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The Republic of Moldova will elect its president on October 20, 2024. It will be only the fifth presidential election since the country’s independence in which the president is chosen through direct universal suffrage. The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Moldova announced that as of October 2, 2024, over 3.3 million Moldovan voters were registered.…

Tudor Giurgiu and Cristian Pascariu’s documentary Nasty, about the life and career of the tennis player Ilie Năstase, was included in the selection of the Rome Film Festival, which takes place between October 16 and October 28. The directors will meet the audience in Rome on October 21 and 22 for the film’s two screenings.…

A total of 6,839 Romanians living abroad registered to vote by mail for the upcoming parliamentary elections, according to the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP). Additionally, 6,916 Romanian citizens have registered to vote by mail for the presidential elections.  The majority of mail-in voting requests came from Romanians residing in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands,…

Only 1.5% of companies in Romania with more than 10 employees used Artificial Intelligence technologies in 2023, significantly below the European Union average of 8%, according to Eurostat data, as highlighted by economist Cristian Popa, member of the board of directors of the National Bank of Romania (BNR).  “The AI train is leaving. Are we…

The Romanian company Robot Industries, a distributor of robotics and automation solutions, recently opened a new headquarters in one of Asia’s main technology hubs, namely Nanjing, China. The company is in an ongoing expansion process, having recently inaugurated its European headquarters in Berlin.  The new Robot Industries office opened in China will also help improve…

Italian group Artsana SpA decided to close down in November the factory it operates in northeast Romania, in Botoşani, according to documents consulted by Economica. It employs 261 people there and produces parts for the global group Chicco. The Italian group decided to close operations in Romania because of the lower volume of orders and…

Zalakerámia, a Hungarian ceramic tile maker part of the Austrian group Lasselsberger, is considering moving some production facilities from Hungary to Romania, most likely to Cluj, where the Austrian group already owns production facilities, Profit announced. Lasselsberger owns Romanian ceramic tile maker Sanex in Cluj, where it is investing to increase the factory’s production capacity.…

Romanian prime minister Marcel Ciolacu stated during an interview on Thursday, October 17, that Romania will surely join the Schengen Area with its land borders this year. Ciolacu blamed the delays in joining the border-free area on his predecessor and current competitor for the position of president of Romania, liberal leader Nicolae Ciuca. “We have…

The Polish electronic recycling group Polish Elemental Holding entered the Romanian market by taking over an 80% stake in the small-sized local player, ACC Recycling Services. It also announced it is developing a EUR 20 million factory in Deva, according to Ziarul Financiar. The project is partly financed through a EUR 8.4 million grant under…

Two Romanian electricity utility companies, Electrica (BVB: El) and Renovatio Trading, will receive EUR 6.4 million in grants under a EUR 103 million scheme financed under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) to develop power storage capacities of 130MWh.  The Romanian electricity distributor and supplier Electrica (BVB: EL) will receive EUR 3.4 million for…