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French retail chain Carrefour may want to sell its stores in Romania and exit the market, according to the French publication L’Informe. Moreover, it would also like to get rid of its operations in Poland and Argentina, according to the same source. So far, Carrefour has reportedly only analyzed a possible exit from the local…

Romanians are not looking forward to Black Friday with more enthusiasm than last year, according to a recent survey. The main reasons are economic instability and the decline in purchasing power. Around 22% of Romanians say they will not buy anything on Black Friday 2025, and only 15% of Romanians plan to spend more compared…

Cristina Ghițulică, a faculty member at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies (Politehnica Bucharest), was elected as the first woman president of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, or ENQA. Ghițulică is the director general of the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. She was elected to head ENQA…

The Bucharest National Opera and the Kinetobebe Association announced “The Dance of Velvet Steps,” a premiere performance for the audience with special needs, on Sunday, November 16. The show consists of a ballet performance adapted and made accessible for children and adults with disabilities.  The performance is primarily addressed to children and adults with special…

Energy provider PPC Romania will commence the works on the second phase of the Deleni wind farm in Vaslui County, the largest wind project in the region of Moldova.  The capacity of the park, initially designed for 140 MW and under construction, will be increased by 85 MW through 14 new wind turbines of 6.1…

Romania’s main ruling parties, the Social Democrats (PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL), and the reformist Save Romania Union (USR), are readying to put forward the official candidates for the local elections in Bucharest set on December 7. While PNL could choose District 6 mayor Ciprian Ciucu for the general mayor race, PSD is yet…

Moldovan low-cost carrier FLYONE Airlines said it will expand its operations in Romania with the launch of seven new direct routes from Bucharest’s Henri Coandă International Airport starting in the summer 2026 season.  Thus, the company said, passengers will be able to fly directly from Bucharest to Paris, London Luton, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Dublin, Nice, and…

Romania allocated 1.9% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to environmental protection in 2024, the equivalent of RON 28 billion (some EUR 5.6 billion), according to data published on Friday, October 24, by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) and quoted by Agerpres. The largest share of spending went to waste recovery, material reuse, and…

Sorin Grindeanu, the interim leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the largest in Romania’s ruling coalition, has attacked prime minister Ilie Bolojan whose resignation he asked unless a committee is set up with the participation of the Supreme Magistracy Council (CSM) and the High Court (ICCJ) on re-writing the magistrates’ pensions law recently rejected…

The government of Romania approved the signing of an agreement and the establishment of a joint commission with the Republic of Moldova to coordinate all activities related to the construction of the new road bridge over the Prut river, in the Bumbata – Leova area, Profit.ro announced. Earlier this year, in April, the construction of…