Several major topics heated up the debate in 2013, while others caught the eyes of Romania-Insider.com's readership during the year. Below are some of the most read stories of 2013.

1. Cheeky Romanian ad campaign answers UK immigration fears by inviting Brits to Romania
2. Romanian architects design ultra-modern space saving apartment in New York
3. The Human Body exhibition opened at Antipa Museum in Bucharest in March
4. Jose Manuel Barroso: Romania and Bulgaria will not enter the Schengen area in 2014 -
5. Prince Charles returns to Romania for private visit to his Transylvanian guest houses -
6. Thousands take to the streets in Bucharest to oppose Romanian mine proposal -
7. Unofficial flag issue heats up Romania-Hungary relations, change of constitution demands on the table again
8. Romanian who discovered largest silver treasury gets EUR 10,000 reward from Govt. before receiving almost half of treasure’s value -
9. More than 1,000 march in support of monarchy reinstatement in Romania -
10. Recent land phenomena in Romanian county of Galati intrigue specialists: earthquakes or land slides? 
11. Romania’s self-proclaimed “King of Gypsies” Florin Cioaba dies at 58 -
12. Romania plans to enforce certain conditions on foreigners buying land from 2014
13. Prolific Romanian film maker Sergiu Nicolaescu dies at 82