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Granit Bank, a Hungarian financial institution whose main shareholder is Viktor Orban’s son-in-law, Istvan Tiborcz, will begin operations in Romania starting Q3 of this year. This marks the first time the digital bank is entering a foreign market. Granit Bank will offer clients accounts in lei and forints through an app available in Romanian, Hungarian, and…

Rewilding Romania, the organization dedicated to the conservation and restoration of wildlife and natural habitats, received EUR 74,700 in funding from the Open Rivers Programme to kick off a new project aimed at restoring river flow and biodiversity in the Southern Carpathians. The initiative involves identifying and subsequently removing small, obsolete barriers in five key…

Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus have been found in four districts of Bucharest. In response, the City Hall says it has intensified treatments in the affected areas.  Experts from Bucharest’s Cantacuzino Institute have most recently found mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus in District 3. They urged residents of the capital to remain calm,…

The first Romanian pilots to graduate from the European F-16 Training Center in Romania were honored during a special ceremony last week. They were the very first class of graduates from the center in Fetești, which was inaugurated in November 2023. “I want to convey my hearty congratulations to the seven Romanian Air Force pilots who…

In 2024, Suceava-based ASSIST Software was deemed one of Romania’s best artificial intelligence and machine learning companies by the business website for reviews and statistics – Clutch – continuing a long line of awards and badges.   As different industries still struggle with digital transformation, ASSIST Software has fully embraced all the trends and is actively…

Romanian students ended the 2024 International Physics Olympiad in Iran with three gold and two silver medals, the Education Ministry announced. The competition’s 54th edition was held in Isfahan, Iran, from July 21 to 29. Romania participated with a complete team of 5 students and 2 leaders, and the exceptional results kept the country at…

Romanian open water and ice swimmer Paul Georgescu successfully crossed Japan’s Tsugaru Strait this past weekend, his seventh and last of the Oceans Seven marathon swimming challenge. He thus became the first Romanian to complete all of the project’s seven open water channel swims. He finished the Tsugaru swim in 7 hours and 31 minutes, according…

The publicly-traded Romanian shipbuilder Orşova Shipyard, BVB ticker symbol SNO, announced last week the conclusion of a new contract worth EUR 4.05 million with the Rensen-Driessen Shipbuilding group from the Netherlands.  The agreement entails constructing and delivering a river vessel by March 31, 2025. Among the terms and payment conditions is an “advance payment of…

Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu, the leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD), is polling at 31% in voting intentions for the presidential elections, according to the latest CURS survey. Liberal (PNL) president Nicolae Ciucă comes next with 19%, followed by Mircea Geoană and AUR leader George Simion, both at 15%. According to the same…

UNESCO added two new sites from Romania to the World Heritage list this past weekend: the Brâncuși Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu and the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia. The new entries complete the Romanian presence on the UNESCO heritage list, which includes nine other cultural and natural sites. The decision was taken…