Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) on Thursday evening reported that 41 Romanian citizens and their family members left the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing into Egypt on their way to the capital city of Cairo."On Thursday, after complex efforts of the Inter-institutional Task Force, through the Romanian Embassy in Cairo and the Romanian Representative Office in Ramallah, a number of 41 Romanian citizens and their family members left the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, on their way to Cairo. So far, a group of 93 Romanian citizens and their family members have arrived in Romania. Those 41 Romanian citizens and their families were picked up from the Rafah border crossing by a team of the Rapid Reaction Unit of the MAE Task Force and representatives of the Romanian Embassy in Egypt. They will be accompanied to Cairo by a second mobile team of the MAE Task Force. The evacuees are going to arrive in Romania soon," according to MAE.MAE is said to continue its dialogue with the Israeli and Egyptian authorities in order to facilitate the evacuation of the other citizens, depending on the developments on the ground and the agreement of the parties involved.At the same time, a mobile consular team with the MAE Task Force, equipped with mobile means of providing consular assistance, remains available in the area of the Rafah crossing to provide further consular assistance.According to MAE, the security state of play in the region remains complex and volatile, which implies constant adaptation of the evacuation plans, depending on factors on the ground, so that the safety of the evacuees is not endangered.
Representatives of the ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD, gathered for a congress in Bucharest on Friday, November 7, to elect new leadership and to amend the party’s Statute. The only candidate for party leader is Sorin Grindeanu, who held the interim position after Marcel Ciolacu's resignation in May. In his speech at the congress, Sorin […]
The e-commerce sector recorded strong early results on Black Friday 2025, according to real-time data released on Friday, November 7, by PayU GPO Romania from its dedicated Media Center. By 14:10, the payment processor reported successful transactions totaling RON 514 million (roughly EUR 101 million). PayU said shoppers had made roughly 889,000 purchases, with around […]
Contakt Express Logistik, one of Romania’s leading retailers of mobile phone and tablet accessories, with a network of over 235 stores, is set to launch the initial public offering (IPO) between November 12 and December 3, 2025. The company offers a wide range of products, including cases, screen protectors, chargers, and gadgets, both in physical […]
Romania attracts fewer international tourists today than it did during the communist era, making it the only country in Europe in this situation, the National Association of Travel Agencies (ANAT) warned, as reported by news agency Agerpres. According to the organization, Romania received more than 3.4...
InterCapital ETF, the first international ETF provider in Romania, will launch two new exchange-traded funds on the Bucharest Stock Exchange starting November 11, 2025. The new instruments are the InterCapital CROBEX10 TR UCITS ETF, which offers exposure to the Croatian blue-chip equity market by tracking the performance of the CROBEX10tr index, and the InterCapital EUR […]
The Competition Councils of Romania, Bulgaria, and the Republic of Moldova have granted the necessary authorizations and approvals for the completion of the transaction through which Maspex Romania takes over the majority shareholding of Purcari Wineries. The Maspex Group, which has been present in Romania for nearly 30 years, became the majority shareholder of one […]
