The ANM weather service has activated a yellow-level warning for torrential rain across several regions of Romania, urging residents to stay informed and limit unnecessary travel.
ANM issued a yellow alert for torrential rain across Romania on Sunday, May 17, 2026.
Several regions are marked as at risk on the official ANM weather map.
Residents are urged to limit travel and follow official ANM updates throughout the day.
Director General Adrian Pintea mobilised staff at APIA county centres on Sunday to speed up authorisations, including Transitional National Aid payments.
APIA staff are working Sunday to authorise pending subsidy payments for farmers.
Transitional National Aid grants are among the payments being urgently processed.
Director General Adrian Pintea ordered county centre staff to mobilise over the weekend.
Minister Mihai Dimian has announced the number of available places in schools and universities for the upcoming academic year, a routine but consequential administrative decision.
Minister Dimian has approved available places in schools and universities for 2026–2027.
The figures cover Romanian students, diaspora youth, and foreign nationals on bilateral agreements.
A detailed breakdown by academic profile is expected in the Official Gazette.
With the school year closing on June 19, students face weeks of intensive tests and assessments — a period specialists link to rising emotional distress in young children.
The school year closes June 19, preceded by weeks of intensive testing.
End-of-year stress can cause sleep problems and irritability in young pupils.
Specialists advise stable routines and open family dialogue to ease anxiety.
The building on Prelungirea Ghencea is Bucharest City Hall's only social housing construction project in 30 years — and it has been sitting incomplete for six years.
Families have waited since 2020 to move into an unfinished social housing block in Ghencea.
It is Bucharest City Hall's only social housing construction project in three decades.
A protest was announced for Monday, 18 May, outside Bucharest City Hall.