Huge traffic jams snarled central Madrid Thursday, as Spain’s first general strike in more than a year kicked off with nine people slightly injured in demonstrations, including police officers, the Interior Ministry said, quoted by CNN.Interior Ministry official Cristina Diaz said 58 people had been detained. The cause was not immediately clear. Dozens of union [...]
Seven Romanian galleries will be present this year at viennacontemporary, the international contemporary art fair held in Vienna between September 11 and September 14. Catinca Tăbăcaru Gallery, Jecza Gallery, Sandwich, Sector 1 Gallery, and Suprainfinit will take part in the event’s Galleries section, Himera Gallery in the Emerging section, and Case 101 in the Zone1 […]
Twenty-five startups have been selected for the green startup accelerator Romania ClimAccelerator, Impact Hub Bucharest announced. The program supports the development of green startups that propose innovative solutions in areas such as urban mobility, renewable energy, climate-smart agriculture, sustainable cities, circular economy, industrial emissions reduction, environmental education, and responsible consumption. The accelerator, now in its […]
American author Brianna Wiest, known worldwide for her inspirational books including The Mountain Is You and 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think, will visit Romania for the first time this month, publisher Nemira announced. The writer, whose works have sold millions of copies in more than 40 languages, will appear in Bucharest […]
Apex Alliance Hotel Management has appointed Tadas Ėvaltas as general manager of The Marmorosch Bucharest, Autograph Collection. He takes over from Aušra Lučinskaitė, who is continuing her career at a luxury hotel in Budapest after a four-year tenure in the Romanian capital. In his more than six years at the Hilton Garden Inn Vilnius, Tadas […]
Orange Romania announced on Tuesday, September 9, the launch of SCUT, a new cybersecurity company designed to provide unified, international-standard protection for businesses and critical infrastructure amid rising digital threats. SCUT – short for Securitate Cibernetică Unificată în Telecomunicații (Unified Cybersecurity in Telecommunications) – aims to shield companies from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks through an integrated […]
Every Can Counts analysis on RetuRo data shows that Romania has made remarkable progress in aluminium can recycling. In July, the returning rate reached 78%, while the overall recycling rate for this year remains steady at over 70%, more than double compared to two years ago, when official EU data registered a 35% recycling rate […]
