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Romanian interim defence minister Radu Miruță announced on Thursday, May 27, the signing of two contracts financed through the EU-backed Security Action for Europe SAFE program aimed at defence and dual-use infrastructure.  Surveillance drones  The first contract, valued at EUR 30.7 million, is for 34 Mini UAS Class I drones and 15 Scorpion kits, which…

Romanians are among the Europeans with the highest number of weekly working hours, according to data published by Eurostat on Wednesday, May 27. On average, Romanians worked 38.2 hours a week in 2025, compared to the EU average of 35.9 hours. In the ranking of member states, the longest working weeks were recorded in Greece…

Simtel (BVB: SMTL), an engineering and technology group listed on the Main Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), announced the completion of a large-scale battery energy storage project in western Romania. The project, developed for Energy Capital Group, has an installed capacity of 100 MW and 200 MWh. The facility is located in the…

The Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation announced the 17th edition of the Royal Charity Concert, scheduled to take place on October 25 at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest. The annual gala event will be held in the presence of Romania’s Royal Family and aims to raise funds for scholarships supporting young artists from Romania and…

City Grill Group, the largest restaurant chain with Romanian capital, is considering a possible listing on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, encouraged by the success of other listed entrepreneurial companies, according to founder and majority shareholder Dragoș Petrescu, as reported by Termene.ro. The founder’s family owns roughly 60% of the group’s shares, with partners Marian Alecu…

General mayor Ciprian Ciucu announced on Thursday, May 28, that he signed Bucharest’s candidacy file to host the 2028 UEFA Europa League final. The Romanian capital is also preparing a series of upgrades and repair works at the National Arena stadium as part of the bid. The mayor said the candidacy was submitted in support…

The Competition Council announced on Wednesday, May 27, that it sanctioned the Confederation of Authorized Operators and Transporters in Romania (COTAR), the Federation of Romanian Transport Operators (FORT), and 18 taxi companies with fines totaling nearly RON 4 million (EUR 780,000) after they collectively agreed to remove an IT application for taxi orders from Bucharest’s…

Romania’s interim prime minister Ilie Bolojan will pay an official visit to the neighbouring Republic of Moldova on Friday, May 29, where he is scheduled to meet president Maia Sandu and PM Alexandru Munteanu. The discussions will focus on joint projects and bilateral cooperation, in the context of Romania’s continued support for Moldova, the government…

President of Romania’s reformist Save Romania Union (USR), Dominic Fritz, dismissed reports suggesting the party could join a government together with the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), describing the claims as “disinformation viruses” aimed at destabilising the centre-right bloc formed with the National Liberal Party (PNL). The…

Brașov has spent the last few years quietly repositioning itself. Once thought of mainly as a tourism destination or a secondary urban market, the city is increasingly being treated as a genuine alternative to Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca: by buyers relocating from larger cities, by Romanians returning from abroad, and by investors looking for a more…