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August 22nd, 2021 saw around 2,000 people take to the streets as a part of the Cluj PRIDE event, in support of equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community.
Cluj-Napoca was selected to host a European sporting event with international teams, in this case “Group D” from the European Championship of Women’s Volleyball – CEV 2021.
Ștefan cel Mare Park is being transformed by an extensive revitalisation project.
The 4th Infantry Division “Gemina” celebrates this year, on August 15, the 105th anniversary of the simultaneous establishment and entry of the 4th Army (North) in the battles of the First World War.
These insects are known locally as “tigrul platanului”, with their scientific name being Corythucha ciliata and common English name “sycamore lace bug” and are considered an invasive species in Europe, after being introduced from North America
The President of the Cluj County Council, Alin Tișe, signed the contract for the design of the first public hospital in the Transylvania area with, integrated medical services in the field of paediatrics.
Deputy mayor of Cluj-Napoca, has announced that several bus lines, operated by Cluj-Napoca’s Public Transport Company, CTP, will be modified, with some stops being cancelled.
Romania’s National Meteorological Administration have given a weather warning (Yellow), warning that many areas of the country will experience extreme temperatures up to 39°C for areas of the country, including Cluj.
Cluj County is one of the counties with the highest vaccination coverage rate. Also, the city of Cluj-Napoca has the highest rate in the country.
Sora Shopping Centre has been falling into disrepair over recent years.
Following the postponement of 2020’s event, due to COVID restrictions, the Untold Festival organisers have announced that the festival will take place in Cluj-Napoca between
Between August 6th and 15th, there will be a unique “EC_Special” edition held at the familiar Bánffy Castle in Bonţida, just outside of Cluj-Napoca, but also in 30 venues across Cluj-Napoca, which is a first for Electric Castle.
The organisers of Electric Castle announced that this year’s EC8 event, will be postponed until 2022, saying that there’s “no real scenario that would allow the festival to happen in 2021”.
The first drive-through vaccination center in Cluj County will be opened starting the week of April 26th 2021, at the “Horia Damian” Sports Hall (Sala Sporturilor) in Cluj-Napoca, and those who want receive the vaccine will not need an appointment.
HiSky, will begin operating flights from the Avram Iancu International Airport Cluj (CLJ), with both regular flights to Dublin and Lisbon, as well as charter flights to Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey.
Cluj-Napoca mayor, Emil Boc, has informed that he would be willing to carry out an experimental concert with 5,000 people, to see how coronavirus spreads in such situations.
Following the meeting today, CNSU has informed that the movement of persons outside of localities with a rate of over 3/1000 could be prohibited. At this time, the authorities are discussing a number of proposals which could be adopted and submitted to the Government for approval.
Cases have now reached 6.57 per 1000 inhabitants in Cluj-Napoca, as revealed by DSP Cluj on March 23rd, 2021. However, the mayor informs that there will not be any lockdowns, saying it would be “fatal” for the city. DSU is planning to discuss changes to measures on March 25th.
Cluj-Napoca mayor, Emil Boc, has informed that he has been discussing with CTP (Public Transport Company), to allow residents of Cluj to enjoy free public transport every Friday, starting from April.
Now that the rate of infection in Cluj-Napoca has dropped to 2.97/1000, restaurants, cafes, cinemas and other related venues will be allowed to operate indoors, with a restriction of 30% capacity.
From Smart Streets to awards, Cluj-Napoca has often been though of as being “different” than other cities in Romania.
Primaria Cluj-Napoca, in Partnership with the Cluj-Napoca International Committee, held the annual “Meet the Mayor” event, this time through Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here’s a unique opportunity, to make one of the city’s most well-loved attractions, your home. If you’re a creative kind of person, this is an opportunity that you shouldn’t miss!
There have been numerous attempts around Cluj, to create unique and interesting places to live, but we’re pretty sure that this one tops the list. Formerly “Q Caffe”, this 84sqm, fantasy world, has been converted with extreme attention to detail and love, into a loft-style apartment, in the heart of the city.
Cluj-Napoca Mayor, Emil Boc has presented a concept of how the Cetățuii (Fotress hill, where Belvedere hotel is located), would look, following a contest in partnership with O.A.R (Ordinul Arhitecților din România / Order of Architects in Romania).
Primaria Cluj-Napoca (Cluj-Napoca City Council), has introduced new measures, surrounding the use of electric scooters around the city.
The Institution of the Prefect for Cluj County (Instituția Prefectului – Județul Cluj) has announced new restrictions following the continued increase of COVID-19 cases in Cluj over the past few days. The county has now entered the “Red Zone”, and with this, come a number of restrictions, including the obligation to wear a mask in all public spaces.
One of Cluj-Napoca’s most well known landmarks, Continental Hotel, previously named The New York Hotel, is now up for sale after sitting empty for almost a decade.
Due to the fact that the number of COVID-19 cases continue to increase in Cluj, the Cluj County Committee for Emergency Situations (Comitetul Județean pentru Situații de Urgență Cluj), have announced that venues across the county will be closed from October 12th, for a minimum of 10 days and until the amount of cases drops to be low 1.5/1000.
