Today we say farewell to Nelu Bîșcă, a photojournalist for the newspaper Deșteptarea for several decades. For entire generations of readers, many of the images that told the story of the city and its people were captured through the lens of his camera.
Two years ago, when Deșteptarea celebrated its 35th anniversary, Ioan Bîșcă wrote a text about what it...
A man from Bacău County, eastern Romania, was officially declared dead due to a bureaucratic error, despite being alive and well, local authorities confirmed.
The case came to light after Eugen Popa posted on social media that a document issued by the county’s General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child...
The Bacău Public Health Directorate has released data on respiratory illnesses and influenza cases recorded at county level for the period January 12–18, 2026. The figures indicate a high number of infections, particularly among children and the elderly.
During the reporting period, 2,194 cases of acute upper respiratory tract infections...
The year 2025 confirmed Deșteptarea’s position as one of Romania’s most closely followed regional online news outlets. Traffic data point to a stable evolution throughout the year, with significant peaks during certain periods and sustained reader interest overall.
12 million page views in a single year
Between January 1 and December...
At a time when both children and adults are spending more and more hours in front of screens, the need for movement, balance and discipline has never been greater. And when sport successfully combines education, health and character-building, the result is far more valuable than any ordinary physical activity.At...
Economic analyst Radu Georgescu warns of a worrying downturn in household consumption in Romania, based on data recently released for the month of November. According to him, starting in August 2025, household consumption has entered an accelerated decline—a phenomenon rarely seen in the Romanian economy.
Georgescu points out that roughly...
Bacău County remains one of the main employment hubs in Romania’s North-East Region, according to data from the County Directorate of Statistics.
At the end of October 2025, the county had 127,387 employees. This figure represents a slight decrease compared to September (–42 employees), but an increase of 1,361 employees...
Ramona Verman, named Bacău’s best athlete of 2025, is aiming to build on a breakthrough year as she targets new personal records and qualification for the 2026 European Athletics Championships for Seniors. The 21-year-old long jumper, coached by Aura Balaban at CSM Bacău, won the European U23 title in...
The morning of January 5, 2026 — a Monday, after many days of holidays — hardly looked encouraging. Around 7:00 a.m., the streets were almost deserted, especially as many residents of Bacău were still enjoying extended holidays until January 7 or 8.
Expectations were similarly low at the Bacău Blood...
Romania will officially celebrate 2026 as “The Year of Nadia Comăneci,” marking 50 years since the legendary gymnast scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic history at the 1976 Montreal Games. The initiative was approved by the Romanian Senate on May 14, 2025, and by the Chamber of Deputies...
The recent debate in the European Parliament on the future of motor vehicles was more than a simple exchange of technical arguments. It signaled that, at last, the voice of reason is beginning to be heard at the level of European decision-making. For those who have long warned about...
Zemeș Commune has secured funding through Romania’s Environmental Fund Administration (AFM) for the modernization of its public street lighting infrastructure, under the Public Street Lighting Energy Efficiency Program, December 2024 call. The project submitted by the local administration has been approved, with total funding amounting to RON 1,011,780.58.
The funding...
A Romanian Air Force C-27J Spartan aircraft, configured for medical missions, took off today from the 90th Air Transport Base in Otopeni at the request of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU) to carry out a humanitarian medical transport mission on the Otopeni – Bacău – Brussels (Belgium) route....
Among all winter holidays, Christmas holds a special place in people’s hearts, being the most eagerly awaited and the most deeply charged with spiritual meaning. For Christians, 25 December marks the Birth of Our Savior Jesus Christ, an event that symbolizes not only the coming of light into the...
Claudiu-Richard Târziu, an ECR Member of the European Parliament, addressed the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg during a debate on the impact of the geopolitical situation on European patients and their access to medicines. The Romanian official drew attention to a major vulnerability of the European...
