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Starting with September 1, 2026, patients in Romania can access the new “eSănătateaMea” portal to manage their interactions with healthcare providers. The digital services included in the new platform will be gradually rolled out, according to the authorities.  The new portal, integrated into the IT Platform of the Social Health Insurance System, is administered by…

Romania has completed an integrated digital system for monitoring forests and combating illegal logging, the Environment Ministry announced. The RON 272.6 million project, financed through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), combines satellite imagery, AI-assisted video monitoring, and LiDAR scanning. The Environment Ministry developed the system in partnership with the Special Telecommunications Service (STS).…

Slovakia will send low-altitude radars and personnel to operate them to Romania, Romanian defense minister Radu Miruță announced. The deployment is intended to strengthen surveillance along Romania’s eastern border. Radu Miruță thanked his Slovak counterpart, Robert Kaliňák, and the Slovak government for approving the deployment. “This is a response to the appeal I made at…

Former Bucharest District 1 mayor Clotilde Armand was handed a one-year prison sentence on Monday, August 31, in a case concerning her appointment as manager of an EU-funded project. The District 1 Court postponed the application of the sentence, while the ruling can be appealed, Agerpres reported. The court found Armand guilty of using her…

Romania issued 18,848 building permits for residential properties in the first seven months of 2026, down 11.6% from the same period last year, according to data from the statistics office (INS). The decline points to weaker construction activity in the residential segment in the future, with the number of permits also falling sharply year on…

Commenting on Romania’s failed attempt to legislate a new Wage Law for the public sector under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the European Commission said it “stands ready to support efforts to maintain the essence and objectives of the reform and to help the authorities identify solutions that can contribute to achieving its main…

Romgaz (stock symbol SNG) is set to finalise on September 1 the transaction through which it takes over the assets necessary for Azomureş’s production activity, as well as the contracts and employees necessary for the transferred activity, according to a report submitted to the Bucharest Stock Exchange on August 31. The transaction, for which Romgaz…

Bucharest Exchange-listed Sphera Franchise Group (BVB: SFG), the company operating the KFC, Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut Delivery and Taco Bell chains in Romania, generated restaurant revenues of RON 754 million in the first semester, up 1.25% from RON 745 million in the same period last year. Adjusted for inflation, however, the group’s revenues contracted by…

The H1 financial data of utility group Premier Energy (BVB: PE), active in Romania, Moldova, Hungary and Serbia, showed a sharp 64% y/y decline in net profit, to EUR 22.3 million, but strong growth in normalised financial metrics, which the company says was driven by both organic and non-organic developments and underpinned by its vertically…

Romania’s toy imports reached more than EUR 900 million in 2025, nearly double their level five years earlier, according to data from Eurostat cited by Ziarul Financiar. The increase in import value significantly outpaced the growth in volumes, indicating a substantial rise in the average value of imported toys. Toy import volumes increased by about…