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Nicolae Ciucă, leader of the National Liberal Party, part of the governing coalition, launched his long-awaited book during a cooking show on Sunday, September 8. The volume, available for download for free, recounts both the personal and professional life of the general-turned-politician and is meant to publicize his candidacy for the presidency.  The book, titled In…

Approximately three million students and preschoolers in Romania started the 2024-2025 school year on Monday, September 9, which will last 36 weeks.  This is the first school year in which a new student statute and a new school regulation will be implemented, following the adoption of the Education Law last year. Changes include feedback given…

Romania had six athletes competing in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris and ended the event with two medals, namely gold and bronze. Alexandru Bologa claimed men’s -73 kg J1 gold in para judo while Camelia Ciripan grabbed women’s singles – WS6 bronze in para table tennis. This was Bologa’s first Olympic title after the…

Anul Nou Care N-a Fost/The New Year That Never Came, the first fiction feature written and directed by Bogdan Mureşanu, received the Orizzonti Award for Best Film at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. A total of 19 feature-length films and 13 short films entered the Orizzonti competition this year. “I dedicate this award to the…

Passenger traffic recorded by Romanian airports in July 2024 increased by 6.5% compared to that in 2023 and 14% compared to July 2019, according to data from the Romanian Airports Association. Out of the total of 2,675,664 passengers, 2,531,685 traveled on external routes. In the same period, 23,534 aircraft movements (landings and take-offs) were recorded,…

Economic missions made up of representatives of Israeli companies will visit Romania in September-November to evaluate the potential for importing Romanian food goods and the investment opportunities in the defense industry, Romanian minister of economy Radu Oprea announced after visiting Israel as part of the Romanian government’s delegation. “We have identified two priority directions: the…

A Shahed drone launched by Russia crossing Romanian airspace during the night of September 7 to 8 was spotted and followed by NATO fighter jets, the Romanian Ministry of Defence (MApN) announced. Another one might have crashed on Romanian territory but was not found yet. “A group of attack drones violated Romania’s airspace,” the Ukrainian Air…

The third disbursement under the Resilience Facility will be received by Romania this autumn, and only a small part of it will be retained for six months for the target not met by the country, according to MEP Siegfried Muresan.  He said there are less than 5 targets and milestones that Romania must complete from a…

Swiss group SunPro, with operations in Ukraine so far, needs only the environmental permit before starting the works at the EUR 20 million sunflower refining plant in Galati, eastern Romania, where part of the equipment was already brought, according to Economica.net. The company expects the permit by the end of the year, seven months later…

Dutch retailer Action, active in 12 countries, injected EUR 10 million into its newly set up subsidiary in Romania to develop a network of stores that will compete with existing retailers such as Pepco, TEDi, and KIK, Economica.net reported. The company also launched a portal in Romanian for staff recruitment, but no positions have been…