Today is April 1st. I would expect to see more fake news than usual. However, I see the same, or even less. We had a couple of prank ideas that we thought…
Tag: inflation
Are toilets and houses overpriced in Cluj?
Here we are in 2026. According to Monitorul (perhaps our favorite newspaper at the moment), the average resident of Cluj spends over half his salary on rent. Average advertised rent prices for…
Starting a business in 2026? Things have changed :(
You might have heard that the Romanian government has frozen the rise in minimum wage for 2026. Some businesses apparently asked for that. Things are getting tight for everyone, taxes are rising,…
Romanian businesses will be required to published salary data
I received an email “Salariile devin publice din 2026.” So, why the longer title in English? Well, the email was kind of clickbait. At first, I thought we were entering a Finnish…
Price rise at Cluj Airport
We all know that things are more expensive at the airport, but seven euros for a box of chocolates? Yes, we heard that is the case. Not a specific brand of chocolates,…
Overcrowding to become illegal
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do. Well, if that shoe is in Romania, some of them will…
Some things are more expensive in Cluj
On 18th January 2023, Jurnalul, one of Romania’s top newspapers, dedicated its front page to how food is becoming more expensive in Romania than in Western Europe. Romanian phrase of the day,…