Polling station votes have been counted across 182 polling stations in Cluj-Napoca and show that Emil Boc has won the local elections, meaning that he will continue being mayor of Cluj-Napoca.
The Cluj-Napoca city hall has began to install special parking sensors, created by Bosch, a company with quite a number of specialised development facilities located around the city.
Cluj-Napoca’s Mayor, Emil Boc, announced on September 8th, 2020, that the auctioning process for modernisation of the historic area of Strada Universitatii and Mihai Kogalniceanu has began.
Romania’s Prime Minister, Ludovic Orban, has informed that restaurants in Romania, will be allowed to start serving indoors from September 1st, 2020, but must respect certain conditions.
I was contacted by a concerned student, informing that they believe that someone they had been speaking with regarding an apartment, was trying to steal personal information and also requesting €600 for an apartment located in Cluj-Napoca.
Based on preliminary figures, Romania retains the title of having the highest amount of road fatalities, for over 2 years in a row.
In 2018, Romania and Bulgaria were the two EU member states with the highest amount of road fatalities, with higher than 80 people out of 1 million being killed on Romania’s roads, with Romania still being the highest with around 96 per 1 million inhabitants compared to 88 per million in Bulgaria.
It seems that the city hall’s desire to breathe new life into areas which have become lost to modern-day traffic requirements, has just had meetings to take on one of the most ambitious projects yet.
Cluj-based music festival, Electric Castle, has received the title of Europe’s Best Medium Sized Festival, from the European Festival Awards for 2019.
Anyone visiting Cluj over the past couple of years, has likely seen a lot of renovation activity taking place on a number of buildings around the city, and there’s no coincidence.
At the moment, the law allows for fines to be issued between 200 – 1,000 lei for disturbing neighbours by producing any loud noises, including shouting, using power tools or other objects, resulting in complaints. Also, someone causing distress to inhabitants of a property can between the hours of 10pm and 8am, or 1pm and 2pm will also affected by the upcoming changes to the fines.
Under the proposed changes, it’s possible that these fines could reach up to 6,000 lei and in addition, community service.
As far as property development goes, Cluj has seen a boom in the past few years with new properties sprining up all over the city, however, none of them can claim the title of the tallest residential building in Cluj-Napoca, let alone in the entire country.
The owner, who had been receiving monthly payments of €290 per month has kept his security deposit of €580 (2 months’ rent), accepted the rent for October, but changed the locks of the apartment, falsely accusing the tenant of breaking the contract.
August 22nd, 2021 saw around 2,000 people take to the streets as a part of the Cluj PRIDE event, in support of equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community.
Cluj-Napoca was selected to host a European sporting event with international teams, in this case “Group D” from the European Championship of Women’s Volleyball – CEV 2021.
Ștefan cel Mare Park is being transformed by an extensive revitalisation project.
The 4th Infantry Division “Gemina” celebrates this year, on August 15, the 105th anniversary of the simultaneous establishment and entry of the 4th Army (North) in the battles of the First World War.
These insects are known locally as “tigrul platanului”, with their scientific name being Corythucha ciliata and common English name “sycamore lace bug” and are considered an invasive species in Europe, after being introduced from North America
The President of the Cluj County Council, Alin Tișe, signed the contract for the design of the first public hospital in the Transylvania area with, integrated medical services in the field of paediatrics.
Deputy mayor of Cluj-Napoca, has announced that several bus lines, operated by Cluj-Napoca’s Public Transport Company, CTP, will be modified, with some stops being cancelled.
Romania’s National Meteorological Administration have given a weather warning (Yellow), warning that many areas of the country will experience extreme temperatures up to 39°C for areas of the country, including Cluj.
Cluj County is one of the counties with the highest vaccination coverage rate. Also, the city of Cluj-Napoca has the highest rate in the country.
Sora Shopping Centre has been falling into disrepair over recent years.
Following the postponement of 2020’s event, due to COVID restrictions, the Untold Festival organisers have announced that the festival will take place in Cluj-Napoca between
Between August 6th and 15th, there will be a unique “EC_Special” edition held at the familiar Bánffy Castle in Bonţida, just outside of Cluj-Napoca, but also in 30 venues across Cluj-Napoca, which is a first for Electric Castle.
The organisers of Electric Castle announced that this year’s EC8 event, will be postponed until 2022, saying that there’s “no real scenario that would allow the festival to happen in 2021”.
The first drive-through vaccination center in Cluj County will be opened starting the week of April 26th 2021, at the “Horia Damian” Sports Hall (Sala Sporturilor) in Cluj-Napoca, and those who want receive the vaccine will not need an appointment.
HiSky, will begin operating flights from the Avram Iancu International Airport Cluj (CLJ), with both regular flights to Dublin and Lisbon, as well as charter flights to Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey.
Cluj-Napoca mayor, Emil Boc, has informed that he would be willing to carry out an experimental concert with 5,000 people, to see how coronavirus spreads in such situations.
