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Independent candidate and Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan, who is credited with a real chance to reach the run-off round of the presidential elections in Romania, said on Tuesday, April 15, that his official Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok accounts were under attack. According to the mayor, thousands of new followers and positive comments have appeared in…

The Holy Light will be brought from Jerusalem to Bucharest on the evening of Saturday, April 19, and then distributed to other areas of the country, according to a press release published by Basilica.ro. The Easter Holy Light will be brought from Jerusalem by Archimandrite Teofil Anăstăsoaie, the representative of the Romanian Patriarchate at the…

Crin Antonescu, the presidential candidate of the PSD-PNL-UDMR governing coalition, denied being a collaborator of the communist-era political police, the Securitate, in a press conference on Tuesday, April 15. The conference was called after the National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives (CNSAS) announced that, in 1988, Antonescu gave a statement to the…

Four people have been detained for 24 hours following the violent protest in front of Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau in March, where supporters of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu clashed with law enforcement. The individuals are accused of throwing objects at gendarmes, injuring at least one officer, and overturning a television station’s vehicle during the…

The delegation of the United States Congress, led by Vern Buchanan, conveyed messages of support for Romania’s accession to the Visa Waiver Program during their meeting with government officials at the Victoria Palace in Bucharest on Tuesday, April 15. The American officials pledged to push for the country’s inclusion “as soon as possible.” “Representatives from…

Leventer Medical Group, a leading dermato-oncology center in Southeast Europe and a pioneer of Mohs micrographic surgery in the region, has received a strategic investment from private equity firm 7X Partners, which has acquired a 40% stake in the company. The partnership supports the development of Romania’s first private hospital dedicated to the integrated treatment…

The management of Gral Medical, one of the largest Romanian players in the private medical services market, has approved an investment budget of EUR 15 million for 2025, primarily intended for the opening of a greenfield oncology hospital in the northeastern part of the country, Economica.net reported.  The new oncology hospital will be the largest…

The Start-Up Nation program will be financed only from European funds, there will be no more pressure on the state budget, and production in Romania will be directly stimulated, economy minister Bogdan Ivan said on Tuesday, on the occasion of the inauguration of the official registration platform for free entrepreneurial skills courses. The new Start-Up…

An appeal will be made to electricity prosumers in Romania to turn off the inverters of their photovoltaic production installations on Easter Sunday, energy minister Sebastian Burduja said after a meeting of the National Energy Command. On Sunday, April 20, both Orthodox and Catholic Easter will be celebrated, and if the weather is sunny, the…

Fruit and vegetable producers are calling for urgent state intervention after recent episodes of severe frost destroyed large swathes of Romania’s horticultural output, according to Ziarul Financiar, quoting a message of the Association of Agricultural Producer Groups and Organisations “Fruleg-Ro.” Their message indicates that food and vegetable imports and prices will rise this year, with…