Bucarest Daily News – Romania

Bucharest’s air traffic reached an all-time high in 2025, with nearly 18 million passengers travelling through the capital’s two airports. Beyond traffic growth, 2025 was a landmark year for infrastructure development. According to official data, 17,700,242 passengers were registered at Henri Coandă International Airport (Otopeni) and Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, marking an increase of 10.26% compared to 2024. Henri Coandă The post Nearly 18 million passengers passed through Bucharest airports in 2025, as Băneasa is back to life appeared first on Bucharest Daily News.

BIPA, the drugstore brand of the German REWE Group, has officially entered the Romanian market with the opening of its first store in Mega Mall Bucharest. The new location is situated on level -1 of the shopping center. The first BIPA store in Romania covers an area of 370 square meters, is operated by a team of 14 employees, The post BIPA opens first store in Bucharest, plans rapid expansion in Romania appeared first on Bucharest Daily News.

PPC Renewables has increased its installed capacity in Romania to over 1.5 GW, following additions of approx. 200 MW in 2025, and will reach the mark of 2 GW of green generation capacities by end-2026, mainly in wind and solar parks, together with battery energy storage systems. The latest addition to the company’s generation fleet The post PPC exceeds 1.5 GW generation capacity in Romania, mainly in wind and solar parks appeared first on Bucharest Daily News.

In the biting cold of Romanescu Park, a scene of sheer desperation transformed into a testament to human courage on Saturday. Vipan Kumar, a 48-year-old Indian citizen, currently working in Craiova, is being hailed as a national hero after plunging into the sub-zero waters of the park’s lake to save a five-year-old girl from drowning. The post Humanity without borders: Indian worker risked his life to save a child from frozen lake appeared first on Bucharest Daily News.

A routine international rail journey turned into a grueling 26-hour endurance test this week, as the “Muntenia” Express (IR 79) traveling from Budapest to Bucharest suffered one of the most significant delays in recent Romanian history. What should have been a 16-hour trip ended in an 10-hour-and-21-minute delay, leaving passengers stranded in sub-zero temperatures as The post 26-hour nightmare: Romania’s “Muntenia” express records most significant rail delay in recent history appeared first on Bucharest Daily News.