-Polidin is an immunomodulator vaccine invented in Romania at the Cantacuzino Institute and licensed in 1966, produced until 2012. It is a polybacterial preparation, being made up of a mixture of 13 Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial species (in the form of a suspension) that have been thermally inactivated. The preparation was intended for injectable administration, similarly to a vaccine.
-The research team that developed this formulation also included the head of production Sylvia Hoișie (b. 1928 - d. 24 May 2022)
-Immunostimulant efficacy and absence of teratogenic effects have been demonstrated by studies.
-It is desired to resume production, in 2018-'19 an action plan is underway to determine the necessary stages for the resumption of influenza vaccine production and the reauthorization of production to European standards for Polidin, which will be produced again at the Cantacuzino Institute in Iași in a new factory together with Cantastim [1] [2] [3] [4]
Dan Păltinișanu Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Timișoara, Romania. It was the second-largest stadium in Romania, with a seating capacity of 32,972. Until its closure in 2022, it was used mostly for football matches by the local team, SSU Politehnica Timișoara. The stadium was named after footballer Dan Păltinișanu (1951–1995) who played 10 seasons at FC Politehnica Timișoara. The stadium will be demolished for the construction of a new arena with 30,000 seats.
Immigration to Romania is less common than immigration to most other European Union countries, with Romania having 2.1% of the population foreign born as of 2017. Of these, 0.9% were born in other EU member states, and 1.2% were born outside the EU. Romania has recently experienced a growing wave of immigration, mostly from the Republic of Moldova, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Southeast Asia, and East Asia and to a lesser extent other parts of the world. In 2013, there were 198,839 immigrants living in Romania, of which 13,000 were refugees. As of mid-2020, the number of migrants in Romania was 705,000, of which over 40% were from the Republic of Moldova.
FC Steaua București, often known in English as Steaua Bucharest, is a Romanian professional football club. Amongst its successes are 20 domestic league titles, winning the Romanian Cup 20 times, defeating FC Barcelona in the final to take the 1985–86 European Cup and winning the 1986 UEFA Super Cup against Dynamo Kyiv.
A total of 41 counties, along with the municipality of Bucharest, constitute the official administrative divisions of Romania. They represent the country's NUTS-3 statistical subdivisions within the European Union and each of them serves as the local level of government within its borders. Most counties are named after a major river, while some are named after notable cities within them, such as the county seat.
The DEx12 expressway, also known as the Pitești–Craiova Expressway, is a partially built expressway in the south-western part of Romania, previously labelled as A12, when it was considered as a future motorway. It will connect the cities of Pitești, Slatina and Craiova, being 121 km long, with an estimated total cost of 1.66 billion euro.
Controlled-access highways in Romania are dual carriageways, grade separated with controlled-access, designed for high speeds. There two types of highways, motorways and expressways, with the main difference being that motorways have emergency lanes and slightly wider lanes. The maximum allowed speed limit is 130 km/h (81 mph) and only 80 km/h (50 mph) during poor conditions, while for expressways the limit is 120 km/h (75 mph). There are no toll roads, but a road vignette is required.
X Factor is a Romanian television music competition that aims to find a new music talent to become a star. The eighth started airing on 26 August 2018 on Antena 1.
The eight season of the Romanian reality talent show Vocea României premiered on ProTV on September 7, 2018. Pavel Bartoș returned as host, while Irina Fodor replaced Lili Sandu as the social media correspondent. Laura Giurcanu was the vlogger of the show. Tudor Chirilă and Smiley returned as coaches, while Irina Rimes and Andra replaced Loredana Groza and Adrian Despot as coaches.
Vlad Vasile Voiculescu is a Romanian politician and former Romanian Minister of Health in the Cîțu Cabinet whose term lasted from 23 December 2020 until he was revoked on 14 April 2021 by PNL Prime Minister Florin Cîțu. He formerly served in the same position in the Cioloș Cabinet between May 2016 and January 2017.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Romania is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Romania on 26 February 2020, when the first case in Gorj County was confirmed.
Survivor România is a Romanian reality game show based on the international Survivor format. The season premiered on 18 January 2020 on Kanal D.
The Alliance for the Union of Romanians is a right-wing populist and nationalist political party currently active in Romania and Moldova. It was founded on 19 September 2019. This was done with the intention of participating in the 2020 Romanian local and legislative elections. Currently, the party president is George Simion.
Zavera is a 2019 Romanian drama film directed by Andrei Gruzsniczki, written by Gruzsniczki and Mircea Staiculescu, and produced by Saga Film. The plot follows Ștefan, a construction engineer, who enters an existential crisis after his best friend and business partner Nic dies in a bicycle accident. The film is subtitled "eight Gymnopédies" and is structured in eight days in the life of Ștefan after Nic's death.
Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă is a Romanian lawyer and far-right politician. She gained notorious popularity in 2020 after she published several messages against COVID-19 restriction measures on social media sites such as Facebook. Iovanovici Șoșoacă is a former member of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) and part of the Senate of Romania for the Iași County since 21 December 2020. She later said that she did not want to enter the Parliament of Romania but that she was forced by other people who pressured her. On 10 February 2021, she was excluded from AUR's parliamentary group after AUR members Claudiu Târziu and Sorin Lavric proposed her exclusion for not following the party's strategy. Subsequently, on 30 May 2022, she joined S.O.S. Romania, a party founded in November 2021. Șoșoacă is one of the main anti-vaccine figures of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania. She also supports a Romanian withdrawal from the EU and holds an anti-immigration rhetoric centered on the Syrian-born Romanian physician Raed Arafat.
COVID-19 vaccination in Romania started on 27 December 2020. It was announced that the process would be divided into three phases. Medical personnel would be vaccinated first, followed by the population at risk, and finally by the rest of the population. Vaccination was declared free and non-mandatory. As of March 2022, five types of vaccines were authorized to be used in Romania. This is the largest vaccination campaign in the modern history of Romania.
The next Romanian legislative elections must be held at the latest before 21 March 2025, that is three months after the term of the incumbent legislature of the Romanian Parliament expires.
The next parliamentary elections in Moldova are to be held no later than 11 July 2025.
Presidential elections will be held in Romania in either mid- or late November 2024, with an eventual second round to be held in late November or early December 2024 as well. They will be the ninth presidential elections held in post-1989 Romania. As the Romanian Constitution allows a maximum of two presidential terms, incumbent President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, first elected in 2014 and then re-elected in 2019, is not eligible for re-election anymore. His second term will normally end in December 2024.
The 2022–23 Liga I was the 105th season of the SuperLiga, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season started on 16 July 2022 and will end in May 2023. It is the eighth season to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced, and CFR Cluj is the five-time consecutive defending champion club.