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The natural gas and electricity supply company E.ON Energie Romania, controlled by the German group of the same name, won a case at the Constitutional Court (CCR) after being fined by the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) in 2020 on natural gas market manipulation allegations related to transactions carried out in 2018, Profit.ro reported. Following…

Trade union members at Damen Shipyards Mangalia (DSMa) organised a protest on January 28 following the company’s decision to lay off 263 of a total of some 1,200 employees. The Free Navalist Union called on president Klaus Iohannis to urgently intervene to resolve the dramatic situation of the Mangalia Shipyard, which is facing major financial…

Culture minister Natalia Intotero announced on Tuesday, January 28, that she dismissed Ernest Oberländer-Târnoveanu, the general director of Romania’s National History Museum (MNIR), after he refused to resign following the theft of Dacian artifacts from the exhibition in the Netherlands. In his turn, the director said that “false pretexts” were found to justify his resignation,…

Classix Festival has unveiled the full concert schedule for its sixth edition. Organized by the Creative Industries Association and Showberry, the event will take place in Iași from February 23 to March 2, and tickets are already available on the official website. The 2025 edition will feature nine concerts over eight days in some of…

Bucharest mayor Nicuşor Dan said that the city will impose a fine of EUR 350 million if the vegetation across the entire surface of the restituted area of IOR Park is cleared. So far, Bucharest City Hall has issued a fine of EUR 35 million for the deforestation of one hectare of land. The fine…

Bucharest will be among the European cities with the highest increase in heat-related death rates by 2099, according to a pan-European study published by Nature.  The study involving numerous researchers from institutes across Europe modeled the effects of global warming on the densely populated cities of the continent. They estimated the effects in terms of…

The members of the Brewers of Romania Association elected Mihai Voicu, General Manager of Bergenbier SA, part of the Molson Coors Beverage Company group, as president. He took over this position on January 1, 2025, from Michal Mrowiec, president of URSUS Breweries, who has held the role since January 1, 2024. “I am delighted to…

Cluj-Napoca and Sibiu topped the rankings of the T.R.A.I. index by Storia in 2024, the first with the highest total score based on objective indicators such as traffic, landmarks, air quality, and property prices, while the second had the best score when considering 13 subjective criteria rated by the city’s residents. The T.R.A.I. index integrates…

Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan announced that he would submit a series of proposals to the government and political party leaders aimed at amending legislation concerning the allocation of funds between the General City Hall and the district mayors of the capital.  The proposals were drafted by the experts of the Bucharest City Hall following the…

In a decision adopted in its Tuesday meeting, the Romanian government set the electoral schedule for the upcoming presidential elections. The first round is scheduled for May 4, followed by the runoff on May 18. The deadline for submitting candidacies to the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) by parties, political and electoral alliances, organizations of citizens…