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Romanian football club FCSB announces cyberattack disrupting ticket sales for Olympique Lyon match
Romanian football club FCSB announced on Tuesday, February 25, that its website has been targeted by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, which has caused disruptions in the online ticketing process. The incident occurred as the Bucharest team was selling tickets for the match against Olympique Lyon in the Europa League round of 16.…
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Goldbach Consulting supports the development of local communities through a national training program for sustainable development experts
The training program in sustainable development runs from April to July 2025, in 5 development regions of Romania. The postgraduate course targets over 1,200 future experts in sustainable development, who will become local leaders of change. The total value of the training program is RON 5.3 million, with funding entirely sourced from the National Recovery…
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Bucharest Stock Exchange awards best performers of 2024 at BVB Awards ceremony
On Tuesday, February 25, the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) granted 20 awards to listed companies, brokerage companies, as well as to private pension and investment funds for their achievements in 2024 as part of the 12th edition of the BVB Awards. In the opening speeches, stock exchange officials also highlighted the growth of the local…
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Romanian far-right opposition files no-confidence motion against government
Far-right opposition parties AUR, SOS Romania, and POT submitted to parliament a no-confidence motion against prime minister Marcel Ciolacu’s government on Tuesday, February 25. USR, also in opposition, did not sign the motion. The document initiating the no-confidence motion was signed by 154 parliamentarians from AUR, SOS Romania, and POT, Europa Libera Romania reported. To…
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Deloitte: Romania consolidates second position among M&A markets in CEE
Romania’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market maintained strong momentum in 2024, securing its position as the second most active in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), according to an analysis by Deloitte Romania. With 151 transactions of over EUR 5 million, whose total estimated value is between EUR 5.7 and 6.1 billion and EUR 5.2 billion,…
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Romanian tech company Footprints AI gets EUR 2.3 million to expand internationally
Footprints AI, a Romanian technology company developing and commercializing an advanced retail-media and retail-data-insights platform, has attracted a EUR 2.3 million investment to support its international expansion and accelerate technological development. The funding round was led by Catalyst Romania, with a contribution of EUR 1.5 million. SeedBlink, the European equity crowdfunding platform, also contributed to…
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Tarom cancels Bucharest-Athens flight this Friday due to Greek air traffic controllers’ strike
Romania’s national airline Tarom said that the announced strike of Greek air traffic controllers, which is set to last 24 hours from February 27 at 22:00 until February 28 at 21:59, will also impact its schedule. Thus, the air carrier stated that flight RO273 between Bucharest and Athens on Friday, February 28, will be canceled.…
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Romanian consumer protection inspections uncover dire conditions in elderly care homes
Authorities in Romania have uncovered alarming conditions in over 250 care homes for the elderly and people with disabilities, including minors, following a series of inspections led by the National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC). The checks, carried out in collaboration with several state institutions, revealed severe violations of hygiene and food safety regulations. Inspectors…
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Two new dinosaur species discovered in Romania’s Hațeg Basin
A team of international researchers has uncovered two new species of dinosaurs in Romania’s Hațeg Basin, part of the UNESCO Global Geopark Țara Hațegului, the University of Bucharest announced. The discovery, led by Dr. Verónica Díez Díaz from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, sheds new light on the diversity of dinosaurs that roamed Europe during…
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Danish Eurowind completes installation of Romania’s largest wind turbines
Danish renewable energy developer Eurowind Energy has completed the installation of eight Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-170 wind turbines at the Pecineaga wind farm in Constanța County, marking the deployment of the largest wind turbines in Romania, according to Economica.net. The turbines, each with a 170-meter rotor and a nominal capacity of 6.6 MW, are designed…