President Klaus Iohannis attended on Tuesday  the investiture ceremony of the new Chief of the Romanian Army’s General Staff, Lieutenant-General Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca. Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca, dubbed the ‘Desert General’, is the former commanding officer of the 26th Infantry Battalion, with which he participated in combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq between 2002-2004. The investiture ceremony took [...]
One United Properties (BVB: ONE), Romania’s leading green developer of residential, mixed-use, and office real estate, recorded turnover of EUR 208.5 mln in the first nine months of 2024, an 11% year-on-year decrease. This marks the second time in the Company’s history that turnover has surpassed...
The City Hall of Bucharest began the installation of festive lights across the city’s main boulevards. The Municipal Public Lighting Company is reusing existing equipment this year too, alongside approximately 3,000 new luminous elements added to the collection. The display will feature over 4.3 million energy-efficient LED lights, selected for their low energy consumption and […]
Three other Romanian citizens have been confirmed dead after the devastating floods that hit the Valencia region roughly two weeks ago. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE), so far, a total of seven Romanians have died in Spain, and three are still missing. “The representatives of the Romanian Consulate in Castellón de la […]
The data of approximately 200,000 citizens from Bucharest’s District 5, including personal identification numbers, names, addresses, among other details, were put up for sale by hackers who launched a cyberattack on the City Hall at the end of October, Digi24 reported. The information was offered to buyers...
The subway operated in Romania's capital city, Bucharest (5.97 points), ranks in seventh place, at par with that in Copenhagen, in a ranking of Europe's best underground public transportation systems, where Sofia (ranked second, 7.64 points) is challenging the leading position held by Norway's capital Oslo (8.06%). Copenhagen's automated subway operates 24/7, with trains arriving […]
The income tax rate may increase from 10% currently to 13% in 2025, according to estimates of trade union federation BNS based on the medium-term fiscal consolidation plan drafted by the government that envisages 1.1%-of-GDP advance of the revenues from income taxation. The most plausible scenario for reducing the deficit could include, among other measures, […]
