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Romania’s men, women’s teams among top 16 at 2026 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Romania has qualified among the top 16 teams of the 2026 World Team Table Tennis Championships in London with both its men’s and women’s teams. The Romanian men’s team, ranked 14th in the world, bested Poland, the 17th team in the world, after five hard-fought matches, according to the Romanian Table Tennis Federation. Romanian Iulian…
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Romania’s Neptun Deep strategic gas project reaches pipelaying stage, signalling major progress
OMV Petrom, the largest integrated energy producer in South-Eastern Europe, and partner Romgaz, the largest producer and main supplier of natural gas in Romania, announced the start of construction works on the offshore pipeline that will transport gas to the shore, an important step forward in the Neptun Deep project. The pipeline installation phase is…
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Romania’s first AI Factory could be operational in 2027
Romania’s first artificial intelligence factory, a European project hosted by the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics (ICI Bucharest), could become operational in the first part of 2027, according to the institute’s general director, Adrian-Victor Vevera. The project could be up and running “somewhere in March, April, May,” according to the official, cited…
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Elon Musk praises Romania’s Slănic Prahova Salt Mine on X
American tech billionaire Elon Musk shared a viral video presenting the spectacular underground galleries in Romania’s Slănic Prahova Salt Mine on X, the social media platform he owns. The original post, made by the page Tolkien Universe, compared the Slănic Salt Mine to the fantasy universe from The Lord of the Rings. The comparison quickly…
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Romania extends ‘New Home’ program into 2026 with RON 500 mln guarantee ceiling
The Romanian government approved on Monday, May 4, the continuation of the “New Home” (Noua Casǎ) housing program in 2026, setting a guarantee ceiling of RON 500 million, Agerpres reported. The decision aims to maintain access to mortgage financing, particularly for people who struggle to meet standard lending conditions. According to the Ministry of Finance,…
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Only Van Gogh artwork in Romania goes on display at Art Safari New Museum in Bucharest
The only work by Vincent van Gogh in Romania will be displayed to the public for the first time at Art Safari New Museum, as part of a major exhibition opening on May 9 in Bucharest. The show, titled “The Recovered Collection. The Slătineanu Story,” will run until July 19 and brings together over 100…
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Romania close to getting EUR 2.6 bln under Resilience Facility, filing new payment request
The European Commission completed the evaluation of the milestones related to the fourth payment request filed by Romania in December 2025 and will fully disburse the EUR 2.62 billion attached grant “in the immediate future,” after the procedures are completed, Romanian minister of invetsments and European projects Dragos Pislaru announced, according to News.ro. The fifth…
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Ahold Delhaize boosts the capital of Romanian subsidiary to finance takeover of Profi retail chain
The Ahold Delhaize group, owner of the Mega Image chain in Romania, boosted the capital of its Romanian subsidiary with approximately EUR 137 million in order to finance the takeover of Profi retail chain from Profi Rom Food, according to Economica.net. Mega Image, the company through which the Dutch-Belgian group operates the Mega Image and,…
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Romanian tax agency orders Constanța port operator to distribute dividends amid legal dispute
Romania’s National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) has ordered the state-controlled National Company for the Administration of Maritime Ports of Constanța (CNAPM) to distribute dividends worth RON 87.3 million from profits recorded in 2023 and 2024, along with late payment interest of RON 7.1 million, bringing the total claim to RON 94.4 million (EUR 18…
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Romanian troubled steelmaker Liberty Galati at second sale attempt, at reduced price
The consortium of concordat administrators of the Liberty Galați Steel Plant (formerly Sidex), Euro Insol and CITR, resumed the auction for the sale of the troubled company under pre-insolvency procedures for EUR 444 million – down from EUR 709 million in the first, failed, attempt, according to Profit.ro. Liberty Galați, formerly Sidex, remains a cornerstone…