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The Alliance for the Union of Romanians, or AUR, announced during a meeting on Monday, November 3, that it supports former TV presenter Anca Alexandrescu for the position of mayor of Bucharest. The elections will be held on December 7. The leadership of AUR decided unanimously to support Anca Alexandrescu, although she is not a…

A former Royal Navy minehunter has arrived at the Port of Constanța on Monday, November 3, to join the Romanian Naval Forces, following a 41-day journey from the United Kingdom that covered more than 4,200 nautical miles. The vessel, now named M271 “Căpitan Constantin Dumitrescu,” is the second minehunter delivered to Romania under a government-to-government…

Romania has formally signed an intergovernmental agreement to acquire 18 F-16 fighter jets from the Netherlands, the Ministry of Defense announced on Monday, November 3. The aircraft, already stationed at the Fetești Air Base as part of the European F-16 Training Center (EFTC), will now become the property of the Romanian state and will be…

Romania has 454 casinos, which places the country right after the United States, which hosts 2,147 such places and over 600 casino hotels, B1tv.ro reported. Bucharest ranks as the second city, after Las Vegas, in terms of the number of casinos per population. Thus, in the Romanian capital city, there operate 164 such units, which…

The candidate of the National Liberal Party (PNL) for Bucharest general mayor, Ciprian Ciucu, is two percentage points ahead of Daniel Băluţă, the representative of the Social Democrats (PSD) in the race, seen so far as the preferred one, according to a survey commissioned by the Liberal Party and published by Cotidianul.ro, as reported by…

A still significant share of the foreign investors in Romania surveyed by the Foreign Investors Council (FIC), namely 40%, expect their markets to expand, while 47% expect stagnation, leaving a small share of investors undecided or pessimistic. The expectations for external demand are below average, with only 29% of those surveyed expecting higher exports and…

The volume of fast-moving consumer goods rose by 1.1% y/y in Romania in the third quarter of the year, slowing down from 3.6% y/y in Q2 and 5.0% y/y in Q1, according to NielsenIQ’s report NIQ Consumer Outlook mid-2025, cited by Revistabiz.ro. The prices have increased by 3.5% y/y, accelerating only slightly from 3.3%-3.4% y/y…

The discussions on the 2026 public budget will begin towards the end of November, after the November 13 session of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (EcoFin) that will include “a first review under the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP)” for Romania and the endorsement of the revised PNRR, finance minister Alexandru Nazare announced, according to…

A Romanian construction worker has died after being trapped for several hours under rubble following the partial collapse of the medieval Torre dei Conti in central Rome on Monday, November 3. The incident occurred during restoration work on the 13th-century tower, located near the famous Colosseum. Emergency services rescued the man late on Monday and…

Romania is nearing the conclusion of a “huge USD 30 billion” investment agreement with the United States covering nuclear, hydro, natural gas, and artificial intelligence-based technologies, energy minister Bogdan Ivan announced last week, according to Ziare.com and Mediafax.ro. The negotiations are in their final stages, he said. Speaking on Antena 1 television on November 3,…