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Real estate developer Park Properties, led by Alexandru Mănăilă, has partnered with businessman George Peltecu to develop SunLake Snagov Signature Collection, a high-end residential project featuring lakeside villas and a private marina. The construction is set to begin this spring, the company said. The complex will be built on a 15,000 sqm plot of land,…

Power producer Enery announced the start of the Ogrezeni hybrid project, combining photovoltaic (PV) generation with battery storage, in Romania’s Giurgiu county. With an installed capacity of 761 MWp/534 MW AC and more than 1 GWh of battery storage, this will be among the largest hybrid projects in Europe, the company said.  The Ogrezeni project…

Karolína Plíšková, the winner of the 2024 Transylvania Open 250, received a wild card to participate in the 2026 edition, which will take place from January 31 to February 7, 2026, at BTarena in Cluj-Napoca.  Plíšková is the second former champion present in the main draw, alongside Anastasia Potapova, the 2025 champion. The Czech player…

Public broadcaster Televiziunea Română (TVR) has opened registrations for Romania’s national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, with composers able to submit entries online until February 2. For the first time, the selection will include sign language interpretation, with performances interpreted into Romanian Sign Language by a dedicated team of experienced interpreters, according to…

  BookTok is setting the bestsellers again: Animal Farm and 1984 rank high in Fiction, alongside two other “classics” boosted by TikTok. Fyodor M. Dostoevsky leads the authors’ chart in 2025. Ioana Pârvulescu is the best-selling Romanian author. The Little Prince, the undisputed winner in Children’s Books: No. 1 in the category for the past…

The government of Romania has completed the public administration reform draft, the last of the laws included in the second package of budgetary reforms. The draft, published by Cursdeguvernare.ro, envisages not only plans to reduce personnel and related expenditures, but broader measures aimed at streamlining all expenditures across the public administration.  The budgetary impact will…

Romania is ready to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) this year and participate in the next economic assessment as a full member, finance minister Alexandru Nazare announced on his Facebook page. He led a delegation visiting OECD’s headquarters in Paris this week to advance the country’s accession procedures by outlining the…

Romania’s current account (CA) deficit reached EUR 29.9 billion in 12 months to November 2025, which is 7.1% more compared to the previous 12-month period. Currently at 8.2% of the latest available GDP data, the CA is likely to reach 8.0% of GDP in 2025 after the full-year GDP is published – marginally down from…

Prime minister Ilie Bolojan has declined to take action against justice minister Radu Marinescu (PSD) despite allegations of plagiarism, saying he evaluates ministers based on their performance in office and arguing that the claims should be assessed by an independent body. The PM thus signalled that he is unwilling to risk government stability over allegations…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) raised its travel alert for Iran to the maximum level, urging Romanian citizens to leave the country immediately due to the deteriorating security situation and an increased risk of escalation amid the anti-government protests in the country. It also urged citizens who have planned trips to Iran in the…