​Romanians vote in local elections on Sunday which comes with a first for the country's democratic process - mayors are now elected in a single, uninominal, winner-takes-all round. The poll comes at the end of a dull electoral campaign and is expected to be influenced by huge voter apathy. The campaign has been felt in a limited number of cities, where candidates of the governing parties and of the opposition are close in the top of the polls. The battle is closest in the cities of Cluj, Braila and Craiova, as well as in Bucharest Districts 3 and 6.
The Climb Again Center in Nucșoara, Argeș County, Romania’s first facility dedicated entirely to therapy through sport and paralympic training for children and young people with disabilities, is now powered by renewable energy. The project was made possible through a partnership between the Romanian Association for Green Energy and Sustainable Development (AREVDD), part of Simtel […]
Tunnelling machines completed the first tunnel segment between the future Tokyo and Băneasa Airport subway stations on Tuesday, August 19. The segment is part of the line connecting central Bucharest to its main airports - Băneasa and further on to Otopeni - in the north of the city. Romanian transport minister Ciprian Șerban, who visited the […]
RetuRO, the operator of Romania’s Deposit-Return System - SGR, has launched a pilot project in two of the capital’s parks that lets people leave their bottles, PET containers, and cans in special compartments attached to public trash bins so others can collect them and reclaim the deposit. The initiative, now in place in Kiseleff and […]
UniCredit announced that it finalized the merger of its Romanian subsidiary with Alpha Bank Romania, creating one of the largest financial institutions in the country and marking a new milestone in the group's growth strategy. The newly combined bank has 11% market share in assets, 13% in loans (UniCredit Consumer...
Romania's largest ruling party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD), broadly agrees with the reforms proposed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan (Liberal Party PNL), although there are some details still to be tackled, PSD interim president Sorin Grindeanu said after the party leadership's weekly meeting of August 18,
Romanian retail chain Annabella, developed by local entrepreneurs, took over 82 Profi stores and 5 Mega Image stores in a deal aimed at facilitating the expansion of the Mega Image retail chain that took over Profi from MidEuropa Partners for EUR 1.3 billion, Profit.ro...
