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Bucharest’s green belt starts taking shape while initiators move to extend project nationwide
The Bucharest-Ilfov Green Belt project took a major step forward on Thursday, October 31, when the planting of the first 15,000 trees began on an area of 3.5 hectares. Moreover, at the same time, the initiators drafted and submitted to Parliament several amendments to the new Forestry Code bill aimed at extending the concept nationwide.…
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Missing Romanian citizen found dead after flood in eastern Spain
Romania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) confirmed on November 1 that according to information provided by Spanish authorities, one person on the list of missing Romanian citizens has been found dead following the flood in the Valencia region of Spain. The ministry extended condolences to the grieving family and advised Romanians to contact the Romanian…
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Romania’s unemployment rate steady at 5.5% in September
Romania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 5.5% in September, unchanged from August, according to data published by the statistics office INS. The estimated number of unemployed people aged 15-74 fell slightly to 450,900 from 452,300 in August and 455,300 in September 2023. Unemployment rates varied by gender, with a rate of 5.7% for…
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NATO steps up drills in Romania to prepare Eastern flank deployment
NATO recently staged one of its largest military exercises in months at the Cincu training ground in Brașov County, Romania, where over 1,500 soldiers from seven allied countries simulated a response to an invasion scenario involving the country’s urgent defense. Fighter jets dropped bombs, and thousands of bullets were fired as NATO forces executed a…
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Romania lifts 2024 public borrowing plan to accommodate wider deficit
The Ministry of Finance in Romania revised the gross borrowing requirement from RON 217 billion to RON 235 billion, according to documents consulted by Profit.ro. Initially, Romania planned RON 181 billion gross loan borrowing requirements in line with 5%-of-GDP public deficit this year – while the gap is now estimated at some 7.9% of GDP.…
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Glencore buys in advance entire output of Euro Sun’s Romanian gold mining project
The Canadian company Euro Sun Mining, the owner of the Rovina gold project in Romania, the second largest in Europe, has concluded a binding Memorandum of Understanding with the Anglo-Swiss group Glencore, the world’s largest commodity trader, for the production to be obtained at the field in Romania. The project faces environmental hurdles generated by…
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Number of residential construction permits in Romania increases by 3.3% y/y in Jan-Sep
The number of construction permits for residential buildings in Romania increased by 13.2% y/y in September, pushing up the annual advance to +3.3% y/y for the entire January-September period, according to the statistics office INS. The annual advance for the first nine months of the year was 3.4%, slightly larger than the average, for Bucharest.…
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Hidroelectrica plans EUR 20 mn electricity storage facility at 100MW wind farm in eastern Romania
Romanian state-owned company Hidroelectrica, the largest electricity producer in Romania, has launched a tender through which it wants to contract works for constructing an electricity storage facility at its Crucea Nord wind farm in Dobrogea, Profit reported. It took over the farm, with an installed capacity of 108 MW, more than three years ago from…
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Vodafone joins Digi in taking over mobile arm of Greek OTE in Romania
Romanian telecom group Digi Communications (BVB: DIGI) announced that, following the decision of the local businessman Adrian Tomșa to withdraw from the initial transaction, it entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hellenic Telecommunications Organization(OTE) and Vodafone Romania having as subject matter the OTE divestment from its local mobile arm Telekom Romania Mobile Communications…
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Door to Romania: More than Just Relocation Services
Your trusted gateway to seamless relocation in Romania Founded in 2023, Door to Romania is more than just a relocation service provider—it’s a dedicated partner for expats and global citizens aspiring to make Romania their new home. The roots of our journey date back further, with Andreea Memet, our Head of Legal Services, spearheading successful…