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Romania’s resident population reached 19.041 million people on January 1, 2026, 1,829 fewer than a year earlier, according to provisional data published Friday, August 28, by the National Institute of Statistics.  The decline was largely limited by migration. The number of immigrants exceeded that of emigrants by 102,200, but the difference did not fully offset…

The Bucharest Stock Exchange announced on Friday, August 28, that Romania’s Financial Supervisory Authority has approved the new Multilateral Trading System Code.  According to the BVB press release, the new Code represents one of the most significant modernizations of the Multilateral Trading System in recent years. It organizes the system into three distinct markets: SME…

The latest investigation by journalists from Recorder uncovered that the influential chief of the Protection and Guard Service (SPP), Lucian Pahonțu, was an officer in the Securitate troops before 1989, prompting additional checks by the National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives (CNSAS). The journalistic investigation alleges that Pahonțu, who currently leads a lesser-known military service charged with…

The Romanian Football Federation announced on Wednesday, August 26, that it will not support Gianni Infantino for a new term as FIFA president. The decision comes amid major discontent generated by Infantino’s plan to sell shares in the World Cup. He was also criticized for other decisions immediately after the conclusion of the World Cup,…

NASA Space Apps Challenge, the world’s largest hackathon, will return to Romania on November 14-15, with simultaneous events in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca. Registration for the 48-hour international event is open until November 13. Under the theme The Next Frontier!, participants will form teams of up to six members and use NASA’s open data to develop…

IKEA will open its first Plan and Order Point in Iași on Monday, August 31. Located in Egros Shopping Center, the studio will be the retailer’s sixth such facility in Romania. The location will offer personalized planning services for kitchens, wardrobes, and storage solutions. Customers will be able to work individually with IKEA specialists to…

Romania’s cybersecurity market could grow from an estimated EUR 190 million in 2025 to more than EUR 300 million by 2030, according to a study by AI Board. The projected expansion, at an annual rate of around 10%, is expected to be driven by increasingly frequent cyberattacks, new compliance requirements, and continued investment in digitalization.…

Leader of Romania’s reformist party USR, Dominic Fritz, criticised Liberal party (PNL) for the vote on the Integrity Agency (ANI) Law – which strips him of Timisoara mayoral seat – and said his party’s alliance with PNL is circumstantial, a coalition of two reasonable centrist parties aimed at opposing both the far-right extremism (AUR) and…

Romanian president Nicusor Dan, in a press conference at Chișinău on August 27, announced that new consultations with the parties on nominating a new prime minister will follow on September 1, and he assured that “we will find a majority for a stable government.” He refused to elaborate on the source of his optimism, however.…

Romanian president Nicușor Dan said Europe must assume a greater share of responsibility for its own defence while reaffirming Romania’s commitment to strengthening NATO’s eastern flank, in an opinion article published by Fox News on August 27. Dan said Romania was not asking the United States to do more for its defence, but was prepared…