If you’re planning to move to Romania or just planning to visit the country, you should check out one of my recommended books below. From travel tips and cultural insights to local recipes, these books provide something for every kind … Read more
Can you live on $1,500 or €1,500 a month in Romania with a family? Short answer: Yes, but only if you can turn budgeting into an Olympic sport. Long answer: It’s complicated, and I don’t think most expats could do … Read more
Romania’s Constitutional Court (CCR) has announced a unanimous decision to annul the first round of the presidential elections held on November 24. IMPORTANT: Check the UPDATES at the bottom of the article for the latest news and evolutions in this … Read more
FINAL UPDATE: The political crisis deepens. The CCR decided to annul the elections and ordered them to be restarted from scratch. Get all the details here. Romania is in chaos following dramatic developments in the wake of the first round … Read more
Romania’s Parliamentary elections on December 1st, 2024 are just over, breaking some records, keeping Romania on its pro-European path (but barely) and leaving the doors open for both political crisis and surprise alliances. With Romania being in an unprecedented political … Read more
Romania will finally join the Schengen area on January 1st, 2025, with their neighbor, Bulgaria. This marks a historic milestone for the country, but also one that changes how people will travel in Romania and across Europe as a whole. … Read more
UPDATE: The first round of the presidential elections has now been annulled! Read about this unprecedented political crisis here. To say that the results of the presidential elections in Romania were shocking would be putting it mildly. The results of … Read more
Călin Georgescu is the surprising winner of the first round of Romania’s presidential elections held on November 24th, 2024. Emerging seemingly out of nowhere, Călin Georgescu shocked political parties, analysts, and a large portion of Romania’s population by achieving an … Read more
Initially, I wrote this ranty article back in 2016, never thinking that, eight years later, things would be even worse. Since I’ve been ranting a bit lately anyway, I decided to do it again here and show you why Romania … Read more
As a Romanian born in the mid-80s, during Nicolae Ceausescu’s communist regime, my biggest dream, for most of my life, was to move to the US – or at least have the honor of visiting the country. America was, for … Read more