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PPC Renewables begins turbine installation at largest wind farm in Romania’s Moldova region
PPC Renewables Romania has installed the first two turbines at what will become the largest wind farm in the country’s Moldova region, located in Vaslui county, the company announced. The Deleni wind farm will feature 23 turbines with a total installed capacity of 140 megawatts. Equipped with GE Vernova turbines of 6.1 MW each –…
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Artworks inspired by Țara Hațegului UNESCO Geopark featured in Bucharest’s ‘The Big Green: Soil’ exhibition
Three Romanian artists, Maia Ștefana Oprea, Alina Tofan, and Cătălin Rulea, have created new site-specific works inspired by the natural and cultural heritage of the Țara Hațegului UNESCO Global Geopark, to be showcased in Bucharest as part of the exhibition The Big Green: Soil. The show, running August 27 to September 14 at the “Dimitrie…
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Nusco sells one-third of villas in EUR 30 mln Green Homes project near Bucharest
Real estate developer Nusco has sold one-third of the villas in its new residential project, Nusco Green Homes, a premium sustainable housing compound north of Bucharest. Located in the town of Tunari, the EUR 30 million development includes 61 villas, of which 21 have already been sold, the company said. Marketed as the first fully…
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Startup rentnbuy launches in Romania after EUR 550,000 round, connecting landlords and tenants
Romanian startup rentnbuy.com, a proptech platform connecting tenants and landlords, has officially launched on the local market after securing a EUR 550,000 pre-seed investment at a valuation of more than EUR 5 million. The company said it plans rapid expansion across Central and Eastern Europe, Ziarul Financiar reported. The platform, which eliminates traditional brokerage commissions…
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Ukraine says Romania preparing 23rd military aid package
Romania is set to transfer to Ukraine the 23rd military aid package since the start of the war, according to Ukrainian defense minister Denys Shmyhal. Romania “has already provided Ukraine with 22 military aid packages, and soon our soldiers will receive the 23rd,” the minister said in a Facebook post, without giving details about what…
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Romanians don’t work overtime, Eurostat report says
Romania is among the European countries with the lowest share of employees working overtime, according to data from Eurostat, the European statistics office. Therefore, in 2024, only 1.8% of Romanian employees aged between 20 and 64 declared that they had worked overtime. At the European Union level, 6.6% of employees worked long hours in 2024,…
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Tensions in Romania’s ruling coalitions as elections for Bucharest mayor approach
The Social Democrats (PSD) expressed discomfort with plans of their ruling coalition partners, PNL and USR, considering a joint candidate for the Bucharest mayoral elections, who would defeat their potential candidate that tops the polls at this moment. PSD leader Sprin Grindeanu even said such an option would result in the collapse of the ruling…
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ROCA FP plans to nearly triple Fondul Proprietatea’s assets to EUR 1.1 bln
ROCA FP, a consortium formed by Romanian investment consultant ROCA Investments and Luxembourg-based fund manager IRE AIFM HUB, has set out an ambitious growth plan for Fondul Proprietatea (FP) after emerging as the preferred candidate in the fund’s ongoing management selection process, Economedia.ro reported. The consortium aims to increase FP’s assets under management from the…
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Romania’s geothermal group Green Tech reports 63% y/y plunge in profit
Green Tech International (BVB: GREEN), a company that supplies geothermal water in Călimăneşti-Căciulata and the only stock listing this year on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, recorded a net profit of RON 0.59 million at a consolidated level in H1 2025, down 63% compared to the same period last year. The operating income decreased by 18%…
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UniCredit Romania nominates former OMV Petrom CEO Mariana Gheorghe for supervisory board seat
Mariana Gheorghe, former EBRD Senior Banker, CEO of OMV Petrom, and until 2023 a member of the ING globally Supervisory Board, was appointed pending regulatory approval as a member of UniCredit Romania’s Supervisory Board to replace a resigned member. The appointment of Mariana Gheorghe is subject to approval by the National Bank of Romania, Ziarul…