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Remote Butler, an IT startup from Cluj-Napoca, said it would launch its Ospătar la Distanță (Remote Butler) app this summer. The application will initially be introduced in three restaurants in Cluj-Napoca, which are faced with a shortage of waiters speaking foreign languages, and will later be introduced in restaurants in Bucharest and other big cities.…

Instant Factoring has become the first fintech financial institution and factoring company in Romania to benefit from financing from the European Investment Fund (EIF) after signing a RON 5 million (EUR 1 million) subordinated loan agreement. EIF representatives conducted direct meetings with Instant Factoring clients to validate the necessity and efficiency of the financial solutions…

José Alberto Chueca Val will take over as CEO of Lidl Romania starting in September of this year, the retailer announced. He is taking over from Marco Giudici, who will hold a strategic role in the group’s international acquisitions team. Alberto Chueca has worked in both the financial-legal sector and retail and has been with…

The 23rd edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) in Romania’s Cluj-Napoca announced its winners this past weekend, with Indian films winning the top awards.  The Transilvania Trophy, worth EUR 10,000, went to the Indian film Girls Will Be Girls, the debut of director Shuchi Talati. The movie explores what it means to be…

Fashion retailer Primark announced the opening date of its third store in Romania and the first in the western part of the country. Located in Iulius Town Timișoara, the new location is set to welcome its first customers on August 7. Primark Timișoara will span 3,200 square metres on the first floor of the shopping…

The Romanian men’s sabre team won the silver medal at the European Fencing Championships in Basel on Sunday, June 23.  The team consisting of Răzvan Ursachi, Vlad Covaliu, Radu Nițu, and Matei Cîdu, defeated Switzerland, 45-13, and Italy, 45-37, qualifying for the semifinals, where they eliminated Turkey with a score of 45-44. In the final,…

The National Committee of far-right party SOS Romania unanimously decided on the candidacy of Diana Iovanovici-Şoşoacă in this year’s presidential elections. She is the party’s president and, following the June 9 European and local elections, a member of the European Parliament. Diana Şoşoacă joined SOS Romania after leaving the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians…

Renewable energy company FF Ventures has announced its official entry into the Romanian market, where it plans to develop 500 MW of solar projects and 500 MW of energy storage projects over the next three years. The company plans to develop its own portfolio of greenfield projects, but it is also looking at co-development opportunities.…

Romania’s national football team is set to play against Slovakia on Wednesday, June 26, at 19:00, in the last match of Group E in the UEFA EURO 2024 tournament. At this point, all teams in Group E have three points each, a situation that is unprecedented at an EURO cup.  The match against Slovakia is Romania’s…

BBC has recently published a feature about the Mihail Kogălniceanu base in Constanța county, Romania, which is set to become the largest NATO airbase in Europe, “bigger even than Ramstein in Germany.” Named after the village nearby, the military facility is located close to the Black Sea coast and is being enlarged under a project…