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An LPG tanker carrying gas was attacked and exploded approximately 30 km from Sulina, outside Romanian territorial waters, on Monday night into Tuesday, July 20 to 21. The Gas Lisbon ship, under the Liberian flag, was heading towards Ukraine and, according to Romanian president Nicușor Dan, it was most likely targeted as part of Russia’s…

Romanian president Nicușor Dan congratulated Labour leader Andy Burnham on his appointment as prime minister of the United Kingdom on Monday, July 20.  The Romanian official said he was confident that under Burnham’s leadership, the United Kingdom would continue to actively contribute to strengthening peace, security and international cooperation. “I am delighted to extend to…

Bucharest mayor Ciprian Ciucu has called for the insolvency of the capital’s public transport operator STB, arguing that court-supervised restructuring is the only way to avoid bankruptcy and ensure the payment of employees’ salaries, according to Economica.ro. Speaking at a press conference, Ciucu said STB’s financial situation had become unsustainable and warned that, without entering…

Eurowind Energy Romania has received construction permits from the National Energy Regulatory Authority ANRE and started work on three wind farms with a combined installed capacity of 138 MW, as the Danish developer continues its expansion in the Romanian renewable energy market, according to Economedia.ro. The projects comprise the 66 MW Frumușița wind farm and…

Iași has become the first county in Romania where all local authorities have decided to ban gambling halls with slot machines, following a civic campaign that gathered more than 7,000 signatures. The local councils of all 98 cities and communes in Iași County voted to prohibit gambling halls under powers granted to local authorities by…

President of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSD), Sorin Grindeanu, in a press conference at the Parliament, proposed to establish a “crisis committee” at the level of the legislative body to draft the necessary amendments “to unblock Romania,” arguing that the acting government is no longer serving its executive function.  Romania has had an interim…

The Wage Law for the budgetary sector, in its current form, and the Law on Integrity Agency functioning – two of the six legislative milestones that would unlock the last EUR 4.5 billion in grants under the Resilience Facility (RRF) – will not get the votes of the Social Democrats (PSD) in Parliament, party leader…

The Environmental Fund Administration AFM announced that over 11,100 funding applications were submitted in the first hour after the start of the 2026 session of the car scrappage scheme intended for individuals, Profit.ro reported. In the first hour after the opening of the registration session on July 20, over 1,100 requests were submitted for the…

Romania’s pipeline of battery energy storage system, or BESS, projects has surpassed 9 GW, with more than 2 GW of capacity expected to become operational by the end of 2026, according to data from the National Energy Regulatory Authority ANRE cited by Cursdeguvernare.ro. A total of 143 storage projects, representing 9,147 MW of capacity, are…

Romania’s busy DN1 national road was blocked again on Monday, July 20, after torrential rain triggered flooding and landslides in the Prahova Valley. The disruption came one day after a powerful flash flood swept through the mountain resort of Bușteni, inundating homes and carrying cars and debris through the streets. Traffic was initially brought to…