Romania's President Nicusor Dan will welcome NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace on Wednesday, during Rutte's first visit to Romania since taking office as head of the Alliance, the Presidential Administration announced. The NATO head will be welcomed at around 13:00.According to the same source, the visit of the high-ranking NATO official takes place in the context of his participation in the NATO-Industry Forum (Bucharest, 5-6 November), an event dedicated to strategic dialogue with the defence industries of the allied states.The President of Romania and the NATO Secretary General will both attend the forum on Thursday.The discussions between President Nicusor Dan and the NATO Secretary General will focus on the threats facing the North Atlantic Alliance, particularly on the Eastern Flank, as well as on ways to strengthen Romania's security and the Alliance's collective defence and deterrence capability. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is scheduled to meet with President Nicusor Dan, Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, President of the Senate, Mircea Abrudean, and the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Sorin Grindeanu, as well as with other officials, informs the Alliance's official website.During his visit, Mark Rutte will take part in the NATO-Industry Forum, where he "will speak about the importance of increasing defence production and the value of close ties with the defence industry."According to the cited source, the Secretary General will also meet with students at the University of Bucharest.
IVF clinic Embryos, majority-owned by investment firm Integral Capital Group, has acquired the Oradea-based Calla Infertility Diagnostic and Treatment Center. The move is part of the development strategy of the network Embryos, which started in 2025 with the opening of a clinic in Buzău and the acquisition of Adella Clinic in Sofia, Bulgaria. The turnover […]
Romania has 56 companies included in the 17th edition of the Coface CEE Top 500 ranking, which shows how the largest companies in the region are navigating the current business landscape. The country climbed two positions from last year but remains underrepresented. The companies are ranked by turnover, analyzing additional indicators such as workforce size, business […]
Romania's Instant Factoring announced its participation in a cross-border securitization transaction valued at up to EUR 30 million. The move, the company said, "opens a new stage of growth for both Romanian fintech and the alternative financing market in Romania and Spain." The transaction involved the establishment of a securitization fund - Instant Factoring 2025-I, […]
Meta Estate Trust, a holding company active in the real estate sector and listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) under the symbol MET, announced that it signed the mandate agreement with its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dan Petrișor. The appointment decision was made by the Board of Directors on October 31, and the […]
Former star coach Emerich Jenei, one for Romania's best, passed away on November 5, 2025, at the age of 88. He achieved the greatest performance of Romanian football: winning the European Champions Cup with Steaua București on May 7, 1986, in Seville, in the famous final against F.C. Barcelona. Emeric Alexandru Ienei (Imre Sándor Jenei) […]
Renting is steadily becoming more common in Romania, as access to credit becomes increasingly difficult. As such, even though rents traditionally tend to decrease in October, this year they have kept steadily increasing in most major cities. Traditionally, the demand for rentals increases in August and September, when students return to the major university cities. […]
