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The president of Forța Dreptei party, former prime minister Ludovic Orban, announced his candidacy for this year’s presidential elections on Monday, September 16, representing the political alliance formed by PMP and Forța Dreptei.  Orban heads Forța Dreptei (Right Force), a breakaway party from the center-right National Liberal Party (PNL). The former prime minister headed PNL until…

The Romanian Social Democratic MEP Roxana Mînzatu will serve as Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in its new structure, following appointments made by the Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, on Tuesday, September 17. She will also handle one of the most important portfolios – People, Skills and Preparedness. The Commission has appointed six…

The European Digital Commerce (EDC) event, organized by VTEX and Amazon Web Services, will attract the most important retailers in the industry on November 18th, at Nord Events. Hundreds of attendees and dozens of speakers, from India to the US, will be present at the fall trade event. EDC has become a landmark event for…

The 2024-2025 Chamber Season of the George Enescu Philharmonic is scheduled to open on October 2 with an extraordinary recital by the celebrated pianist Martha Argerich, the institution announced. She will perform alongside violinist Géza Hosszu-Legocky. The program of the evening includes Robert Schumann’s Sonata No. 1, in A minor, for piano and violin, op.…

The European Commission revealed the laureates of the 2024 European Innovative Teaching Award on Monday, September 16, and two projects from Romania are on the list. In total, 96 projects from 32 European countries have been recognized and honored across four categories. Amazing Children, Amazing Nature (ACAN), coordinated by Grădinița Ciupercuța from Bucharest, is a winner of the ‘early childhood…

While reporting on the catastrophic floods caused by storm Boris in central and eastern Europe on Monday, September 16, the British news channel BBC showed a map that confused Romania with Bulgaria.  In the map presented by the BBC, Romania appeared in Bulgaria’s place among the countries affected by the floods. The mistake was also…

Private healthcare operator MedLife has taken over 80% of the Euromedica Baia Mare Group, a private provider of hospital services in Maramureș county, in northern Romania. Established in 2003, the Euromedica Baia Mare group owns a medium-sized hospital offering multidisciplinary services, an outpatient clinic, a laboratory, and an imaging department. The hospital has 50 beds…

Romanian edtech company Youni raised a new investment of USD 1 million as it is preparing the launch of a new technology based on artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize the university admissions process. The new round was led by the Czech fund Soulmates Ventures and joined by Early Game Ventures. Early Game previously invested in…

U.S. violinist Mayumi Kanagawa (opening photo) has won the final of the violin section of this year’s George Enescu International Competition with a performance of Camille Saint-Saëns’s Concerto No. 3 in B minor for violin and orchestra op. 61. She was accompanied by the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Alan Buribayev. South Korea’s Hyeonjeong…

Jordan Chiles, the American gymnast whose Olympic bronze medal was revoked and returned to Romanian gymnast Ana Maria Bărbosu, has appealed her case to Switzerland’s highest federal court. The appeal is the latest act in a fierce battle over the bronze medal between the Romanian and American Gymnastics Federations. The battle started after the floor…