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ROWallet, Romania’s first digital identity wallet, was officially announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Tuesday, September 1. The app will be available starting next year on iPhone and Android and will allow users to store official documents on their phones. ROWallet promises to become an essential tool for citizens and residents, according to…

Last week, the Părinți de Cireșari Association announced the launch of CatChat, an app dedicated to stray cats in Bucharest. Through the app, people can find out whether a cat on the street is already being cared for by someone. The idea came about when an abandoned cat from a Bucharest neighborhood was treated with…

Romanian president Nicușor Dan presented the country’s main foreign and security policy lines on Tuesday, September 1, during a meeting with the heads of Romanian diplomatic missions from across the world.  In a subsequent message on Facebook, the head of state outlined three major points of focus for Romania’s foreign policy: development of economic relations…

A damaged drone was found on Tuesday, September 1, in a field near Viișoara, Vaslui county, around 30 kilometers from Romania’s border with Moldova, according to News.ro. Authorities have isolated the area and launched an investigation into the aircraft’s origin and how it reached the site. A local resident reportedly discovered the drone outside the…

A watch created in Târgu Mureș, central Romania, is set to take part in Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2026, one of the most important watchmaking competitions in the world.  Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève is considered one of the major benchmarks of contemporary watchmaking and is frequently dubbed the “Oscar of watchmaking.” Every year,…

Romania was the ninth largest beer producer in the European Union in 2025, according to data published on Monday, August 31, by Eurostat. Germany was the main beer producer in the EU the same year, with 7.4 billion liters of beer (21.6% of the EU’s total production). Spain ranked second (5.3 billion liters; 15.5%), followed…

Lucian Pahonțu, the longtime head of the Protection and Guard Service (SPP) and alleged backroom political powerbroker, rejected the findings of a journalistic investigation regarding his involvement in the suppression of the anti-communist December 1989 Revolution and the protests during the June 1990 Mineriad. In a series of clarifications made on Monday, August 31, Pahonțu…

Pan-European real estate developer VGP announced that it acquired a 294,000 sqm land plot near Oradea in western Romania for a new logistics and industrial park. VGP Park Oradea is planned to offer an initial lettable area of 133,000 sqm for logistics, light industrial, and commercial activities. The site is located close to the DEx16…

Starting with September 1, 2026, patients in Romania can access the new “eSănătateaMea” portal to manage their interactions with healthcare providers. The digital services included in the new platform will be gradually rolled out, according to the authorities.  The new portal, integrated into the IT Platform of the Social Health Insurance System, is administered by…

Romania has completed an integrated digital system for monitoring forests and combating illegal logging, the Environment Ministry announced. The RON 272.6 million project, financed through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), combines satellite imagery, AI-assisted video monitoring, and LiDAR scanning. The Environment Ministry developed the system in partnership with the Special Telecommunications Service (STS).…