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Romanian businessman of Syrian origin Nawaf Salameh, the owner of Alexandrion Group – the biggest spirits producer in Romania, has acquired the Octogon Gas & Logistics Terminal in the Port of Constanta. Developed in 2010 by the Romanian Idu family, the terminal represents a gateway for LPG imports through the Port of Constanta. “Nawaf Salameh…

Classical and world music concerts are among the going-out choices in Bucharest, while Timișoara hosts its first TIFF edition and Sibiu a guitar meeting event. In Bucharest:  Art Safari September 6 – December 15 This edition of the event celebrates women that have made a significant contribution to Romanian art and culture, among them Queen…

A promotional video for the book by Senate president and leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL) Nicolae Ciucă, titled In the Service of the Country, was released on Thursday, September 5. The video shows scenes of the 26th Infantry Battalion “Neagoe Basarab” deployed in Afghanistan, and Nicolae Ciucă, at the time a lieutenant colonel, commanding the infantry…

Firefighters intervened on September 3 after a call from the “Sf. Spiridon” County Emergency Clinical Hospital in Iași, eastern Romania, announced the presence of bats in the Cardiology Department’s stairwell. The intervention team removed roughly 200 bats from the building and called in a biologist to take them over and release them into their natural…

Renowned Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu is the Harriman Institute’s 2024 Writer in Residence at Columbia University in New York, where he will teach the four-week course “Postmodernism vs. Tyranny: A Romanian Literary Revolution,” the Romanian Embassy to the US announced. The course will examine the legendary Generation of the 1980s (the Blue Jeans generation) in Romanian literature,…

Former university professor and sociologist Alfred Bulai was detained by Romanian prosecutors for 24 hours following Wednesday’s searches, according to representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office of District 1. Prosecutors opened a criminal case following an investigation by journalists from Snoop.ro, who published the testimonies of several former students of Alfred Bulai, accusing him of sexual…

The Romanian retailers will be required to notify customers each time the size of a certain packaged good is modified compared to the same good sold in the past, according to a bill drafted by the consumer protection body ANPC expected to be published in the Official Journal early next week, according to Ziarul Financiar.…

Romanian prime minister Marcel Ciolacu will travel to Israel, the government’s spokesman, Mihai Constantin, confirmed, wihtout unveiling the agenda of the planned meetings. According to the official announcement, the visit takes place on September 5. PM Ciolacu will have a meeting with president Itzhak Herzog and a private lunch with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according…

Romanian carmaker Dacia, part of the Renault group, will unveil a new C-class model at the Paris auto show scheduled between October 14 and 20, according to Economica.net quoting the French group’s officials. The Dacia stand at the auto exhibition will host “a new model that will mark the brand’s offensive in the C segment,”…

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced that it is granting a senior loan of up to EUR 70 million to non-bank financial institution (IFN) UniCredit Leasing Corporation (UCL) as part of the Financial Intermediation Programme. The loan granted by the EBRD will be used to finance small and medium enterprises in Romania,…