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The control took place between October 2025 and March 2026 and covered the period after March 2019. The main findings concern RoPower Nuclear, the project company owned in equal shares by SNN and Nova Power & Gas (NPG), a company in the E-Infra group, Ziarul Financiar reported. The report touches upon two different aspects, namely…

Frozen since the end of 2025, the average pension in Romania still increased by 14% in real terms over the past three years, thanks to the pension hike in 2024. In nominal terms, pensions increased by around 40% over the past three years. The pension paid from the state social security fund was RON 2,821…

President Nicusor Dan has taken no formal step over the past three months, since he designated dissident Liberal (PNL) Adrian Vestea for the prime minister position without previously informing the political parties. Social Democrat leader Sorin Grindeanu promised to come up with a “transparent majority” if he is designated for the prime minister position, but it…

The Cărturino Tour, organized by the Cărturești Foundation over the course of one month, will take eight male and female writers and eight children’s book illustrators to meet readers from Romanian communities in eight European countries. The project was launched in response to the fact that more than 400,000 Romanian children were born outside Romania…

Lavinia Braniște’s novel Camping has been longlisted for this year’s Médicis Prize/ Prix Médicis, one of France’s top literary awards, in the Foreign Fiction category. The novel has been translated into French by Sylvain Audet-Găinar and was published by Éditions des Syrtes. Lavinia Braniște was born in 1983 in Brăila. She studied foreign languages and…

Romanian president Nicușor Dan met German chancellor Friedrich Merz in Rovaniemi on the sidelines of the European Summit dedicated to the Arctic region. Dan said the talks reaffirmed the strength of Romanian-German relations and explored ways to deepen the bilateral partnership. The two leaders reviewed upcoming priorities on the European agenda, particularly negotiations on the…

The French Institute is launching the first edition of Saison Goncourt/ Goncourt Season, a yearly program dedicated to contemporary French literature. The program, spanning three months, will cover meetings with authors, debates and literary events in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The project is developed around the Choix Goncourt de la Roumanie et de…

A total of 83.4% of respondents to a survey by INSCOP Research support the introduction of drug testing in schools for students over the age of 14, while only 15.2% oppose it. More specifically, 60.8% support the measure to a very large extent, while another 22.6% support it to a fairly large extent, the survey,…

Carmaker Dacia, owned by Renault Group, is investing in the production of renewable energy to help increase the energy independence of its Mioveni plant, in Romania’s Argeș County. The project will harness solar energy to cover part of the plant’s own electricity consumption, helping both to optimize operations and reduce reliance on conventional energy sources.…

Real estate developer Vastint Romania announced that it opened The Venue Timpuri Noi Square, a new space for conferences, meetings, and events in Bucharest. The facility is available both to tenants of the office complex and to other companies and event organizers. The Venue has approximately 400 sqm of indoor space and a 300 sqm…