Seven former United States ambassadors to Romania signed a joint letter one week before the second round of the presidential elections on May 18, warning of the dangers posed by a pro-Putin president, G4media.ro...
The agreement whereby Ford Otosan, Europe’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, takes ownership of Ford’s Craiova plant has been successfully completed. With this agreement, Ford has transferred ownership of its Craiova plant, which produces vehicles and engines, to Ford Otosan, allowing the company to expand its operations internationally. This year, on 14 March, Ford announced that the Craiova plant will produce the new generation of the Courier model, both the Transit (freight) and Tourneo (passenger) variants, which will enter production in 2023, with an all-electric version from 2024. The Ford Puma, Ford’s best-selling passenger car in Europe, will also benefit from a fully electric version in 2024, to be produced at the Romanian plant. To support the launch of the next generation Courier, Ford Otosan today announces an EUR 490 million investment at its Craiova plant, to be implemented over the next three years. This will increase the total production capacity of the Craiova plant from 250,000 vehicles/year to 272,000 vehicles/year. Ford Otosan’s Craiova plant plays a key role in Ford’s electrification plans in Europe, and with this acquisition, the Romanian plant will benefit from Ford Otosan’s extensive experience and expertise in electrification, commercial vehicle design, engineering and manufacturing. Ford Otosan’s expertise and know-how in electrification, as seen in the recently launched flagship E-Transit model, will also be reflected in the electric vehicles that the company will produce in its Craiova plant. Ford also announces that, in the context of the transfer of ownership in Craiova, a new company – Ford Romania Services SRL – has been created to integrate the sales and marketing activities of Ford in Romania (National Sales Company), headed by Roxana Capata and Ford Business Solutions Center (FBS), headed by Dieter Rogmann. In addition, some additional European functions, such as Purchasing and Accounting Services, which operate from Craiova, will operate within Ford Romania Services.
Seven former United States ambassadors to Romania signed a joint letter one week before the second round of the presidential elections on May 18, warning of the dangers posed by a pro-Putin president, G4media.ro...
Romania won eight medals, namely two gold, two silver, and four bronze, at the Under-21 European Table Tennis Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. Eduard Ionescu and Darius Movileanu won gold in the men's doubles, after defeating the pair Andre Bertelsmeier (Germany) / Tiago Abiodun (Portugal) in the final with a score of 3-1. The win came […]
Bog’Art Residential, part of the Bog’Art Group, a developer of premium residential properties in Central and Northern Bucharest, acquired a plot of land in an ultra-central area of Bucharest and formed a strategic joint venture with a Spanish investor for the development of a boutique residential complex valued at about EUR 20 million. The project […]
One United Properties (BVB: ONE), Romania’s leading green developer of residential, mixed-use, and office real estate, recorded a turnover of EUR 70.7 mln in Q1 2025 and a gross profit of EUR 22.6 mln, while the net profit for the three months stood at EUR 19.3 mln. “The first quarter of 2025 unfolded in a […]
The Romanian team participating in the 2025 Asian Physics Olympiad, held in Saudi Arabia, achieved the remarkable performance of winning seven medals, namely two gold, two silver, and three bronze medals, as well as an honorable mention. The competition, now in its 25th edition, was held in Dhahran, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with […]
Interim president Ilie Bolojan said on Monday, May 12, that he would vote for independent candidate Nicușor Dan in the second round of Romania’s presidential election. Dan, the current mayor of Bucharest, runs against George Simion, the leader of the far-right party AUR, in the election scheduled for May 18. In an interview with