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Global enterprise AI agent platform Wonderful announced on Monday, October 13, that it entered the Romanian market and appointed Lucia Stoicescu as Country Manager.  Founded in early 2025 by Bar Winkler (CEO) and Roey Lalazar (CTO), Wonderful provides an integrated agent platform allowing enterprises to build, manage, and monitor AI agents serving customers. Winkler previously…

Several NGOs will organize a march in Bucharest on October 30 to mark a decade since the Colectiv Club fire that killed 65 people, many from hospital-borne infections. Organizers say justice still has not been served, and nothing has changed in the healthcare system.  The march is meant to draw attention to the fact that,…

Bucharest’s Botanical Garden will once again be illuminated this fall as the “Garden of Lights – Small World” exhibition opens to the public on October 24. The nighttime event will feature thousands of light installations, colorful lanterns, multimedia projections, and interactive displays inspired by landmarks and cultures from around the world. Visitors will embark on…

The Metropolis Foundation announced the start of construction works on Romania’s largest pediatric psychiatry hospital, a project valued at over EUR 16.5 million. The new facility will be built within Bucharest’s “Prof. Dr. Alexandru Obregia” Psychiatric Hospital. The 3,900 sqm building will include modern wards, medical offices, occupational and virtual reality therapy rooms, sensory and…

Since the start of their mandate in 2024, several Romanian members of the European Parliament have gathered a significant number of absences. At the top of the absentee list published by Digi24 are Social Democrats Gabriela Firea and Gheorghe Cârciu, followed by Liberal Dan Motreanu and Cristian Terheș, elected on the AUR lists. The current…

Nearly half of Romanians believe their country’s army would not be able to resist for 48 hours in the event of an attack, according to a new Avangarde poll quoted by News.ro. The survey also showed that most respondents see little risk of Russian aggression. According to the poll, 49% of respondents said the Romanian…

A new online platform promoting Romanian designers and connecting them to the international fashion and design scene will be launched in New York this week. The platform, called Ce Fain! (How Cool! in Romanian) will be officially unveiled at the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) in New York on October 17 during an exclusive gala. Ce…

Energy minister Bogdan Ivan, who promised to come up by the end of last week with an update on the negotiations with the European Commission (EC) on the prolongation of the functioning of several coal-fired power plants, keeps warning of extreme developments under circumstances described as “the perfect storm” this winter.  Minister Ivan announced that,…

Romania was close to having its 2026 EU funding suspended in July, but “we are now in another reality” after the new government took the necessary steps in the past 100 days, finance minister Alexandru Nazare, said upon returning from the October 9-10 EcoFin meeting, without any specific details about his talks on the Commission’s…

Rating agency Fitch, based on Romania’s 2025 budget revision and the macroeconomic forecast predicting muted growth of 0.7% this year rising to 1.2% in 2026 and 2027, projected that the country’s public deficit under ESA methodology would decline from 9.3% last year to 8.5% in 2025, followed by gradual reduction to 7% of GDP in…