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Climbing Mount Everest is already one of the world’s toughest challenges, but Romanian mountaineer Mădălin “Cris” Cristea decided to make it even harder by beginning his expedition more than 1,100 kilometers away, on the shores of the Indian Ocean. Over 113 days earlier this year, he walked across India and Nepal, reached the summit, and…

A Liberia-flagged cargo ship carrying coal to Ukraine was damaged in Romania’s Exclusive Economic Zone in the Black Sea on the night of July 23 to 24, with preliminary assessments indicating the incident may have been caused by a maritime drone or a sea mine explosion. The incident comes just days after an LPG tanker…

Interactive Brokers, the American brokerage giant with more than 5 million clients, USD 775 billion in assets, and more than 4 million trades processed daily across 170 markets, has added shares listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange to its platform, including Banca Transilvania, OMV Petrom, Romgaz, and Hidroelectrica. Until now, a non-resident investor had to…

Moldovan president Maia Sandu’s Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) remains at the top of voter preferences for the parliamentary elections, according to an IMAS poll conducted in June. The same survey showed that over half of the citizens of the Republic of Moldova would oppose unification with Romania in a referendum. The reformist PAS…

The restoration and repurposing of the Water Tower in Timișoara’s Iosefin district have been completed, the Timișoara City Hall announced.  The edifice, which has been repurposed into a cultural center, will open to the public for the Timișoara City Celebration, scheduled to take place beginning July 31. It is the first time since the edifice…

One of the sailors injured following the explosion that occurred aboard the Gas Lisbon vessel while it was transiting the Black Sea near Romania’s territorial waters has died.  The sailor who died was one of the three crew members who were transported to hospital after the incident. He was hospitalized at the Tulcea County Emergency…

Romania’s Ministry of Finance has filed an appeal against the decision of the Brussels Court of First Instance by which Eurocontrol blocked the payment of amounts owed to the Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration (ROMATSA), as part of the enforcement proceedings requested by Pfizer against the Romanian state. The Ministry of Finance’s appeal will be…

The upcoming season of Art Safari will host exhibitions dedicated to pop art, the reality of climate change, and photography by filmmaker Cristian Mungiu, in addition to a show focused on Brâncuși, the organizers announced. The exhibition Brâncuși and His Muses, curated by Doina Lemny, looks at the artist’s relationships with the women in his…

Irina Stoian has been appointed chief AI commercial officer at NielsenIQ, one of the world’s largest market research firms and a leader in the consumer intelligence segment, with operations in Romania. The newly-created position is designed to accelerate NIQ’s enterprise AI commercial strategy and help clients turn the company’s AI capabilities into business impact and growth,…

A total of 26 short films will compete in the national and international short film competitions, while five feature films will vie for the Anonimul Trophy at the 23rd edition of the Anonimul International Independent Film Festival, set to take place from August 10 to August 16 in Sfântu Gheorghe, in Romania’s Danube Delta, the…