The Board of Banking Employers of Romania considers that the draft law on the sale of real estate properties is "unfair and wrong," the Board's Spokesman Bogdan Preda said on Tuesday. "We will absolutely take all the steps to highlight that this draft law is not only unfair but also wrong. We are witnessing here at helping investors, not social cases. This bill does not differentiate at all between the debtors with social problems and the debtors giving the bank the keys to their beach villas because they believe they have bought them for a high price and now their price is quite low," said Bogdan Preda. He added that all social cases that are no longer able to cover their loans had been included by the National Consumer Protection Authority in its draft law for implementing the European Union's Directive 17 in as early as this year's spring. "The consequence of this law will be increased cost of lending. (...) I believe that it is a bill aimed at solving mainly the problem of the people who hold many properties," concluded Preda.
Romanian deep-tech startup .lumen, the developer of what it says are the world’s first AI-powered glasses for the blind, has secured a new investment from EIT Urban Mobility, the European innovation community focused on advancing sustainable and inclusive urban mobility solutions. The value of the new funding round was not disclosed. The investment aligns with […]
The health spending per capita in Romania was the lowest in the EU, with spending less than half the EU average in 2023, the recently released report, State of Health in the EU - Romania Country Health Profile 2025, shows. At the same time, life expectancy in Romania is 5.1 years below the EU average, […]
Romania’s annual inflation rate stood at roughly 9.8% in November 2025, similar to October, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). Food prices increased by 7.6% last month, while services rose roughly 11% and non-food goods climbed 10.7%. The consumer price index rose by 0.42% in November compared with October, while […]
Three French soldiers deployed in Romania as part of NATO’s Multinational Battle Group at Cincu intervened to save a truck driver following a serious traffic accident on the A3 Bucharest–Ploiești motorway, the Romanian Ministry of Defense said. The incident occurred earlier this week as the soldiers were traveling toward Ploiești and witnessed the truck crash...
Eight contemporary art galleries will present the works of the artists they represent at the third edition of the Smallest Art Fair in Town, an event dedicated to works on paper. This edition showcases works “investigating the state of wandering, disorientation, and rediscovery in the face of uncertainty.” Under the title In Dark Woods, A […]
Parents everywhere are asking an important question: What skills will truly prepare a child for a world defined by rapid change, global uncertainty, and the rise of artificial intelligence? For decades, schools focused entirely on academics. Today, research from neuroscience, performance psychology, and leading universities shows a different reality: The students who thrive long-term are […]
