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Freedom Holding Corp, a NASDAQ-listed international investment group, announced on May 21 that it launched its global stock exchange trading platform, Freedom24, in Romania. Started in 2019, Freedom24 now serves more than 250,000 clients across the EU. Freedom24 offers Romanian retail investors access to over 1 million trading instruments, including stocks, ETFs, futures, bonds, and…

Two years after the official opening of the first Popeyes restaurant in Romania and one month after the first unit inaugurated outside of Bucharest, in Pitești, the American fried chicken chain decided to also enter the city of Craiova. Moreover, the company said it intends to expand in more cities in Romania. The restaurant in…

Mr. Ryder Delaloye is Associate Director of the SEE Learning® (Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning) Program at the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassionate Ethics at Emory University, Atlanta, US. Ryder’s experience as a teacher spans from 2nd grade through university. He has taught in public and private schools and universities both in the US…

Untold Universe, the organizer of music festivals Untold and Neversea in Romania, said it would enter film production. Magic Maker Media House, the production house of the Untold Universe group, will produce a comedy this summer, set to premiere in the first half of 2025. Titled Mentorii/The Mentors, the film stars the comedian Cătălin Bordea in the…

@Romania, the official-looking page quickly gaining followers on Instagram and TikTok, is not run by a state agency, nor does it receive backing for promoting Romania as a destination for tourists from around the globe. Instead, it was built from the ground up by a non-governmental organization committed to showing what Romania has to offer.  In just five short years,…

The 2024 edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) in Romania pays homage to Japanese cinema through Focus Japan, an eclectic program that brings together films of reference in cinema history, the top acclaimed recent productions, as well as workshops and special programs. “The eight selected films come together in a kaleidoscope of as many genres…

Romanian tennis player Ana Bogdan won the Heart Award for her contribution to Romania’s success in the match against Ukraine in the Billie Jean King Cup, according to the competition’s Instagram page.  During the qualifiers stage of the Cup, Romania came back from 0-2 against Ukraine, won 3-2, and secured a place in the final…

Romania sent 1,700 tonnes of honey to countries outside of the EU in 2023, which makes it the European Union’s third-largest honey exporter after Spain (7,100 tonnes) and Germany (5,500 tonnes), according to recent data from Eurostat.  Last year, EU member states imported 163,700 tonnes of natural honey from extra-EU countries, worth EUR 359.3 million. At the…

Braşov Court of Appeal in Romania, which handles the case of fugitive businessman Paul Philippe of Romania, notified the Court of Justice of the European Union about Malta’s extradition refusal, according to B1 TV station. Paul Phillipe has a final 40-month jail sentence to serve in Romania in a EUR 145 mln illegal property restitution…

The clothing retailer H&M registered a business of RON 1.32 billion (EUR 264 million) last year in Romania, up 35% from the RON 976 million in 2022. It is the second time that the Romanian branch of the clothing retailer exceeded the RON 1 billion threshold, Economica.net reported. The last time this happened was in…