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Security officers at Romania’s Parliament stopped a woman on Friday morning, September 12, as she attempted to enter the building carrying six knives, according to media reports.  The woman, a 35-year-old from Moldova, was on a supplementary guest list submitted by the nationalist AUR party for an economic forum scheduled inside the Palace of Parliament,…

Bucharest will host the 12th edition of Asia Fest, the largest festival dedicated to Asian culture and gastronomy in Southeast Europe, from September 19 to 21 at the National Arena’s courtyard. Organizers describe the event as a “journey through Asia,” combining culture, entertainment, and sustainability initiatives. The three-day festival will showcase traditions, music, dance, and…

The Romanian city of Alba Iulia will attempt to set a Guinness World Record on Saturday, September 13, with Masa Care Unește/The Table That Unites, a massive community gathering where more than 10,000 people will sit at a 2.7-kilometer-long table built entirely from recycled materials around the historic Alba Carolina Citadel. The event, organized by…

Discount retailer Pepco celebrated a decade of operations in Romania on Thursday, September 11, with the opening of its 500th store nationwide. The company, which first entered the country in 2015 with stores in Bucharest, Ploiești, and Câmpina, now operates in more than 100 cities and employs nearly 4,000 people. Romania has become Pepco Group’s…

Social Democrat (PSD) MP Mihai Weber, head of the parliamentary defense committee, came under fire after investigative platform Snoop unveiled his EUR 140,000 hybrid Mercedes AMG GLE 53 purchased this year through a small firm that operates no more than a countryside corner shop in a 900-resident village.  The scandal escalated when PSD leader Sorin…

Touching high public expectations for initiating reforms in the judiciary system, Romania’s president Nicusor Dan explained in two consecutive interviews given to the public TVR and B1 broadcasters that “it takes time and a critical mass,” but assured that he has not abandoned “at all” the idea. On the magistrates’ retirement and pensions, he reiterated…

The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) summoned the Russian ambassador to Bucharest on September 11 to convey its position of firm condemnation of the violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones, according to a ministry’s press release. “The Romanian side stressed that, by its gravity, implications and scope, the incident represents an unprecedented escalation,…

Spanish group Ecoener announced it boosts its expansion in the European Union with the upcoming construction of a 54.4 MW wind farm in Miroslovesti, in north-eastern Romania, after being awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD).  The company has been awarded a 15-year contract in the Romanian government’s renewable energy tender. It plans to begin construction…

Pinum, one of the leading door and window manufacturers in Romania, has concluded a financing agreement worth over EUR 10 million with Banca Transilvania for the development of a new factory in northern Bucharest, at Moara Vlăsiei. The total investment exceeds EUR 14 million and will allow doubling the annual capacity for manufacturing doors and…

The state-owned company Romgaz (stock exchange symbol SNG), the producer and supplier of natural gas, convened its shareholders on October 20 to decide on the issuance of a new tranche of bonds or the supplementation of the inaugural EUR 500 million tranche, massively oversubscribed in 2024, according to a report to investors, quoted by Ziarul…