Head of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU) Raed Arafat announced on Monday that Romania has received another 350 oxygen concentrators from the RescEU medical stockpile of the Netherlands."Several countries host the RescEU medical reserve. Romania was the first to do this with ventilators and masks. We needed oxygen concentrators, as per the call we released, and the country that had this stockpile was the Netherlands; the first time 200 concentrators were sent to Romania from the Netherlands, under the European Civil Protection Mechanism. (...) Now it has been decided for Romania to tap into the reserve for another 350 concentrators. Thus, from the RescEU stockpile in the Netherlands, which is fully financed by the European Commission, we have so far obtained 550 concentrators," Raed Arafat said at the National Intervention Coordination and Management Center in Ciolpani on the occasion of the arrival of the supplies provided by the Netherlands.The health senior official added that the first oxygen concentrators will be dispatched to Bucharest hospitals."We are also waiting for other equipment to arrive from other states," the DSU head said.
American cryptocurrency-based prediction market Polymarket, a platform where investors can place bets on various future events, predicts that the candidate of the PSD-PNL-UDMR ruling coalition in Romania, Crin Antonescu, is likely to win the presidential elections with his odds at 36%. As regards the first round, Polymarket predicts far-right candidate George Simion (AUR) would dominate […]
Some 51% of the Romanians say they are in favor of progressive taxation of salaries and accession to the euro. Meanwhile, 44% agree with reunification with the Republic of Moldova, according to a recent survey conducted by AtlasIntel for Hotnews.ro. According to the poll, only 4% of Romanians agree with Romania's exit...
BICO Industries, a construction materials producer controlled by the ROCA Industry holding with 60%, has signed a contract with the Environmental Funds Administration (AFM) to finance the construction of a factory for the production of non-woven fiberglass material by recycling fiberglass waste resulting both from its current activity (production of fiberglass mesh for reinforcing thermal […]
Biopharma Plasma of Ukraine is reportedly preparing the construction of a factory in western Romania at Oradea, where it would produce medicines by processing plasma, according to Economedia.ro and
Hungarian railway company Train Europe has acquired a 76% stake in Romanian rolling stock manufacturer Petroutilaj-3DRD from French firm Chemins de Fer Départementaux (CFD), Ziarul Financiar reported in April, citing a transaction finalised in January 2025. The acquisition marks a strategic expansion...
In a comment to the Eurostat releasing Romania's public deficit under the ESA methodology at 9.3% of GDP, the Ministry of Finance affirmed its commitment to stick with the 7%-of-GDP deficit target for this year and with the 7-year fiscal consolidation plan agreed with the European Commission under the Excessive deficit procedure. "Romania reaffirms its […]
