The number of new car registrations in Romania in the first four months of the ongoing year, dropped by 0.69% compared to the same period of 2023, to 46,504 units, from 46,831 units, according to data centralized by DRPCIV, quoted by the Association of Automobile Builders in Romania (ACAROM). The volume of second hand cars registered for the first time in Romania, in the period analyzed reached 114,027 units, on the rise by 15.81%. According to the source, over January-April 2024, new car registrations reached 46,504 units, a level similar to the same period of 2023 , of 46,831 units (-0.69%). The top of new cars registered in the mentioned period of time, includes Dacia with 13,549 units, followed by Toyota – 3,996 units, Skoda (3,417), Volkswagen (2,787), Hyundai (2,714), Renault (2,710), Ford (1,965), Mercedes (1,872), BMW ( 1,727) and Suzuki (1,619).
More than 108,000 Romanian households changed their electricity providers in June, just before the country returned to a liberalized energy market, according to George Niculescu, president of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE). “Today, after more than three and a half years, we return to a free electricity market - a market for the consumer! […]
The Romanian Constitutional Court (CCR) has reinstated Traian Băsescu’s rights as a former president, granting him lifelong state benefits, including a monthly allowance, protocol residence, and permanent security. The court ruled unanimously that a 2001 law, which stripped former presidents of these privileges if found to have collaborated with the communist-era Securitate, is unconstitutional, Biziday.ro...
Mihai Leu, former world boxing champion and national rally champion, has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer. He passed away on Tuesday evening, July 1, at Fundeni Hospital in Bucharest, where he had been hospitalized in June with pulmonary failure, Biziday.ro reported. His death was confirmed on his official […]
The number of people in Romania at risk of poverty stood at 3.59 million people in 2024, 375,000 fewer than in 2023, representing a 9.4% decrease, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics, or INS. Despite the improvement, nearly one in five Romanians was affected by poverty last year. According to INS, 19% […]
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca carried out multiple searches on Tuesday, July 1, at the Sibiu International Airport and the Sibiu County Council as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving a EUR 54 million EU-funded infrastructure project. A total of 24 locations were searched across Bucharest, Brașov, and Sibiu county, […]
A Romanian taxi driver who scammed 90-year-old Nigerian Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka was detained by police on Sunday, June 29, according to media reports. On Friday, June 27, the venerable Nigerian arrived at Bucharest's Otopeni Airport. He got into a taxi and asked to be taken to a hotel downtown. At the destination, the […]
