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The European Commission adopted on March 25 a list of 47 Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Material Act (CRMA), with an expected overall capital investment of EUR 22.5 billion, among which three projects worth EUR 615 million are to be developed in Romania by Euro Sun Mining (Canada), Salrom (Romania, state-owned), and Verde Magnesium…

The CFA Romania Association’s Macroeconomic Confidence Indicator fell by 3.8 points m/m to 36.6 points in February, remaining on the ‘negative’ side of the 0-100 scale with the neutral mark at 50 points, according to Bursa.ro. “Amid the risk of recession and uncertainty in the economy, the confidence indicator, and especially the current conditions component,…

Romanian defense minister Angel Tîlvăr officially met with NATO secretary general Mark Rutte on Tuesday, March 25, at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. The discussions focused on security developments in the Black Sea region, the consequences of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, and joint efforts to strengthen deterrence and defense along NATO’s eastern flank. As NATO…

The United States has temporarily suspended the implementation of the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) for Romanian citizens as it conducts a review of Romania’s recent designation into the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the review is aimed at ensuring compliance with the VWP’s security requirements.…

A team of students from the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FSEGA) at Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB) in Cluj-Napoca won the gold medal at the 29th edition of the international economics case study competition titled ‘NIBS Worldwide Case Competition.’ The competition held in Nanchang, China, brought together 16 university teams from 13 countries, qualified through…

Metrorex, the public authority managing Bucharest’s subway system, will install protective panels on platforms, starting with the Line 4 (Gara de Nord 2 – Gara Progresul) currently under construction, Profit.ro reported. The new stations will be equipped from the beginning with glass panels and automatic doors at the edge of the platform. This is not…

The popular US-based TIME magazine has published its annual list of 100 of the world’s greatest places of 2025, including Matca Hotel in Romania’s Brașov County. Opened in January 2024, Matca Hotel is a Relais & Châteaux boutique hotel featuring 16 exclusive rooms and two private villas, each decorated with handcrafted elements that reflect the…

Romania has the lowest budget allocation for research among European Union (EU) member states, according to the latest infographic published by the Social Monitor, a project of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Romania. In 2023, Romania allocated just 0.38% of its GDP to scientific research, ranking last in the EU for public investment in research and…

Pavel Popescu, the vice president of media regulator ANCOM, said in an interview with Politico published March 24 that Romania is fighting an information war with Russia to stop election meddling, and not censoring speech, as many US officials and figures like Elon Musk have said.  The Politico article names Romania “ground zero in a…

More than 2,300 military personnel from Romania and 11 allied nations, namely Albania, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Turkey, will take part in the multinational military exercise Sea Shield 25, set to take place from March 31 to April 11. Training sessions will be conducted…