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While the prosecutors’ section of Romania’s Supreme Council of Magistracy – CSM drafted recommendations to address the issues spotted by investigative platform Recorder at the end of last year, the judges’ section denied any irregularity and condemned the report published by Recorder as a fabrication. The report denounced the control allegedly gained by a group…

Romanian prosecutors have placed Bucharest’s District 3 mayor Robert Negoiță under judicial control in a corruption investigation, following hearings and searches carried out on Thursday, February 5, judicial sources told G4media.ro. Negoiță was granted judicial control on bail set at RON 800,000 (some EUR 160,000) and was banned from exercising his duties as mayor for…

Canadian-listed mining company Leading Edge Materials has confirmed the presence of uranium, gold, cobalt, nickel, lead, and zinc mineralisation in western Romania, following exploration works carried out in 2025, according to results published by the company and cited by Cursdeguvernare.ro. The findings relate to exploration operations conducted in the Valea Leucii, Dibarț, and Avram Iancu…

Energy production at the Mintia natural gas power plant is expected to begin in September 2026, representatives of Mass Global Energy Rom, a subsidiary of Mass Group Holding, confirmed during a meeting with prime minister Ilie Bolojan on February 5. The plant has a capacity of 1.7 GW. The company’s representatives also announced plans to…

Defence minister Radu Miruță declared that he wants to save the Mangalia Shipyard, including by involving it in military ship construction projects financed through the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) mechanism. The shipyard would get a EUR 700 million contract to build two Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV), but experts doubt its ability to deliver the…

Romania plans to introduce a special pricing regime for natural gas for residential consumers and district heating producers for at least one year after the market is liberalised on April 1, energy minister Bogdan Ivan announced on February 5. Ivan said that “a new capping mechanism across the entire natural gas distribution chain will keep…

Romania’s finance minister Alexandru Nazare on February 5 announced that the government has sketched, after consultations with the business community, the main elements of the economic recovery package that will include fiscal allowances, friendlier regime for SMEs, and stronger support for large investment projects but also active measures in the form of new, better targeted…

Romania’s retail sales volume contracted by 3.6% y/y in the fourth quarter of the year (Q4) 2025 as the private consumption remained subdued, stagnating in seasonally adjusted terms some 4% below the levels seen in the first half of the year or in the last quarter of 2024, according to data published by the statistics…

Tourists skiing in Poiana Brașov, one of Romania’s most popular mountain resorts, had an unexpected encounter after three bear cubs were spotted playing freely on a ski slope, with several visitors filming the animals from a distance.  The cubs were reportedly seen on the Lupului slope and were admired by skiers who captured the moment…

Demand for industrial and logistics space in Romania rose sharply in 2025, reaching 1.275 million sqm, up 51% year-on-year and the second-highest level recorded on the local market, according to data from Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. The stock reached 7.9 million sqm at the end of last year, with 48% located in Bucharest, the same…