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Starting next week, the gardens and interior of the presidential Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest will be open to visitors every weekend, from Friday to Sunday. Interim president Ilie Bolojan announced the initiative, emphasizing it as a gesture of respect and openness from the Presidential Administration. “Every weekend, from Friday to Sunday, this entire area, including…

GapMinder Fund II, a Venture Capital fund focused on technology companies created in Romania and Eastern Europe, has invested in VoicePatrol, an Artificial Intelligence-based startup for real-time protection against toxic behaviors in multiplayer game voice chats. GapMinder was the lead investor in an Early-Seed round, along with Hyperscope Ventures.  The investment will enable VoicePatrol’s technology…

Ioannis Tsakiris, vice president of the European Investment Bank Group, noted that the bank gave Romania financing worth 1.5% of GDP in 2024, supporting total investments of EUR 5.27 billion. The statements were made during Tsakiris’ visit to Romania, during which he met with Romanian leaders from the ministries of finance, investments and European projects,…

Approximately 18,000 new homes are expected to be completed in Bucharest and its surrounding areas in 2025, according to the “Romania Residential Market Genome” report by real estate consultant SVN Romania. This figure matches the low level seen in 2024, which marked the lowest number of residential deliveries in the past five years. Almost 17,000…

The town of Florești, near Cluj-Napoca, kicked off the construction of the “Historical Gallery of Transylvania” Museum Complex, the first museum built from scratch in Romania in the last 100 years. The investment amounts to RON 145.8 million (EUR 29.2 million). The museum, built on a surface of 15,583 square meters, is dedicated to all ethnic…

Ford Otosan announced on Friday, March 14, that it began delivering the first electric vehicles (EVs) manufactured in Romania. Series production of the fully electric models Puma Gen-E, E-Transit Courier, and E-Tourneo Courier has begun at the company’s state-of-the-art facility in Craiova, strengthening its role as a strategic production hub for Ford in Europe.  The…

Tiffin University Romania announces the launch of the Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity & Information Assurance. The program is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in a field with high potential. In addition, Tiffin University Romania has unveiled a new website, for an improved digital experience for current and…

The Romanian Hydrogen and New Energy Technologies Hub, or Ro-HydroHub, a strategic project aimed at advancing hydrogen-based technologies, was officially launched on Thursday, March 13. The initiative, which is funded through the Smart Growth, Digitization, and Financial Instruments 2021-2027 Program (PoCIDIF), represents a nearly EUR 140 million investment and seeks to modernize Romania’s energy sector…

US president Donald Trump told NATO secretary general Mark Rutte that he supported him in the race for the current position against former Romanian president Klaus Iohannis. However, Trump did not name Iohannis directly, despite him being Rutte’s only competitor. During the recent discussions in the White House, Donald Trump emphasized that there was another candidate…

Measles cases in the European Region have reached alarming levels in 2024, with Romania reporting the highest number. According to an analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, 127,350 measles cases have been reported across 53 countries in Europe and Central Asia, marking a doubling of cases from 2023 and the highest figure…