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Wizz Air will restart flights between Bucharest and Tel Aviv earlier than initially scheduled, beginning May 28. The airline said the route from Bucharest Otopeni Airport will initially operate five times per week before expanding to two daily flights from September 22. Tickets for the route are already available on the airline’s website and mobile…

The Romanian Red Cross has launched a program to install semi-automatic external defibrillators in public spaces across Romania in a bid to improve emergency response capacity. The first defibrillator within the program was installed on May 13 at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications, and Information Technology of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. In the coming…

Romanian aerospace company BraveX Aero and French defense firm ARESIA-Ozoir have signed a strategic partnership focused on next-generation drone systems for military training and defense testing. The agreement was announced during BSDA 2026 in Bucharest and will initially target the Romanian market, with broader NATO-oriented ambitions. The partnership establishes a framework for collaboration in advanced…

Romania will receive nearly EUR 600 million under the new financing cycle of the EEA and Norway Grants, following the signing of new cooperation agreements with Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. The funding will support projects ranging from green transition and innovation to social cohesion, democratic institutions, and civil society development. Romanian investments and European projects…

Romanian startup DesignVerse has raised a USD 5.5 million seed round co-led by Begin Capital and GapMinder VC, with participation from existing investor Underline Ventures, alongside strategic angels from Adobe, LSEG, UiPath, and others. The investment will allow the company to expand its engineering team and accelerate its growth in Europe and the US. Before…

Renault continues to reduce the scale of activity at its Romanian subsidiary Dacia, despite previously securing RON 2.2 billion (EUR 440 million) in state aid for investments, as production of several new Dacia models is increasingly relocated outside Romania. According to Ziarul Financiar, Automobile Dacia reported a net profit of RON 629.2 million for 2025,…

Romania’s industrial output contracted by 2.8% q/q, in seasonally and workday adjusted terms, and by 1.9% y/y in the first three months (Q1) of the year, according to data published by the statistics office INS. The performance of the manufacturing sector was even weaker: it contracted by 3.8% q/q and 3.3% y/y.   Romania’s industry…

The annual growth of the net average wage in Romania eased to +3.9% y/y to RON 5,671 (EUR 1,113) in Q1, from 4.4% y/y in Q4, 2025, and 9.7% y/y in Q1, 2025, according to data published by the statistics office INS. Adjusted for inflation, the real advance of the net wages remained for the…

Bucharest City Hall announced on Wednesday, May 13, the association with Metrorex, the District 6 City Hall, and the Ministry of Transport for the extension works of the M3 subway line towards the Ring Road, Chiajna, and the Latin Quarter. The three regions host densely populated residential areas. The protocol was approved, at the initiative…

It’s a packed weekend in Bucharest, with a many film and music festivals, a jewelry fair, and events celebrating local traditions, while Iași hosts the Romanian Creative Week. In Bucharest: Autor May 16 – May 17 The jewelry fair holds this edition at the National Museum of Romanian History, and more than 70 designers from…