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  • New terminal inaugurated at Romania’s Satu Mare International Airport

    Local officials inaugurated the new terminal of the Satu Mare International Airport on Monday, January 27, the first passengers boarding the flight to London using the new facilities. According to the Satu Mare County Council, the new terminal features four boarding gates, an intelligent baggage belt system, automated pre-boarding counters, and a facial detection and recognition…

  • Romanian musicians set new world record for fastest time to play a concert on each continent

    Romanian musicians Diana Jipa and Ștefan Doniga have received official recognition from Guinness World Records for completing the fastest concert tour across all seven continents, including Antarctica. Their remarkable achievement, accomplished in under 100 days, also marks the first professional classical music concert ever performed on the Antarctic continent. The only other professional musicians globally…

  • The history of Romania’s stolen Dacian helmet from Coțofenești

    The Dacian helmet from Coțofenești, stolen days ago from a museum in the Netherlands, where it was on display without appropriate security, dates back to around 400 BC and was found by mistake nearly 100 years ago. After its theft on Saturday, January 25, authorities and private individuals are prepared to offer rewards for information…

  • Vodafone appoints new CEO for Romania

    Nedim Baytorun, currently Consumer Business Unit Director and member of the board of directors, will be the new CEO of Vodafone Romania, effective April 1, the company announced. From the same date, the current CEO, Achilleas Kanaris, will take over the management of Vodafone Greece. A leader with over 20 years of international experience, more…

  • Romanian Orthodox Church launches mobile app for religious calendar

    The Romanian Orthodox Church has officially launched the Orthodox Calendar mobile app for Android and iOS devices. Designed to support the faithful, the new tool provides information on religious holidays, the lives of saints, daily liturgical practices, and specific rituals. All content is approved by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, with saint…

  • Romania’s Govt. to come up with 2025 budget planning this week

    The ruling coalition in Romania discussed on January 27 the draft budget for 2025, which the Finance Ministry plans to complete by January 29, according to sources consulted by Economedia.ro and G4media.ro. The budget planning is expected by the European Commission, as the country is under Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP), and also by the rating…

  • Former Oil Terminal platform in Constanța turned into an urban center under EUR 800 mln plan

    Developer Iulius Real Estate plans to redevelop the former Oil Terminal platform in Constanțan into a modern urban center under a EUR 800 million investment project. The site will be fully decontaminated and reintegrated into the city, creating a mixed-use development, Profit.ro reported. In 2023, state-owned Oil Terminal, the operator of the Constanța port oil…

  • Romania’s Pavăl family expands renewable energy investments

    The Pavăl brothers, founders of the Dedeman group, are expanding their renewable energy portfolio with a new solar power plant project. Their electricity production company, Grunman Energy, is set to develop the Pantelimon Depozit Photovoltaic Power Plant, a 5 MW facility in Ciocani, Vaslui county, Profit.ro reported. Grunman Energy acquired the project’s original developer, Zen…

  • Romanian energy minister says EU’s “green shock therapy” must end

    Europe’s “greening” policies were not well-thought-out public policies, but an ideology followed blindly on the model of shock therapy, and this must stop, and the economy must be rebuilt on solid, competitive, and innovative foundations, said energy minister Sebastian Burduja. At the same time, his ministry’s policies, particularly the use of EUR 3 billion under…

  • Credit to Govt. rises three times faster than corporate loans in Romania

    The stock of credit granted by banks to the Romanian government surged by 23% y/y to RON 250 billion (EUR 50 billion) at the end of 2024 – three times faster than the non-government credit (loans granted to the population and companies), according to data published by the National Bank of Romania (BNR) and consulted…