Companies have activated approximately 600 ads for Ukrainian citizens, totalling 1,800 jobs, in just two weeks, since the BestJobs recruiting platform introduced the special tag "Ukrainian friendly UA" by which employers can highlight the jobs appropriate for them, according to a press release sent on Monday.Most jobs are in telecommunications (18%), technical & engineering (23%), sales (8%), accounting (8%) and HoReCa (6%).Thus, BestJobs is expanding its support for Ukrainian jobseekers, encouraging employers to open Ukrainian friendly positions by offering free ads on the specially-created page.According to the quoted source, BestJobs has identified the needs of refugees in having electronic equipment in order to work or keep in touch with family, reason for which it invites partner companies to donate mobile phones, tablets, laptops and other functional equipment that will reach Ukrainian citizens in need.For this initiative, BestJobs is in contact with the local NGOs involved in the process to help the victims of the conflict in Ukraine, which can logistically support the storage and distribution of donations, in order to come to the aid of Ukrainian refugees.
President Nicușor Dan stated on Monday, November 10, that Romania meets all the conditions to become an innovation and production hub in the defense industry in Southeast Europe. “Romania meets all the conditions to become an innovation and production hub in the defense industry in Southeast Europe. Why? First of all, because it has a […]
Officials in the mountain resort town of Râșnov, central Romania, have issued an urban planning certificate for the transformation of a Boeing 737 airplane into a premium accommodation unit. The plane will be placed near the famous Bran Castle, and organizers expect it to become a tourist attraction. “The project is located in the Pănicel […]
Traffic (Jaful Secolului), a Romania-Belgium-Netherlands co-production directed by Belgian-Romanian director Teodora Ana Mihai from a screenplay by Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu, has received the award for best film at the Tertio Millennio International Film Festival in Rome. The jury of the festival noted in its motivation the film's "ability to combine formal rigor and human […]
The Romanian Justice Ministry advanced a legislative initiative according to which femicide could be punished with life imprisonment. The proposal comes after numerous women were killed this year by former partners, despite protection orders. The debate about femicide in Romania was brought back to the fore after another tragedy took place on Saturday, November 9, […]
Cultural center Apollo111, located in downtown Bucharest’s Universul Palace, has announced the program of arthouse films Apollo111 Cinema. The performance venue of Apollo 111 has been refurbished and endowed for professional film screenings. It will run a weekly program of contemporary and classic auteur films, meetings with filmmakers, and an experimental area, meant to “explore […]
Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer Xiaomi announced the official opening of its first own store in Romania, in Bucharest, inside the ParkLake shopping center, on the ground floor, on November 22. The new store will have a surface area of 150 square meters and will bring to the public the latest smartphones, accessories, and smart devices […]
