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The City Hall of Brașov, a popular mountain city in Romania, announced plans to restore the courtyard of the Black Church using non-repayable European funds. The project, valued at RON 24 million, is to be financed through the Center Regional Program. Mayor George Scripcaru recently met with representatives from the Black Church to finalize the…

Trade union federation Cartel Alfa published a document submitted to the Ombudsman by which it seeks to notify the Constitutional Court (CCR) of the government’s decision to cancel the annual indexation of the pensions provided by the Pension Law. “According to the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court, rights established by special laws, including pensions, represent…

Romania has requested EUR 77 million of European funds to finance two infrastructure projects connecting Romania with the Republic of Moldova, namely the Albița – Leușeni Bridge, along with an access road, and the rehabilitation of the Roman – Iași – Frontieră – Ungheni railway, announced the Secretary of State for Transport Ionel Scrioșteanu, Economedia.ro…

Local businessman Remus Aurel Benta, a shareholder in the construction materials manufacturer Daw Benta from Mureş and other companies, is planning a basalt wool factory near Târgu-Mureş in central Romania, an investment estimated at EUR 73 million. The project would be partly financed through a Construct Plus grant from the national government. “50-60% of the…

The natural gas and electricity supply company E.ON Energie Romania, controlled by the German group of the same name, won a case at the Constitutional Court (CCR) after being fined by the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) in 2020 on natural gas market manipulation allegations related to transactions carried out in 2018, Profit.ro reported. Following…

Trade union members at Damen Shipyards Mangalia (DSMa) organised a protest on January 28 following the company’s decision to lay off 263 of a total of some 1,200 employees. The Free Navalist Union called on president Klaus Iohannis to urgently intervene to resolve the dramatic situation of the Mangalia Shipyard, which is facing major financial…

Culture minister Natalia Intotero announced on Tuesday, January 28, that she dismissed Ernest Oberländer-Târnoveanu, the general director of Romania’s National History Museum (MNIR), after he refused to resign following the theft of Dacian artifacts from the exhibition in the Netherlands. In his turn, the director said that “false pretexts” were found to justify his resignation,…

Classix Festival has unveiled the full concert schedule for its sixth edition. Organized by the Creative Industries Association and Showberry, the event will take place in Iași from February 23 to March 2, and tickets are already available on the official website. The 2025 edition will feature nine concerts over eight days in some of…

Bucharest mayor Nicuşor Dan said that the city will impose a fine of EUR 350 million if the vegetation across the entire surface of the restituted area of IOR Park is cleared. So far, Bucharest City Hall has issued a fine of EUR 35 million for the deforestation of one hectare of land. The fine…

Bucharest will be among the European cities with the highest increase in heat-related death rates by 2099, according to a pan-European study published by Nature.  The study involving numerous researchers from institutes across Europe modeled the effects of global warming on the densely populated cities of the continent. They estimated the effects in terms of…