- The population connected to wastewater collecting systems in 2021 accounted for 57.4% of Romania’s usually resident population - The population connected to wastewater collecting systems with wastewater treatment plants accounted for 56.2% of Romania’s usually resident population A number of 11,012,187 inhabitants had homes connected to sewerage systems in 2021, with 217,917 people more compared to the previous year, representing 57.4% of Romania's resident population, according to data published on Friday by the National Institute of Statistics.Regarding the wastewater treatment, the population connected to the sewerage systems provided with treatment plants was 10,792,650 people, representing 56.2% of the country's resident population, with 252,262 people more than in 2020.The increases were determined by the connection of the population to the newly built sewerage networks, respectively by the commissioning of new wastewater treatment plants.At the level of development regions, the largest share of the population connected to sewerage systems, in total resident population, was registered in the Bucharest-Ilfov region (90.3%), followed by the Center region (69.8%) and West (64%).The lowest degree of connection to sewerage systems was registered in the development regions: North-East (39.0%), South-Muntenia (40.1%) and South-West Oltenia (44.4%).In 2021, in the urban area the population connected to sewerage was 9,714,592 people, representing 94.3% of the urban resident population of Romania, and in rural areas a number of 1,297,595 people benefited from sewerage services, representing 14.6% of the rural resident population of Romania.
Graffiti Plus (GRF+), active in Romania's communication consulting market, has signed the contract for the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) funding for its listing on the AeRO market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB). GRF+ is also preparing to launch the private financing round it is conducting as a first step toward its debut […]
The wooden church from the village of Oncești, one of the oldest monuments in the heritage of the Maramureș Village Museum “Mihai Dăncuș” in Sighetu Marmației, has been restored. The church has now returned to the tourist circuit through the support provided by the US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, in a project coordinated by […]
The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announced the establishment of its Corporate Governance Committee on Thursday, December 4, to support the implementation of the revised 2025 BVB Corporate Governance Code. Romania’s capital market recently celebrated 30 years of activity and is undergoing significant corporate governance reform. The revised BVB Corporate...
Daniel Băluţă, the mayor of Bucharest's District 4, signed the order to start work on the extension of the M4 subway line on Thursday, December 4. The investment is valued at EUR 3.5 billion and the route will be 11 kilometers long, between Gara de Nord and Gara Progresul railway stations. The extension will have 14 […]
Ten entrepreneurs and executives have launched Food Angels Hub, a community of investors dedicated to the food sector. The aim of the hub is to “develop and scale functional and profitable companies in the food, hospitality and food-tech sectors” and “turn Romania into a reference point for food innovation in the CEE region.” The founders […]
Romanian developer IULIUS announced that it secured a syndicated loan facility amounting to over EUR 305 million for its Palas Iași mixed-use complex. The financing is provided by a consortium made up of Erste Group Bank Austria, BCR, Raiffeisen Bank Romania, and Raiffeisen Bank International Austria. The loan will support the remodelling of Palas Iași […]
