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Romania’s interim environment minister Diana Buzoianu published the findings of an inspection carried out at the National Meteorological Administration (ANM) on Friday, October 9, showing purchases of high-end perfumes, dresses, pajamas, handbags, cosmetics, and a luxury bra, all with public money. According to the minister, ANM spent hundreds of thousands of lei on personal items.…

Renewable energy contractor Parapet and investment platform MetaWealth have started building a 50 MW/100 MWh battery energy storage system in Dumbrava-Deal, Neamț county. Civil works have begun, while equipment deliveries are underway, the companies said. The project will comprise 20 battery storage units and five power conversion system units. It also includes a new 20/110…

The Romanian government announced that it launched the Stop Racism platform, an online service designed to facilitate the reporting of hate-related incidents. The platform became operational last week, on October 8. Citizens can submit reports through a structured form on stoprasism.ro without creating a permanent user account. Based on the information provided, the system automatically…

The first flamingos were observed in the Techirghiol area in 2016, when their presence was considered a rarity, News.ro reported. Larger flocks have since been recorded annually at both Lake Techirghiol and Lake Sinoe. Ornithologist Attila Marton told the local media that many of the birds are young, raising the possibility that some may have…

Bogdan Peșchir, described by prosecutors as a financier of Călin Georgescu’s TikTok campaign, has been indicted on charges of voter bribery. He will remain free pending trial, and the case has been sent to the Brașov Court, local news agency Agerpres reported. The General Prosecutor’s Office accused Peșchir of 874 individual acts committed as part…

“Fjord,” Cristian Mungiu’s movie, made the strongest debut at the North American box office, earning USD 124,000 from just four cinemas in New York and Los Angeles, according to News.ro. The movie is a legal thriller about two parents (Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve) suspected of child abuse. The film directed by Chris Rock, “Misty…

Inspire Asset Management recently acquired a stake in NIBIRU Real Estate, the company developing the NIBIRU entertainment and leisure destination on Romania’s Black Sea coast, News.ro reported. The size of the stake and the value of the transaction were not disclosed. The investment firm had already backed NIBIRU during its development phase, and the companies…

The Treasury raised the equivalent of EUR 1.9 billion on international markets through six such transactions, while domestic private placements brought in RON 9.4 billion through eight transactions, according to Cursdeguvernare.ro. At this scale, the private placements have served as an emergency financing tool for the Treasury amid international market turbulence linked to the US-Iran…

According to Mediafax, citing Romania’s National Administration “Romanian Waters” (Apele Române, ANAR), the water level at Cernavoda reached -259 cm, just 3 cm above the operational limit of -262 cm. Falling below this threshold would affect the conditions required to pump cooling water for the plant. The Danube’s flow at the point where it enters…

This implies that the project as it was planned can not continue; the company said that it will reassess the SMR technologies and decide accordingly. It concluded that there currently exist premises for the initiation of steps to update the SMR Implementation Strategy in Romania, “for which we continue to appreciate the openness of the…