EximBank announced it concluded a financial accord of 21 million lei with Urbioled Iasi, a company producing, distributing and installing LED type sources and the financial package structured by the bank is meant to finance and current activity of the company. Urbioled is a company with 100% Romanian private capital. Set up in 2013, the company began its activity as distributor of street lighting installations and later on became a producer and integrator of LED type lighting systems and supplier of intelligent and energy efficient mounting services in the field of street lighting with LED technology. At the same time, Urbio Romania is an important player in the renewable energy market, especially photovoltaic energy systems. Studies show that a complete transition to LED lighting leads to the drop of electricity consumption and implicitly of gas emissions with greenhouse effects by 40%, the reduction of the number of traffic accidents during the night, especially those in which pedestrians are involved, discouraging night crimes and the development of a feeling of safety and civilization among citizens. Urbioled manufactures, distributes and implements Eco efficient alternate lighting solution. The company was set up in 2013 dealing mainly with trade with electronic parts and equipment based on LED technology, imported from Europe and beyond. In 2016 the company became a producer of lighting equipment and entered the mounting service segment. In 2019 Urbioled built a new production unit in Moreni, Dambovita. The factory was commissioned in December 2020 with an annual production capacity of over 100,000 lighting units. As of 2019, the company started another project with European funds in the field of research for the development of NEOS system, a state-of-the art product that includes solutions for parking, public lighting with automatic intensity, multifunctional pillar with video supervision, electric vehicle charging, sensors that monitor temperature, noise, air pressure and wind intensity, with an investment of at least 5 million euros.
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu will be part of the jury that will judge the films in the main competition of this year’s Venice Film Festival - Venezia 82. The jury, headed by American director Alexander Payne, includes French director and screenwriter Stéphane Brizé, Italian director and screenwriter Maura Delpero, Iranian director and writer Mohammad Rasoulof, Brazilian actress, writer, and […]
Romania continues to face significant prison overcrowding, according to the Council of Europe’s latest data, released on Friday, July 18. The 2024 Annual Penal Statistics on Prison Populations (SPACE I) show that Romania is among six countries in Europe with severe overcrowding, housing 116 inmates for every 100 available places. The report, which...
Chris Hemsworth returns to Disney+ in August with a new season of the National Geographic documentary series Limitless, this time focused not just on longevity, but on discovering how to live better. Titled Limitless: Live Better Now, the three-part season follows Hemsworth through physical, emotional, and mental challenges across six countries, with one standout episode […]
The Black Sea 200 Regatta 2025, Romania’s first non-stop offshore regatta with a 200 nautical mile route, takes place between July 21 and 27. Now in its first edition, the event brings together more than 10 boats from Romania and Bulgaria, according to the organizers. The endurance course will start and finish in the Romanian […]
The National Environmental Guard has fined an illegally operating zoo in Dâmbovița county, southern Romania, a total of RON 120,000 following a joint inspection that uncovered serious violations, including the lack of environmental authorization and inadequate conditions for wild animals kept in captivity. The zoo was reportedly charging RON 50 per person for entry and […]
The National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC) and engineering company Enevo Group have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to strengthen cybersecurity in Romania’s energy sector. The partnership aims to test and develop monitoring and alerting technologies for cyberattacks, and to improve national response coordination to incidents affecting critical infrastructure, the companies said. The agreement focuses on sharing […]
