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Romanian telecommunications operator Digi Communications (BVB: DIGI) remained the leading player in Spain’s mobile market by net customer gains through number portability in 2025, marking its fifth consecutive year at the top, according to an analysis by Profit reported on January 8. Digi Spain recorded a net gain of almost one million mobile lines last…

The number of employees in Romanian public institutions and authorities decreased by some 25,000 since the Government of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan took office, according to data published by Profit and confirmed by the Ministry of Finance.  While 21,685 positions were eliminated from the central administration, institutions controlled by the Government, thus reaching 815,556, 3,348…

The Justice Ministry has begun the process to select the country’s prosecutor general, as well as the prosecutors and deputy prosecutors who will lead the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) and the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), Hotnews.ro reported. The mandates of Alex Florența, the prosecutor general, and of Marius Voineag, the head…

Romania could acquire H225M Caracal helicopters from Airbus, but it is not clear whether they will be assembled in the country, according to French publication Zone Militaire. France and Romania have longstanding ties in defence, and the purchase would confirm the relationship. Airbus Helicopters and Aeronautica Română, or IAR, established ties in the 1970s, when…

Romanian deep-tech company .lumen has won the CTA Foundation Pitch Competition for Accessibility at CES 2026, receiving an award of USD 10,000. The award recognizes lumen’s glasses for the blind, an AI-powered wearable that applies self-driving technology to the pedestrian world. Using real-time computer vision, spatial perception, and on-device AI, the system understands 3D space…

The Romanian branch of the Greek group Public Power Corporation, or PPC, plans to build a battery energy storage system for electricity produced from renewable sources at its transformer station in Căciulați (Ilfov). This is part of the company’s plan to install storage facilities in the distribution networks it operates in Romania. The new electricity…

The second weekend of the year comes with the option of visiting exhibitions, sampling the film offer, or attending a concert. In Bucharest: New Year concert @ George Enescu Philharmonic January 8, 9 Vlad Vizireanu conducts the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra for a program of works by Gioachino Rossini, Camille Saint-Saens, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes…

The recently opened National Cathedral in Bucharest is set to restrict access for visitors for interior works starting Friday, January 9, according to information released by the Romanian Patriarchate. The National Cathedral has been open to the public for a limited period, set especially for the major winter holidays. As such, the faithful could visit…

Around 49% of Romanians believe that compulsory military service should be reintroduced, while 47% reject the idea, according to an Avangarde survey cited by Euronews Romania.  In Romania, compulsory military service was suspended in 2007; however, it can still be performed voluntarily. Debates over its reintroduction come in the context of the ongoing war in…

The European Film Festival (FFE), organized annually in Bucharest and several other cities across the country, will hold its 30th edition this year. For this, the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR), the event organizer, has launched a call for partnerships with institutions and cultural operators in the country. The local events of the FFE are scheduled…