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Vodafone, Digi acquire Telekom Romania assets in EUR 70 mln deal
Vodafone Romania and Digi Romania announced the signing of the relevant legal documents for acquiring Telekom Romania Mobile Communications from the OTE group and Deutsche Telekom on Friday, September 19. The two telco operators will split Telekom assets between them. As part of the deal, Vodafone spent EUR 30 million, while Digi paid EUR 40…
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Romania may screen for security impact sale of major dairy Napolact to Hungarian group
Sebastian Burduja, adviser to prime minister Ilie Bolojan and former minister of energy, warned of the security impact of the sale of major dairy Napolact to a group owned by a businessman close to the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban, according to Profit.ro. Burduja requested a specialist report, opinions from the SRI and SIE, and…
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Romanian energy minister warns of blackout risk if coal plants close early
Romania could face energy poverty or even blackouts if coal-fired power plants are shut down before new gas-fired facilities at Iernut and Mintia are completed, energy minister Bogdan Ivan said in an interview with Digi24 on September 18. The minister explained that Romania has formally requested the European Commission to extend the deadline for phasing…
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Premier Energy acquires 158 MW wind portfolio in Hungary
Premier Energy (BVB: PE) has signed an agreement to acquire a 51% controlling stake in Iberdrola Renovables Magyarország, the Hungarian subsidiary of Spain’s Iberdrola. The company owns five operational wind farms with a combined installed capacity of 158 MW, commissioned between 2008 and 2010 in northwestern Hungary, one of Central Europe’s strongest wind regions. The…
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Romania takes steps to secure recovery of claims against troubled steelmaker Liberty Galati
Prime minister Ilie Bolojan set up a committee to follow the pre-insolvency procedures at steelmaker Liberty Galati and its pipemaker subsidiary, Liberty Tubular Products Galati, controlled by billionaire Sanjev Gupta, and protect the rights of the tax collection agency ANAF and Exim Banca Romaneasca as the largest creditors, Profit.ro announced. The committee is also tasked…
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Grampet opens major bitumen melting facility in Romania
Grampet Group, active in railway transportation, through its newly established subsidiary Biturom, has opened the largest bitumen melting capacity in Romania, according to Economica.net. The new facility, designed to deliver liquid bitumen for road construction projects in Romania and the Republic of Moldova, was opened on the industrial platform Rafo Onesti. The plant has a…
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Romania considers new green Samurai bond issue
Romania plans to issue Samurai bonds and contract loans from multilateral banks such as EBRD or EIB to finance other green projects, finance minister Alexandru Nazare said at the CES ESG Conference 2025 in Bucharest on September 18. The country has already issued almost RON 10.8 billion (EUR 2 billion) in green bonds, allocated to…
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Romania’s construction works index up 41% y/y in July
Romania’s construction works volume index surged by 41% y/y in July, with the capital repairs segment soaring by 67% y/y and the other segments rising by 30%-40% y/y, according to data published by the statistics office INS. The seasonally and workday adjusted index rose by 20% m/m. In H1, the construction works index rose by…
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Foreign minister Oana Țoiu leads Romania’s delegation at UN General Assembly in New York
Foreign minister Oana Țoiu leads the Romanian delegation to the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York this month, where she is scheduled to deliver Romania’s national address before world leaders. Țoiu’s visit to the United States runs from September 18 to 29 and will include meetings in Washington, Chicago,…
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Little London International Academy boosts high school capacity by 30% for the 2025-2026 academic year with a EUR 3 mln expansion project
“Little London” Theoretical High School, a private educational institution in Romania that values the Romanian educational system, has started construction work for the expansion of its school campus located in Voluntari, on Erou Iancu Nicolae Street. This initiative will increase high school capacity by 30% starting from the 2025-2026 academic year. In this context, the…