Following the meeting today, CNSU has informed that the movement of persons outside of localities with a rate of over 3/1000 could be prohibited. At this time, the authorities are discussing a number of proposals which could be adopted and submitted to the Government for approval.
Cases have now reached 6.57 per 1000 inhabitants in Cluj-Napoca, as revealed by DSP Cluj on March 23rd, 2021. However, the mayor informs that there will not be any lockdowns, saying it would be “fatal” for the city. DSU is planning to discuss changes to measures on March 25th.
Cluj-Napoca mayor, Emil Boc, has informed that he has been discussing with CTP (Public Transport Company), to allow residents of Cluj to enjoy free public transport every Friday, starting from April.
Now that the rate of infection in Cluj-Napoca has dropped to 2.97/1000, restaurants, cafes, cinemas and other related venues will be allowed to operate indoors, with a restriction of 30% capacity.
From Smart Streets to awards, Cluj-Napoca has often been though of as being “different” than other cities in Romania.
Primaria Cluj-Napoca, in Partnership with the Cluj-Napoca International Committee, held the annual “Meet the Mayor” event, this time through Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here’s a unique opportunity, to make one of the city’s most well-loved attractions, your home. If you’re a creative kind of person, this is an opportunity that you shouldn’t miss!
There have been numerous attempts around Cluj, to create unique and interesting places to live, but we’re pretty sure that this one tops the list. Formerly “Q Caffe”, this 84sqm, fantasy world, has been converted with extreme attention to detail and love, into a loft-style apartment, in the heart of the city.
Cluj-Napoca Mayor, Emil Boc has presented a concept of how the Cetățuii (Fotress hill, where Belvedere hotel is located), would look, following a contest in partnership with O.A.R (Ordinul Arhitecților din România / Order of Architects in Romania).
Primaria Cluj-Napoca (Cluj-Napoca City Council), has introduced new measures, surrounding the use of electric scooters around the city.
The Institution of the Prefect for Cluj County (Instituția Prefectului – Județul Cluj) has announced new restrictions following the continued increase of COVID-19 cases in Cluj over the past few days. The county has now entered the “Red Zone”, and with this, come a number of restrictions, including the obligation to wear a mask in all public spaces.
One of Cluj-Napoca’s most well known landmarks, Continental Hotel, previously named The New York Hotel, is now up for sale after sitting empty for almost a decade.
Due to the fact that the number of COVID-19 cases continue to increase in Cluj, the Cluj County Committee for Emergency Situations (Comitetul Județean pentru Situații de Urgență Cluj), have announced that venues across the county will be closed from October 12th, for a minimum of 10 days and until the amount of cases drops to be low 1.5/1000.
Polling station votes have been counted across 182 polling stations in Cluj-Napoca and show that Emil Boc has won the local elections, meaning that he will continue being mayor of Cluj-Napoca.
The Cluj-Napoca city hall has began to install special parking sensors, created by Bosch, a company with quite a number of specialised development facilities located around the city.
Cluj-Napoca’s Mayor, Emil Boc, announced on September 8th, 2020, that the auctioning process for modernisation of the historic area of Strada Universitatii and Mihai Kogalniceanu has began.
Romania’s Prime Minister, Ludovic Orban, has informed that restaurants in Romania, will be allowed to start serving indoors from September 1st, 2020, but must respect certain conditions.
I was contacted by a concerned student, informing that they believe that someone they had been speaking with regarding an apartment, was trying to steal personal information and also requesting €600 for an apartment located in Cluj-Napoca.
Based on preliminary figures, Romania retains the title of having the highest amount of road fatalities, for over 2 years in a row.
In 2018, Romania and Bulgaria were the two EU member states with the highest amount of road fatalities, with higher than 80 people out of 1 million being killed on Romania’s roads, with Romania still being the highest with around 96 per 1 million inhabitants compared to 88 per million in Bulgaria.
It seems that the city hall’s desire to breathe new life into areas which have become lost to modern-day traffic requirements, has just had meetings to take on one of the most ambitious projects yet.
Cluj-based music festival, Electric Castle, has received the title of Europe’s Best Medium Sized Festival, from the European Festival Awards for 2019.
Anyone visiting Cluj over the past couple of years, has likely seen a lot of renovation activity taking place on a number of buildings around the city, and there’s no coincidence.
At the moment, the law allows for fines to be issued between 200 – 1,000 lei for disturbing neighbours by producing any loud noises, including shouting, using power tools or other objects, resulting in complaints. Also, someone causing distress to inhabitants of a property can between the hours of 10pm and 8am, or 1pm and 2pm will also affected by the upcoming changes to the fines.
Under the proposed changes, it’s possible that these fines could reach up to 6,000 lei and in addition, community service.
As far as property development goes, Cluj has seen a boom in the past few years with new properties sprining up all over the city, however, none of them can claim the title of the tallest residential building in Cluj-Napoca, let alone in the entire country.
The owner, who had been receiving monthly payments of €290 per month has kept his security deposit of €580 (2 months’ rent), accepted the rent for October, but changed the locks of the apartment, falsely accusing the tenant of breaking the contract.