The Romanian Academy announces the creation this year, in Bucharest, of an Academia Europaea regional center, a community of the esteemed pan-European institution that brings together science and art personalities from across Europe.The announcement was made by Romanian Academy President Ioan-Aurel Pop at the event "The Romanian national project in the horizon of the 21st century", which took place on Wednesday at the Grand Hall of the Romanian Academy, the institution's Communication Office said.Coordinated by Academia Europaea and the Romanian Academy, the center will be called the Academia Europaea Bucharest Regional Knowledge Hub and aims to be a dynamic forum for the exchange of ideas between Romanian and foreign researchers and academics, mobilizing in an institutional infrastructure the intellectual resources that will identify the way how intellectual and cultural traditions can be not only preserved, but reinterpreted through a contemporary perspective."Providing a framework and an impetus for advanced research in social sciences and humanities, stimulating interdisciplinary collaboration capable of enriching the academic dialogue and influencing the climate of opinion, the center will encourage the analysis of the impact of social and economic transformations on cultural and identity structures in the new era," the cited source said.The center's mission is to integrate various academic disciplines that address the problems of the 21st century and to stimulate the contribution of social and humanistic fields to a better understanding of the future of culture, identity and intellectual integrity in Europe.By establishing a thematic agenda, the center seeks to play a significant role in the debates on common contemporary issues and the European cultural future, in the context where Europe, just like the rest of the world, is facing rapid changes generated by globalization and unprecedented technological transformations, the Romanian Academy said.
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 […]
