The Bulgarian vice-minister of transport and communications, Nikolai Naidenov and the first collaborator with the Romanian Embassy to Bulgaria, Bogdan Tebrean reached an agreement on easing cross-border traffic, announced on Thursday the Bulgarian ministry, quoted by BTA.The officials discussed ways to facilitate the crossing through the Bulgarian-Romanian border crossing points, especially in the summer, analyzed the technical state of the infrastructure and considered setting up a ferry service between Ruse and Giurgiu. The meeting took place at the initiative of Minister of Transport and Communications Nikolai Sabev. Naidenov proposed that only the Bulgarian party get border control for the future ferry line Ruse-Giurgiu, so that the service be launched immediately.Tebrean attributed bottlenecks in cross-border traffic to a 250% increase in heavy truck traffic compared to last year and a stricter control of migrants.Discussing about the construction of several bridges between Bulgaria and Romania to cross the Danube, Naidenov said that this is an option to minimize the concentration of trucks at cross-border points. He reiterated the Bulgarian opinion that feasibility studies for new bridges should be made simultaneously in five localities.At present, the Bulgarian and Romanian Danube banks are connected through two bridges and three ferry lines.
Céline Gauer, the director general of the Recovery and Resilience Task Force (or RECOVER) at the European Commission, arrived in Romania on Tuesday, July 15, to meet with officials regarding the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, or PNRR. As the coordinator of the PNRR, which offers funding in the form of advantageous […]
Aluminium producer ALRO, a subsidiary of Vimetco PLC from Cyprus, celebrated 28 years on the Romanian stock exchange (BVB) and 60 years of uninterrupted industrial activity. Its market capitalization has increased nearly 21 times since its listing and now exceeds RON 1 billion. The company’s history began with the first batch of Romanian aluminium, on June […]
Something is quietly shifting in Romania. In places where paperwork, patchy Wi-Fi, and long queues once ruled, change is starting to show. Towns are more connected, cities are getting smarter, and essential services are beginning to live online, not in line. A tidal wave of digitisation is common to other areas of the globe, that’s […]
Several segments in Romania's A7 and A8 highway projects have lost funding from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) due to project delays, the minister of investments and European projects, Dragoș Pîslaru, announced on Tuesday, July 15, as reported by Biziday.ro. He did not specify which segments of these highways were affected. The statement […]
Real estate developer Redport and businessman Dan Șucu officially inaugurated the showroom for their latest residential project, Vitality Est, and announced the start of construction work on the site near Pantelimon Park and Lake in eastern Bucharest. The project, estimated at EUR 50 million, will include 500 apartments and 400 square meters of commercial space. […]
According to an analysis from real estate consultant Colliers based on National Bank of Romania data, Romanians spent more than EUR 3 billion on international travel in the first four months of 2025, 15% more than in the same period of 2024. If the current pace continues, Romanians’ spending on foreign holidays and business travel […]
