A Romanian politician who has received a sentence for election fraud is attempting to set up meetings with US Vice President Mike Pence and House speaker Paul Ryan, according to official Department of Justice documents quoted by legistorm.com, a website monitorin Congress and lobby activities. The report recalls that the leader of Romania's governing Social Democrats (PSD), Liviu Dragnea, who is also speaker of the House of Deputies, has received a sentence for attempting to fraud a referendum to dismiss the President of Romania. On Friday morning, Liviu Dragnea dismissed info of any contract between the PSD and any lobby company of the kind mentioned in the report.
Digitail, a provider of AI-powered practice management software for veterinary clinics, has raised USD 23 million in a series B funding led by Five Elms Capital. Existing investors Atomico, Partech, Byfounders, Gradient, and others also participated. This brings the company's total investment to over USD 37 million. The investment will enable Digitail to accelerate product […]
President Nicușor Dan intervened in the conflict sparked between recently-appointed deputy prime minister Oana Gheorghiu and the Superior Council of Magistracy, or CSM. The latter filed a criminal complaint against the former, after Gheorghiu stated that the magistrates’ pensions have to be cut. Specifically, Oana Gheorghiu stated during an interview on Digi24 that she understands […]
Romania’s former head of the Environmental Guard, Octavian Berceanu, has claimed he was offered a EUR 10 million bribe to intervene in a defense-related commercial deal, he revealed in an interview with Europa FM. According to Berceanu, the offer came...
Romania’s automobile output declined by 2.7% year-on-year in the first ten months of 2025 to 453,955 units, according to data published by the Romanian Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACAROM). Of the total, 245,765 cars were produced at Automobile Dacia’s Mioveni plant, marking a 5% decrease compared to the same period in 2024. Production at Ford Otosan’s […]
The Government intends to submit a new disbursement request for an amount exceeding EUR 2.5 billion in grants under the Resilience Facility by the end of November, prime minister Ilie Bolojan announced in a Facebook post, as cited by G4media...
Romania’s trade in goods posted a EUR 7.75 billion deficit in Q3, 7.6% smaller compared to the same period in 2024, according to data published by the statistics office INS. The trade gap expanded by 10.9% year-over-year (y/y) to EUR 16.7 billion in H1. It is still premature to conclude that fiscal consolidation has a […]
