Category: Uncategorized

Romania will not send combat troops or other military personnel to Ukraine, the Presidential Administration said in response to claims circulating online. It described the narrative as “alarmist manipulation” that deliberately distorted an administrative decision “to fuel the unfounded theory that Romania was being drawn into the war.” The president asked the Parliament to approve…

The licence was approved by Order No. 529 of September 3, 2026 and published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, No. 754 of September 7, 2026. The company’s representatives described the project as a first at European level, at a time when the EU is stepping up efforts to secure supplies of critical…

Further improvements in the external trade balance depend on an economic recovery, while lower demand for investment in 2027, following the PNRR-driven rally in 2026, may also contribute. Imports rose by 4.7% y/y in Q2 and 4.2% y/y in July, despite weaker domestic consumption, driven by investment and higher energy prices amid the war in…

Supporting the transition to more sustainable mobility, Arval Romania is the main partner of Best Electric City Car, a competition dedicated to urban electric vehicles in Romania, organized by FloteAuto in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests. KIA EV2 is the winner of the 2026 edition of Best Electric City Car, the…

Finqware, the fintech company specializing in treasury automation and open banking, ranks in the 36th spot in the Sifted 100: DACH & CEE 2026 Leaderboard, an annual ranking by Financial Times-backed outlet of the region’s fastest-growing startups and scaleups. This is Finqware’s second consecutive year among the fastest-growing technology companies in DACH and Central and…

Transilvania Veterinary Hospital has opened a hospital inside Iulius Town Timișoara. The unit has a standing medical team and provides veterinary services for examinations, preventive care, emergencies, and the treatment of complex cases. Transilvania Veterinary Hospital was established in 2021 in Sibiu by Alexandru and Cătălina Ciuban. After a decade of professional experience in Germany,…

The trial of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu, former mercenary leader Horațiu Potra, and 20 other defendants began with a postponement at the Bucharest Court of Appeal, Hotnews.ro reported. Georgescu did not attend the first hearing and requested a delay through his lawyers, which the court granted, setting the next hearing for September 28. Potra…

The Competition Council announced on Wednesday, September 9, that it fined Philips Romania RON 5.18 million, equivalent to roughly EUR 1 million, for providing incomplete documents during an unannounced inspection. The authority said the action restricted its inspectors’ access to information potentially relevant to an ongoing investigation. “After being informed that the competition authority’s inspection…

Renewable energy producer Econergy announced that it started commercial operations at the battery storage component of its Parau 1 co-located solar-plus-storage project in Brașov, central Romania. The 70 MW/141 MWh battery system was connected to the grid in early September alongside an existing 92 MW solar plant. The 113-hectare photovoltaic facility has operated commercially since…

BUKFESZT, the Festival of Hungarian Theatres in Romania, will return to Bucharest for its fifth edition from September 28 to October 6. All performances will have Romanian subtitles and will be staged at the I.L. Caragiale National Theatre, Odeon Theatre, and Bulandra Theatre. The festival will bring together theatres and companies from Cluj-Napoca, Târgu Mureș,…