Tesla’s new Roadster flips, hovers and briefly flies, but the stock gives back its gains
Tesla finally showed its next-generation Roadster on Thursday night, nearly a decade after it started taking deposits for the electric sports car.
Tesla finally showed its next-generation Roadster on Thursday night, nearly a decade after it started taking deposits for the electric sports car.
Every August, the Transylvanian city of Cluj-Napoca turns into one of the biggest electronic music gatherings in Europe when Untold Festival takes over Cluj Arena and the surrounding parkland for four days.
US consumer prices rose again in September, pushing the annual inflation rate to 3.7% and strengthening expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again before the end of the year.
Short answer: anyone can buy an apartment or a house in Romania. The limits are about land. Whether a foreigner can own land depends on citizenship, the type of land and where it lies.
The CNP (cod numeric personal, personal numeric code) is the 13-digit number Romanian institutions use to identify a person in their records. Romanian citizens receive one at birth. Foreigners receive one from the General Inspectorate for Immigration (IGI) once they hold certain residence rights.
Two Romanian rules now ask foreigners for a formal Romanian language certificate: one for long-term residence, one for some citizenship applications. They differ in level, deadline and accepted issuers.
Romania is a full member of the Schengen area, so one short-stay Schengen visa (type C) now covers Romania and the other Schengen countries under one set of EU rules. Romania still adds some national requirements. This guide explains how the system works in 2026.
Students from outside the EU, the EEA and Switzerland deal with four authorities: the university, the Ministry of Education (Letter of Acceptance), a Romanian consulate (the D/SD study visa) and the General Inspectorate for Immigration (IGI, the residence permit).
For non-EU nationals, Romanian law calls permanent residence “long-term residence” (drept de ședere pe termen lung), governed by Emergency Ordinance (OUG) 194/2002. Citizens of other EU countries and their families follow OUG 102/2005, which still says “permanent residence”.
Romania’s public health insurance system is run by the National Health Insurance House (CNAS) and its county branches. For most adults, being insured means paying the health contribution, CASS.