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During a meeting on Tuesday, December 17, Romania’s National Audiovisual Council (CNA) decided to remove materials promoting totalitarian regimes found on YouTube and Facebook, but also TikTok, including posts containing antisemitic content and Legionary symbols.  The posts in question include videos promoting totalitarian regimes, antisemitic content, and images of legionary leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, General…

The outlook for Romania’s real estate market in 2025 is marked by optimism, as 64% of investors surveyed expect an increase in portfolio values over the next year, while only 6% anticipate a decline, according to Cushman & Wakefield Echinox’s third annual “Real Estate Investors Sentiment Barometer.” The survey included top management from local, regional,…

Limitless Agency, one of Romania’s leading digital marketing agencies, has secured three awards for successfully implemented advertising strategies at this year’s Google Search Excellence Awards. The event celebrates excellence in PPC advertising and brings together top industry professionals, highlighting innovation and the significant impact of advanced tools in paid promotion. “The Google Search Excellence Awards…

Private equity fund SARMIS Capital, focused on Romania and the CEE region, announced the acquisition of Total Technologies, one of the most prominent Honeywell technology integrators for industrial automation in Central and Eastern Europe.  The acquisition is carried out through Smart ID Technology, a SARMIS Capital portfolio company. It is meant to consolidate its ability…

Poiana Brașov, one of the most popular winter destinations in Romania, kicked off its ski season on Wednesday, December 18. At first, skiing will be available on all slopes in the upper area of the Postăvarul massif, on the beginner’s slope Stadion, and, depending on weather conditions and slope preparations, on the slope Bradul. In…

Violinist Diana Jipa and pianist Ștefan Doniga have made history as the first Romanian musicians to perform in Antarctica. Their special concert, held at the Julio Escudero Scientific Base on December 14, is now awaiting recognition from Guinness World Records. Their remarkable achievement also marks them as the first musicians in the world to hold…

Romanian tennis player and women’s former world no. 1 Simona Halep has received a wild card for the qualifiers of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of 2025, the competition’s organizers announced. Simona Halep, currently ranked 877, has not participated in a tournament in Australia in three years due to her August 2022…

Romania is set to become a key player in advanced optical technology with the creation of a High-Power Optics Center at Măgurele, within the Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) research facility. The investment, worth RON 193 million, will enable the production of optical components valued at EUR 1 million each, according to the…

Russia launched cyberattacks “aimed at influencing the fairness of the electoral process” and “the public agenda through the use of artificial intelligence and aggressive online promotion,” according to Mihai Weber, head of the parliamentary committee for the oversight of the Foreign Intelligence Service, or SIE. The statements were made on Tuesday, December 17, following a…

Distributie Energie Electrica Romania (DEER), the distribution operator within the Electrica Group, has taken a loan worth EUR 200 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to upgrade its electricity distribution network covering 40% of Romania and serving approximately 4 million households and businesses.  The loan, which can be disbursed in euro or lei, will…