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Dacia Sandriders team wins ninth stage of Dakar Rally
The Dacia Sandriders crew consisting of driver Nasser Al-Attiyah and co-driver Édouard Boulanger, representing Romanian car manufacturer Dacia at the famous Dakar Rally, secured the win in the ninth stage of the race. Nasser, 54, participated in six Olympic Games and won bronze in 2012 in Men’s Skeet. This is his 21st Dakar Rally. Boulanger,…
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Bucharest Tribunal replaces Andrew Tate’s house arrest with judicial supervision
The Bucharest Tribunal has ruled to replace Andrew Tate’s house arrest with judicial control in the ongoing case where he is investigated for the alleged sexual exploitation of 34 women. The decision is not final, according to News.ro. Judicial supervision allows Tate restricted freedom to move within Romania, provided he adheres to specific legal conditions.…
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Police workers in Romania protest impact of fiscal corrective package on their incomes
Hundreds of police officers from several counties in Romania protested on January 14 against the reduction of their incomes as an effect of the fiscal corrective package endorsed by the government at the end of 2024. Under the corrective package, some bonuses have been reduced or eliminated, while overtime will be compensated with days off…
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Romania’s far-right opposition takes steps to suspend president Iohannis
The Romanian far-right opposition party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) filed a request to summon the lawmakers on January 20-24 to begin the procedures for suspending president Klaus Iohannis from office, Digi24 reported. AUR is backing the initiative of the Party of Young People (POT) in this regard. Since the procedures are rather…
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Romania’s far-right leader George Simion elected vice-president of ECR Party
The leader of Romania’s nationalist party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), George Simion, was elected, on January 14, vice-president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party), one of the most influential parties on the current European political scene, during a congress organized by the ECR Party in Brussels. “George Simion has…
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Natural gas price keeps rising at Bucharest commodity exchange
The price of natural gas continued to rise on January 14 at Bucharest commodity exchange BRM due to the cooling weather and uncertainties regarding the long-term functionality of the only gas pipeline that still transports Russian gas to Europe, TurkStream. The price exceeded the threshold of RON 300 (EUR 60) per MWh for the first…
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Romania seeks to diversify financing to keep borrowing costs competitive
Romania is looking to alternative parts of the bond markets to keep its borrowing costs as competitive as possible, the head of Treasury Stefan Nanu said in Vienna on January 24, as quoted by Reuters and Daily Mail. Romania plans to tap the foreign markets with an FX bond as soon as the end of…
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Far-right Romanian politician Călin Georgescu says he declined invitation to Trump inauguration
Former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu stated during an interview that he was invited to the inauguration ceremony of the US president-elect Donald Trump but declined the invitation, Hotnews.ro reported. Georgescu told Realitatea Plus host Anca Alexandrescu, whose show he frequents, that he has no reason to go, despite the fact that the right-wing, sovereignist bloc…
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Romania to purchase 40 intervention vehicles equipped with robots
Romania’s General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU) has launched a tender for a contract worth RON 342 million (EUR 68.7 million) to purchase up to 40 intervention vehicles. The vehicles are equipped with intervention robots designed to carry out specific missions in areas affected by potential industrial disasters, including in the industrial sector, according to…
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Romanian startup behind Bible Chat app aims for US expansion and IPO
Bible Chat, an app launched by Romanian entrepreneur Laurențiu Bălașa, aims to assist Christians of all denominations, regardless of the Bible they follow, with answers or counseling based on their problems. The app is currently expanding in the US. Bălașa, 34, told Economedia.ro that he developed the AI-powered application with the help of theology researchers…