Eighty firefighters from Romania, along with eight fire trucks, will participate in July in a pre-positioning program for forces specialized in extinguishing forest fires. The mission will have them go to France.
The assistance program is funded by the EU as a support measure for French communities after the fires registered in recent years. The program aims to reduce response time in the event of forest fires, improve the preparation of intervention modules belonging to member states,...
Romania's flag carrier Tarom announced on July 3 the signing of the leasing contract for the purchase of two Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft with CDB Aviation, the Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. The new MAX planes, scheduled to be delivered between December 2025 and January 2026, will support...
Last month was the hottest June since weather records began in Romania, with the average temperature from over 100 meteorological stations being more than one degree higher than in June 2019, according to data from the National Meteorological Administration (ANM) quoted by Hotnews.ro. ...
Romania was eliminated from the EURO 2024 football tournament hosted by Germany after a 0-3 defeat to the Netherlands on Tuesday, July 2. After some 20 minutes of Romanian domination, the Netherlands unexpectedly scored. While not losing stem immediately, Romania failed to recover and missed some good opportunities in the first half of the game, […]
The tender held by the chemical company Chimcomplex Borzești for the construction of a 108 MW gas-fired cogeneration (combined heat and power) plant in Râmnicu Vâlcea, a project financed under the National Resilience Facility (PNRR) was canceled, according to Economica.net. ...
The Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) will co-finance the Resilience Venture Capital Fund (Recovery Equity Fund or REF) in Romania through one of its subsidiaries in Poland, Romanian authorities announced, quoted by Economica.net. ...
Romania's competition body, Consiliul Concurentei, approved the deal by which Romania's leading financial group, Banca Transilvania (BVB: TLV), takes over the local subsidiaries of Hungarian group OTP, according to Profit.ro. Banca Transilvania's market share by assets will reach 22%-23% after the deal,...
