizon Europe consortium building an AI-driven cybersecurity platform for European SOCs and incident-response teams.
Romania’s forest rules punish poor villagers while big timber networks evade scrutiny
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Researchers at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu say Romania’s digital forest enforcement has made subsistence firewood users more visible to police and regulators while large-scale illegal timber networks stay harder to catch.
Tina Win sets September EP release with She Knows
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Independent pop artist Tina Win will release her new EP She Knows on September 9, 2026, adding a new chapter to a career built around self-ownership, emotional honesty and creative control.
Kogaion releases debut album blending Norwegian and Romanian black metal
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Kogaion has released its debut album, Echoes of Black Silk Angels, introducing a Norwegian-Romanian black metal project built around atmosphere, symphonic elements and cultural influences from both regions.
EMBRACE pilots school mental health model for Romanian children
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A Romania-based school mental health pilot has ended with a tested intervention model, new policy asks, and outreach to more than 38,000 people.
EMBRACE turns school mental health pilot into policy push in Romania
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A Romania-based project on children’s emotional well-being says it has built and tested a school intervention model across 10 schools in the country’s northeast, reaching children, parents and professionals from January 2025 through June 2026. The…
Study finds land grabbing and conservation conflict in Romania’s Hârtibaciu Plateau
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A new study says the Hârtibaciu Plateau in central Romania is seeing both conventional and incremental land grabbing, with smallholder farmers squeezed out and biodiversity under pressure.
New York Art Life Magazine to publish Ali Vedad Yuner interview this week
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New York Art Life Magazine said it will publish a 3,500-word feature interview with Brooklyn jeweler and metalsmith Ali Vedad Yuner this week.
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