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Romanian officials have strongly condemned Russia’s deadly missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, which killed at least 34 people, including two children, and injured more than 110 others on Palm Sunday.  Two ballistic missiles struck the city, with one hitting a building – one of the university buildings -and the other exploding over…

Crin Antonescu, the candidate backed by the ruling coalition in Romania, raised RON 20 million (EUR 4 million) for the ongoing presidential campaign, according to data published by the Permanent Electoral Authority on Friday, April 11.  Of the RON 20 million, the Social Democratic Party raised RON 15 million for Antonescu’s campaign, followed by UDMR,…

Elena Oancea is the Co-CEO of Goldbach Group, a Romanian holding comprising 8 companies operating in sectors such as the development of retail parks, property management, civil and industrial construction, real estate development, architecture and urban planning, interior design, renewable energy, consultancy for projects financed by European funds. Driven by a clear vision of strategic innovation…

Cosmin Florin Dumitrache, a shepherd from Romania’s Prahova County, notified the Prahova County Museum of History and Archaeology after he discovered a skull in the Vârful Scoruș area, at Urlați. The bones turned out to be 5,000 years old years old. A team of specialists from the museum carried out an archaeological intervention to salvage…

Frequenza Festival will bring a mix of classical and contemporary chamber music to Bucharest next month. Hosted at the Auditorium Hall of the National Museum of Art of Romania between May 22 and 25, the festival will feature four evening concerts performed by a lineup of international musicians. The festival’s artistic directors are the renowned…

Romania is set to be part of an Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on nuclear energy announced this week by Stéphane Séjourné, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for industrial strategy. The project developed by France with Romania and Italy includes small modular reactors, advanced reactors, uranium management, supply, research on nuclear fusion,…

Victoriabank, a subsidiary of Romania’s Banca Transilvania Group, has signed an agreement to acquire Microinvest, the leading non-bank microfinance institution in the Republic of Moldova. The deal, announced Thursday in Chișinău, marks the group’s latest expansion into the Moldovan market, following Victoriabank’s recent merger with BCR Chișinău. The transaction is subject to approval by regulatory…

The Romanian state has acquired more than 4,000 hectares of forest in Neamț county, marking the largest such purchase made on behalf of the state to date. The transaction, worth RON 111.83 million, was finalized by Romsilva (the National Forest Administration) and approved by the government through an emergency ordinance proposed by the Ministry of…

World-famous American magazine National Geographic named Bucharest “Europe’s next great food destination” in a recent article, praising it as a nexus between European and Eastern culinary influences.  The article, authored by Renata Haidle, begins by noting the talent of Romanian chefs for crafting “dishes that honor local resources while enriching the deep culinary traditions that…

A valuable Dacian silver treasure has been discovered in the commune of Breaza, Mureș county, according to an announcement made Thursday, April 10, by the City Hall. The find, confirmed by the Mureș County Museum, consists of several ornamental pieces, including a bracelet, three brooches (fibulae), a necklace chain, and a belt. The discovery was…