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Twelve standout titles from this year’s Cannes Film Festival will hit Romanian cinemas later in 2025, distributed by Independența Film. The selection spans both official competition and major parallel sections, featuring established auteurs such as the Dardenne brothers, Richard Linklater, and Christian Petzold, alongside new cinematic voices from Latin America, Japan, and France. Among the…

The major cities in Romania are investing a total of over EUR 30 million in smart islands for separate waste collection. According to public data analyzed by Clean Recycle specialists, Brasov, Iasi, and Cluj-Napoca are among the cities with the largest investments in separate waste collection infrastructure. Some of the investments were started in 2023,…

Over 10,000 people visited the Constanța Casino in the first four days after its reopening, according to Patrimoniu Constanța Litoral SRL, the company under the authority of the Constanța City Hall charged with managing the historic monument, cited by Info Sud-Est. The building officially reopened on May 21. Visiting was free of charge during the…

The leader of Romania’s main isolationist party, George Simion (Alliance for the Union of Romanians, AUR), recently defeated in the presidential elections but backed by a party that holds nearly 20% of the seats in Parliament, has encouraged his supporters to organise street protests with the aim of forcing early elections.  He argued that AUR…

Romania’s president-elect, Nicușor Dan, paid a visit to Poland on May 25, his first foreign visit since the elections. He participated in the Million Hearts March, organized in support of pro-European presidential candidate Rafał Trzaskowski, where he gave a speech to Poles.  “Believe in your victory, as we believed in ours,” Nicușor Dan told the…

President-elect Nicușor Dan announced that formal negotiations to form Romania’s next government will begin on May 27, with discussions to involve the four main pro-European Union parties and representatives of ethnic minorities, Agerpres and Economica.net reported on May 24. Dan reaffirmed his preference for Ilie Bolojan, a senior figure from the National Liberal Party (PNL),…

Romania’s state-owned gas producer Romgaz (BVB: SNG)  is preparing to enter the Moldovan energy market with plans to supply up to 30% of the natural gas imported by the Republic of Moldova, Newsmaker.md and Profit.ro reported on May 23, citing company officials. Romgaz Chief Executive Officer Răzvan Popescu stated that the company is planning to…

Moldova-based agro-industrial conglomerate Trans-Oil Group, controlled by Vaja Jhashi, has received all necessary regulatory approvals from Romanian authorities to finalise its acquisition of Frial SA, an operator in the Port of Constanța, the company announced on May 22, according to Mold-street.com. The approvals, granted by the Romanian government and the Competition Council following a review…

The turnover of Romanian gambling and betting houses reported a significant slowdown (-12.5%) of their activity in Q1, dragging down the entire volume of services to households by 2.6% y/y, according to data published by the statistics office INS. The major segment of the market, which includes hotels and restaurants, posted a slight 0.2% y/y…

Grup Şerban Holding, a group of companies with Romanian capital, founded in Oneşti in 1994 by Irina and Nicolae Şerban, is investing EUR 11.5 million in a laying hen farm, out of which EUR 7.5 million is a grant from government, according to Ziarul Financiar. The laying hen farm in Orbeni, which includes ten halls,…