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Ford unveiled the Puma Gen-E on December 3 – the new electric car set to be made starting the end of this year at the plant in Craiova, southern Romania. The launch price announced for the local market is EUR 23,900. The car is fully electric, and a model was revealed in Craiova during an…

The 31st edition of the Gaudeamus Radio Romania Book Fair is set to take place from December 4 to 8 at Pavilion B2 Romexpo in Bucharest. Renowned Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu will serve as the honorary president of this year’s edition. A celebrated poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic, and professor, Cărtărescu has won numerous national…

BT Leasing and OTP Leasing have officially merged, marking a significant step in BT Leasing’s market consolidation strategy, Banca Transilvania announced.  The move is also part of Banca Transilvania’s expansion efforts. The largest bank in Romania acquired OTP Bank Romania earlier this summer. The resulting entity has a customer base of 35,000, assets valued at…

Romanian director Radu Jude’s Nu Aștepta Prea Mult de la Sfîrșitul Lumii/Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World made it to the list of the Best Movies of 2024 drawn up by film critics Manohla Dargis and Alissa Wilkinson and published by The New York Times.  The Romanian film is fourth…

On Monday, December 2, Russian president Vladimir Putin commented ironically on the decision to recount votes from the first round of Romania’s presidential elections following the surprising victory of pro-Russian candidate Călin Georgescu.  “A candidate was not to the liking of the authorities, so they decided to recount the votes,” the Kremlin leader stated during…

Digital advertising firm AdNow, reportedly tied to the Kremlin, channeled at least EUR 2 mln into Romanian media and influencers promoting conspiratorial and far-right content between 2016 and 2024, according to financial documents obtained by investigative platform Snoop from the Romanian Tax Office. Beneficiaries include websites of television stations such as Romania TV and Realitatea…

Romanian prime minister Marcel Ciolacu, confirmed as president of the largest party in the future Parliament after the December 1 elections (Social Democratic Party, PSD), avoided voicing support for any of the candidates in the key presidential ballot where reformist Elena Lasconi (USR) and pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu meet in what seems to be a…

In her first speech after the validation of the first round of the presidential elections in Romania and after the release of the results of the parliamentary elections, presidential candidate Elena Lasconi (USR) called for a broad democratic ruling coalition to include Social Democrats (PSD), Liberals (PNL), reformists (USR), and ethnic Hungarians (UDMR). Lasconi, who…

The supermarket chain founded by local entrepreneurs in southern Romania at Craiova will inaugurate on December 12, the 11th Senic store in the country and the first in Bucharest, according to Termene.ro. Currently, the network has stores in Sibiu, Caracal, Focșani, Mediaș, Slatina, Brașov, Pitesti, Deva, and Drobeta-Turnu Severin. The company was founded in 1994…

The Romanian Railway Reform Authority (ARF) has published a tender for 12 hydrogen fuel cell electric trains and their maintenance services for up to 30 years, aligning with the country’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). Past attempts failed repeatedly. The contract, valued between RON 1.596 billion and RON 2.468 billion (excluding VAT), aims to…