Romania should improve performance versus targets and objectives of Digital Decade to stimulate competitiveness, resilience, sovereignty and the promotion of European values and climate action, according to a European Commission analysis. The community executive released on Tuesday the second report on the stage of the evolution of the digital decade, offering an overall comprehensive image of the progress made in attempting to reach digital objectives and targets established for 2030 in the policy program concerning the digital decade (DDPP). As for basic digital competences, EC recommends Romania to continue measures to improve and train labor force and to continue improving the quality and relevance of courses and the way of teaching in the field of digital competences. As for 5G coverage, Romania should make additional efforts to back a higher a,bition level for the 5G target, considering the importance for the future competitiveness of EU and Romania based on the present positive tendency. In the field of small company digitization, EC asks Romania to intensify actions to digitize businesses, starting with supplying an overall image of available support mesures and identifying potential shortcomings in satisfying existing needs, as well as by ensuring the good functioning of European centers for digital innovation (EDIH). Moreover, the country should expand support measures for a sector of information and communications technology (TIC) stimulated by expenses in the research-development segment (R&D). Romania should also take into account additional measures to keep specialists in the field of information and communications technology at home, EC recommends.
Bucharest is one of the best cities for artificial intelligence startups, according to the Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2024 report by StartupBlink, quoted by Economedia.ro. However, only one Romanian startup, unicorn UiPath, seems to lead the country's capital city to this top. Romania has entered...
Former Romanian journalist Radu Budeanu, currently owner of the Titluri Quality, which includes the Cancan tabloid, the Gândul, general daily, and the ProSport sports daily, has purchased major local news agency Mediafax and its media products: the website, photo agency, and news feed. The transaction was agreed on January 8, 2025, according to Mediafax. ...
Romania’s imports of goods advanced by 2.8% y/y to EUR 126 billion in 12 months to November, driven by robust domestic demand for consumption and investments, while the exports contracted by 1.5% y/y to EUR 92 billion in the same 12-month period, according to data published by the statistics office INS. The trade deficit in […]
The retail sales volume increased by 8.6% y/y in November and 7.9% y/y in the 12 months to November 2024, according to data published by the statistics office INS. Although the figures are broadly in line with the overall macro landscape (robust growth of households' income, imports rising faster than exports), there is an unusual […]
Romania was formally designated the 43rd country to join the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP) on Friday, January 10. According to the Romanian ambassador to Washington, Andrei Muraru, Romanian citizens will be able to travel to the US without the need for a visa starting March 31, 2025. "Romania becomes the first country in the […]
Cluj-Napoca, the city in Romania with some of the highest rents and a fast-growing IT industry, is closer to banning smoking in playgrounds and parks after mayor Emil Boc expressed his support for the measure. The mayor cited the prioritization of public health as the reason behind such a ban. He mentioned that he has […]
