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Farmec, one of Romania’s oldest cosmetics manufacturers, announced the appointment of Ioana Birta as General Manager, following a decision by the Board of Directors, on Tuesday, October 20. The appointment is part of a larger corporate restructuring. The company was previously led by Mircea Turdean, “who, since 2010, has played an essential role in strengthening…

Flanco, a major electronics retailer in Romania, announced the 16th edition of Black Friday, running from October 22 to November 30, in more than 150 stores nationwide and online. “Over the almost six-week campaign, we will add new products to the offer in three stages, so that customers can always find available stock, new discounts,…

The Dutch company Damen Holding BV, the previous operator of the ailing Mangalia shipyard in Romania, has challenged in court the tender through which German defense manufacturer Rheinmetall won the auction for the shipyard on October 9, 2026, offering EUR 138 million. Damen is the main creditor of the Mangalia Shipyard. The company challenged the…

After a first half of the year in which market growth was driven almost entirely by higher basket values, Romanian eCommerce shifted direction in the third quarter, the first in which parcels arriving from outside the European Union were subject to both national and EU-level taxes. The MerchantPro Compass analysis, conducted by MerchantPro, a SaaS…

An AI-generated image purporting to show a bear on a street in Câmpina, Prahova county, prompted a 112 emergency call and a citywide RO-Alert warning. However, the gendarmes dispatched to the area found no witnesses who had actually seen the animal, according to Agerpres. The incident occurred on October 18, when a caller reported the…

The EIB announced that it will lend EUR 50 million to BCR Social Finance, which will provide an equal amount from its own resources and distribute the total to microenterprises across Romania. The package will offer lower interest rates than would otherwise be available without EIB involvement. “Europe’s investment ambitions must reach every part of…

Romanian director Bogdan Mureșanu’s animated short The Magician has joined the pool of films eligible for consideration at the 99th Academy Awards. The film was named best animated short at Romania’s 2026 Gopo Awards. The production premiered internationally at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2025 and recently screened at the Dallas International Film…

Ilie Bolojan, who was appointed prime minister of Romania in June 2025 and became the longest-serving interim PM since his dismissal in May of this year, took stock of his mandate at the helm of the executive on Monday, October 19, in a press conference. Fiscal measures Bolojan, who is also president of the National…

Moving to Bucharest involves more than finding a home, arranging residency documents and adapting to a new working environment. For expatriates and their families, understanding how to access healthcare is an equally important part of settling into life in Romania. The Romanian healthcare system combines publicly funded services with a well-developed private medical sector. What…

The level is forecast to remain below the threshold for another five days, News.ro reported. According to available information, no special measures have been taken, aside from the suspension of traffic on the Danube-Black Sea Canal, to make more water available to the NPP. Authorities have previously explained that a fall below this threshold could…