The Commission decided today to send letters of formal notice to Poland and Romania for not correctly incorporating certain aspects of the Offshore Safety Directive (Directive 2013/30/EU) into their legal systems. In this Directive, the EU put in place a set of rules to help prevent accidents and respond promptly and efficiently should such accidents occur. Member States must ensure that companies to which they grant a licence for exploration or production are well financed and have the necessary technical expertise, and that they keep resources available to put them into operation when necessary. An independent authority needs to be in place in order to ensure that safety requirements are respected, as well as an adequate system to handle compensation claims in case of accident. Companies are fully liable for environmental damages caused to protected species and natural habitats. The Member States concerned have two months to address the shortcomings identified by the Commission. Otherwise, the Commission may decide to send a reasoned opinion.
PPC Renewables Romania has installed the first two turbines at what will become the largest wind farm in the country’s Moldova region, located in Vaslui county, the company announced. The Deleni wind farm will feature 23 turbines with a total installed capacity of 140 megawatts. Equipped with GE Vernova turbines of 6.1 MW each - […]
Three Romanian artists, Maia Ștefana Oprea, Alina Tofan, and Cătălin Rulea, have created new site-specific works inspired by the natural and cultural heritage of the Țara Hațegului UNESCO Global Geopark, to be showcased in Bucharest as part of the exhibition The Big Green: Soil. The show, running August 27 to September 14 at the “Dimitrie […]
Real estate developer Nusco has sold one-third of the villas in its new residential project, Nusco Green Homes, a premium sustainable housing compound north of Bucharest. Located in the town of Tunari, the EUR 30 million development includes 61 villas, of which 21 have already been sold, the company said. Marketed as the first fully […]
Romanian startup rentnbuy.com, a proptech platform connecting tenants and landlords, has officially launched on the local market after securing a EUR 550,000 pre-seed investment at a valuation of more than EUR 5 million. The company said it plans rapid expansion across Central and Eastern Europe, Ziarul Financiar reported. The platform, which...
Romania is set to transfer to Ukraine the 23rd military aid package since the start of the war, according to Ukrainian defense minister Denys Shmyhal. Romania “has already provided Ukraine with 22 military aid packages, and soon our soldiers will receive the 23rd,” the minister said in a Facebook post, without giving details about what […]
Romania is among the European countries with the lowest share of employees working overtime, according to data from Eurostat, the European statistics office. Therefore, in 2024, only 1.8% of Romanian employees aged between 20 and 64 declared that they had worked overtime. At the European Union level, 6.6% of employees worked long hours in 2024,
