The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found no issue with the trial process in Romania that saw former MEP Adrian Severin condemned to 4 years in jail for influence-peddling.
In 2011 the British weekly newspaper The Sunday Times published an article suggesting acts of corruption at the European Parliament, targeting several MEPs, Severin included. They met the MEP five separate times posing as representatives of a London-based consultancy and offered him EUR 100,000 annually in exchange...
Evrotrust, a leading European Qualified Trust Service Provider (QTSP), has raised EUR 6.6 million in growth funding from 3TS Capital Partners to expand its operations in Romania. The investment, made from 3TS’s recently closed EUR 111 million Fund IV, will help Evrotrust bring EU-grade digital identity, e-signatures, and remote onboarding solutions to local businesses and […]
NATO secretary general Mark Rutte will make his first official visit to Romania on Wednesday, November 5, where he will be received by president Nicușor Dan at the Cotroceni Palace, the Romanian Presidency announced. The announcement comes after
AROBS Transilvania Software (BVB: AROBS), the largest technology company listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, announced the acquisition of a 65% majority stake in Sibiu-based engineering company Gess Engineering. Gess Engineering develops and implements complex vehicle testing, validation, and integration solutions. The company provides end-to-end services, from engineering and design, prototype testing, and performance analysis, […]
eMAG, the largest online retailer in Romania, set its 15th edition of Black Friday on November 7. The company estimates sales this year at RON 940 million (EUR 184.7 million), RON 44 million more than the previous year. Overall, customers will have to choose from 100,000 televisions, 600,000 small household appliances, 1.5 million clothing items, […]
The Alliance for the Union of Romanians, or AUR, announced during a meeting on Monday, November 3, that it supports former TV presenter Anca Alexandrescu for the position of mayor of Bucharest. The elections will be held on December 7. The leadership of AUR decided unanimously to support Anca Alexandrescu, although she is not a […]
A former Royal Navy minehunter has arrived at the Port of Constanța on Monday, November 3, to join the Romanian Naval Forces, following a 41-day journey from the United Kingdom that covered more than 4,200 nautical miles. The vessel, now named M271 “Căpitan Constantin Dumitrescu,” is the second minehunter delivered to Romania under a government-to-government […]
