The Western Pigeon Racing Province includes the following pigeon racing branches: Maramureș, Sălaj, Arad, Bihor, Timiș, Satu Mare, and Caraș Severin. Six of these branches—all except Caraș Severin—held their first marathon category race of the 2025 season together. The release location was Karlovy Vary, with the pigeons being released on June 21. In total, for the first marathon race of the 2025 season, 517 pigeon fanciers

After six seasons of competing in the Gorj Branch, during which he became one of the top county and provincial champions, Alexandru Popescu moved his loft to Dolj County, in the village of Marotinu de Sus. This relocation took place in the autumn of 2023, during the young bird season. That same season, competing under the name "Team Popescu Alex", Alexandru Popescu won his first

Races with tens of thousands of pigeons entered are no longer just a dream for Romanian fanciers. We no longer have to look at rankings from Belgium or the Netherlands to witness such events. For several years now, fanciers from the Moldova province have been able to organize competitions that, not long ago, seemed impossible—races with over 25,000–30,000 pigeons entered. This year, they did it

A week ago, on June 9, the first long-distance race took place in the Bistrița-Năsăud and Cluj pigeon racing branches. The pigeons were released from the town of Katowice, Poland, having to cover between 520 and 560 km to reach their lofts. The first pigeons were clocked in after approximately six hours of flight, and for the father-and-son duo of Nicoară Vasile and Narcis, Katowice