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The transaction strengthens Symfonia’s capabilities in healthcare, pharmacy, construction, retail, trade, distribution, warehouse management, and industry-specific operations, allowing the Group to support a broader range of businesses with software tailored to their industry needs. The acquisition reinforces Symfonia’s position in Romania and supports the Group’s long-term strategy of building a strong European software ecosystem based…

The Russian Embassy in Bucharest has rejected Romanian authorities’ allegations against a Russian citizen arrested on suspicion of attempted acts of sabotage. The man, who holds a Romanian residence permit, was detained on September 8 and subsequently placed under preventive arrest for 30 days. Romania’s Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and…

Romanian hydropower group Hidroelectrica (BVB: H2O) announced that, following a public procurement procedure, it awarded a RON 297 million (EUR 56 million) contract for a battery energy storage system (BESS) at the Iron Gates II hydropower plant on the Danube to Synergy Construct, which will cooperate with subcontractors including Kseo Enerji Anonim Sirketi, Professional Land…

The first BIPA store in Romania opened on January 22, 2026, at Mega Mall in Bucharest, in a market dominated by dm drogerie markt and where Danish chain Normal has also recently entered. Last month, BIPA opened three stores, in Bran, Pitești and Năvodari, Economica.net reported. “For us, each new store is not just about…

Pop culture fans can celebrate at a dedicated event, music takes over the city’s Floreasca district, and a 5.5 km table set in downtown Bucharest aims to raise funds for the country’s first pediatric psychiatry hospital. In Bucharest: East European Comic Con 2026 September 11 – September 13 The event celebrates pop and brings together…

Romanian musicians Natalia Pancec and Emilian Florentin Gheorghe, known as Flores, will take their When Violin Meets Guitar show abroad for the first time this fall. Their five-concert international tour opens in London on October 18 and concludes in Copenhagen on November 7. The project brings together violin and guitar in a program combining classical…

Almost 150,000 jobs were posted on recruitment platform eJobs.ro between January and September 10, 2026, with 71,000 of them based in Bucharest. The capital therefore accounted for nearly half of all vacancies advertised nationwide. The county of Brașov ranked second for the number of job openings, followed by Ilfov, Cluj, Iași, Constanța, and Timiș. “Of…

The far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) leads voting intentions for Romania’s parliamentary elections with 39.7%, around 20 percentage points ahead of its closest competitors, according to the latest Informat.ro-INSCOP Research Barometer. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) ranks second with 18.7%, followed by the National Liberal Party (PNL) with 16.3% and the Save…

More than 100 artists from Romania and around the world are presenting their work in Ploiești, a city 60km north of Bucharest, ahead of the fifth edition of the annual urban art event Artown NOW. UZUC, a plant with a history spanning more than 120 years, occupies a site covering 100,000 sqm. More than 3,000…

Polish software company Symfonia Group has acquired Romanian software company Setrio. The acquisition is meant to strengthen its capabilities in healthcare, pharmacy, construction, retail, trade, distribution, warehouse management, and industry-specific operations, allowing it “to support a broader range of businesses with software tailored to their industry needs.” This is the third acquisition the Polish company…