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Bucharest’s General Council approved on Tuesday, October 27, the creation of the Valea Saulei (Saulei Valley) Protected Natural Area of Local Interest with 45 votes in favor and one abstention. The site joins Văcărești Natural Park and Petricani Meadow as the Romanian capital’s third officially protected natural area. The decision followed five years of field…

The union at the Romanian state-owned company Oil Terminal (BVB: OIL) are preparing a general strike next month, the company informed its shareholders and investors on the Bucharest Stock Exchange on Tuesday, October 27. The company, headquartered in Constanța, operates one of the largest oil terminals in southeastern Europe, importing and exporting crude oil. The…

International e-commerce group About You announced the launch of its marketplace in Romania on Tuesday, October 27, with more than 1,000 merchants signed up already, according to the company press release. The platform imposes no minimum turnover thresholds or special requirements regarding product ranges. Merchants can complete their registration in just a few weeks and…

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has been named the 2026 recipient of the Timișoara Award for European Values, the City Hall announced. The award will be presented during a gala held on November 6, alongside the Timișoara Forum for European Values. The jury recognized Tsikhanouskaya for “the courage to peacefully resist a criminal regime,” her…

Romania’s first indoor skydiving simulator will open to the public this Friday, October 30, at the Zero Gravity Center in Ghiroda, near Timișoara. The attraction uses powerful air currents to recreate the sensation of free fall without requiring participants to jump from an aircraft. The vertical wind tunnel has a three-meter-wide and ten-meter-high flight chamber,…

Romania is expected to become one of Europe’s fastest-growing tourism markets by 2036, according to a new Accor report based on forecasts produced by Tourism Economics. International overnight stays in the country are projected to rise by 82% between 2026 and 2036, compared with a European average of 42%. The report identified Central and Eastern…

The Foreign Investors Council (FIC), an organization that represents approximately 120 of the largest foreign-owned companies in Romania, which together generate a combined turnover equivalent to approximately 20% of the country’s GDP, announced on Tuesday, October 27, its support for a national project for adopting the euro. The project would join together the Romanian executive,…

Four public officials from the Lower Danube River Administration (AFDJ) Galați have been indicted by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in connection with the fraudulent purchase, using European funds, of two tugboats for the Lower Danube. According to an EPPO press release, the two multipurpose tugboats, equipped for navigation in icy conditions, were intended for…

Celtic salt remains Niavis’s best-selling product in 2026, but the biggest shift in customers’ baskets is coming from a different direction. Sports and protein products recorded the strongest growth in the first nine months of the year compared with the same period of 2025, and creatine has become the surprise of the year. At the…

Romanian neobank Salt Bank, a direct challenger to Revolut, announced the appointment of Roxana Cristea as Chief Business Officer (CBO), pending approval by the National Bank of Romania (BNR), on Tuesday, October 27. The new CBO of Salt Bank has over 20 years of experience in banking, several important firsts on the Romanian market, and…