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LIBfest 2025 takes place between October 21–26 and explores how reading evolves alongside technology. LIBfest, the book and cultural experiences fair organized by Libris.ro returns with an edition that examines how reading habits are being transformed in a world shaped by speed, technology, and AI. Between October 21 and 26, LIBfest 2025 brings together authors…

Cluj-Napoca-based deep-tech startup .lumen, best known for its AI-powered glasses for the visually impaired, has secured a EUR 11 million grant to develop a new generation of humanoid and quadruped robots for urban delivery. The project, called PABLO – Autonomous Robots for Urban Delivery, is funded under the EU’s Intelligent Growth, Digitalization, and Financial Instruments…

For the first time in history, Romania’s men’s team played in the final of the European Table Tennis Championship, held from October 12 to 19 in Zadar, Croatia, winning the continental silver medal. At the same time, the women’s team won the title of European runner-up for the third consecutive time. Romania’s men’s team lost…

Simtel (BVB: SMTL), an engineering and technology group listed on the Main Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange and a leading player in the renewable energy sector in Romania, announced the opening of a new subsidiary in Stockholm, Sweden. The new entity, Simtel Nordics, marks a new stage in the company’s international expansion and “is…

The top floors of the Bucharest block of flats affected by the powerful explosion last Friday, October 17, which killed three people, must be removed to prevent it from collapsing, according to interim mayor Stelian Bujduveanu. He based the decision on the State Inspectorate for Construction, which has completed the technical assessment of the building in the…

District 4 mayor Daniel Băluță of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) is currently the frontrunner in the race for Bucharest City Hall, according to a new CURS poll released on Sunday, October 19, and quoted by Agerpres. However, the election dates are yet to be set by the government, and the official candidates have not…

Thousands of people took to the streets of Bucharest on Sunday, October 19, to participate in the “Together for Women’s Safety” march, calling for stronger action against gender-based violence and improved protection for women and girls in Romania, news agency Agerpres reported. Similar awareness events took place in cities such as Brașov, Sibiu, Iași, Baia…

GE Vernova announced that it has entered into an agreement with Portugal’s Greenvolt International Power to supply, install, and commission 42 onshore wind turbines with a capacity of 6.1 MW each to power a wind farm in southern Romania (Ialomița County), according to Economica.net. The contract for the Ialomița project was registered in the third…

The general government budget deficit in Romania increased by 7% y/y and reached RON 103 billion (EUR 20 billion) in January-September, according to data published by Gandul.ro.  The deficit-to-GDP ratio edged marginally down to 5.42% in the first nine months of 2025, based on the RON 1.9 trillion GDP projected by the state forecasting body…

Economy minister Radu Miruţă (USR) announced on October 18, after the conclusions of the report of the prime minister’s control body regarding the disaster at Praid salt mine, which was flooded earlier this year, that he asked the Salrom management to resign but they refused, he asked for a meeting and they refused again, and…