- 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.
Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan stated during an interview on Wednesday, December 17, that there should be no statute of limitations in cases of serious corruption. The statement comes after a Recorder investigation, which showed that several heads of the major institutions in the Romanian justice system allegedly delayed trials for years until wrongdoings were […]
President Nicușor Dan has challenged, before the Constitutional Court (CCR), the constitutionality of the law that requires that at least 40% of the athletes who play on a team in official national competitions be Romanian. Dan noted that the law violates the principle of non-discrimination and the free movement of workers, enshrined both in the […]
Craiova International Airport will open its new passenger terminal on Thursday, December 18, completing a major infrastructure investment aimed at significantly expanding capacity and improving air connectivity in southwestern Romania. It is part of a broader expansion and modernization project financed through the Large Infrastructure Operational Programme (POIM) 2014–2020, with a total value exceeding EUR […]
Romania is set to be connected to the Western European energy network thanks to grid investments worth EUR 30 billion. The funds will be provided by the EU by 2035, and the project will link Romania to Hungary and Austria in a joint project. Romanian energy minister Bogdan Ivan signaled the signing of the new […]
Franck Bagouet has been appointed managing director of TotalEnergies Marketing Romania SA and managing director of Automotive Southeast Europe Hub TotalEnergies Marketing. He succeeds Didier Grimault, who has accepted a new position within the TotalEnergies company. “I am glad to join this dynamic affiliate and confident that, together with our talented team, we will reinforce […]
Databricks, the data analytics and artificial intelligence company co-founded by Romanian professors Ion Stoica and Matei Zaharia, announced on Tuesday, December 16, that it is raising USD 4 billion in funding at a valuation of USD 134 billion, according to CNBC. The new valuation represents a 34% increase compared to the August round, when Databricks […]
