Romania's National Anti-corruption Department (DNA) requested approval on Wednesday afternoon for the preventive arrest of Elena Udrea, a prominent politician best known for her serving as Development and Tourism minister in 2009-2012 and for running in the 2014 presidential election, when she was supported by then-president Traian Basescu. DNA requested approval for her arrest in a case in which she is accused of bribe taking in the organisation of a sports event when she served as minister. Shortly after the announcement, DNA requested another approval to arrest Udrea in two separate cases, charging her with bribe taking and traffic of influence.
DAAS Epta Romania, part of the international Epta group, is set to open the first Training Center for refrigeration technicians in the country with an EUR 500,000 investment. The company also announced the accelerated expansion of the remote monitoring service center, or TLM. The Training Center is a pilot project developed based on the model […]
Knauf Insulation, part of the Knauf Group, has invested EUR 140 mln in state-of-the-art production facilities and brought together world-class expertise to transform the Târnăveni plant in Romania into the most technologically advanced facility in Central Eastern Europe. Industrial services provider Bilfinger has played a significant role in the project by undertaking a comprehensive range […]
The seventh edition of Neversea, one of Europe’s largest beach music festivals, will not take place in 2025, the organizers announced. The event is now scheduled to return in 2026 in Constanța, Romania, after challenges in securing a suitable beach venue. Organizers from Untold Universe explained in a press release that they were unable to […]
The LIFE Metamorphosis project, carried out nationally by the ADEPT Transylvania Foundation in Romania and seeking to protect and reintroduce butterfly species that have lost their habitat in the rest of Europe, announced signs of progress this week. The project, which takes place between 2022 and 2029, aims to protect 15 species of butterflies by […]
The 2025 edition of Bucharest Sculpture Days opens on April 26 with a new theme that places the human body at the center of contemporary artistic debate. Titled #celălaltcorp (the other body), the exhibition explores how identity, trauma, politics, and technology reshape the understanding of the body in modern society, the organizers said. Running until […]
More than 2,200 applications for the new electronic identity cards have been submitted across Romania's Cluj County in the last month, according to an announcement from the Cluj County Council. Between March 20 and April 20, a total of 2,219 applications were recorded at public community services across the county. The Cluj-Napoca office received the […]
