The National Road Infrastructure Management Company (CNAIR) sent on Friday to the National Agency for Public Procurement (ANAP), for validation, the documentation for the contract necessary to develop the feasibility study on the basis of which the second bridge will be built that will ensure the link between Giurgiu and Ruse, Bulgaria, announced general manager Cristian Pistol, on his Facebook page.The maximum duration allocated to the development of the feasibility study is 23 months from the moment the contract begins."The designer will have to find the optimal solution for this new cross-border bridge to ensure the connection between both the road and railway infrastructure between the two countries. After it is built, this new Danube bridge (the third between Romania and Bulgaria) will ensure both countries a greater potential for economic development, both at the regional and European level, on the north-south axis," said the head of the CNAIR.The contract is financed by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF 2)."After the validation of the award documentation, we will publish the notice of participation in the auction, within which we will also set the deadline for the submission of offers," added Pistol.
Romania’s Craiova has been named the best Christmas market in Europe 2026 after securing a record number of votes in the annual competition run by European Best Destinations. The results were announced on Thursday evening, November 27, following a week of online voting. This year, 803,258 travellers from 179 countries have voted and shared their passion on […]
Participation in cultural education activities continues to be limited, with the main barriers being difficult access, insufficient knowledge, and cost, the recently released Cultural Consumption Barometer 2024 shows. The report showed that many Romanians still associate culture with entertainment rather than with personal development or furthering their knowledge. The need for relaxation dominates in cultural […]
Roughly 84% of Romanians say that the pace of the state’s digitalization is slow or very slow, according to an Edge Institute & AtlasIntel study presented at the Digital Governance Summit 2025, which took place on Tuesday, November 25, at the presidential palace in Bucharest. The survey aims to capture the way citizens relate to […]
Romania’s Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) issued a negative opinion on the new bill regarding magistrates’ pensions. The move is only the latest development concerning a heated issue that led to tensions between the executive and the judiciary branch. CSM’s opinion is consultative, and the government led by Ilie Bolojan can still take responsibility for […]
Romania took the presidency of the Central European Initiative (or CEI) on Wednesday, November 26, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The organization is a regional intergovernmental forum established in 1989, following the fall of the Berlin Wall. It gathers 17 Member States in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe […]
Trade between Romania and Poland continues to grow, with annual bilateral exchanges in goods now valued at more than EUR 12 billion, according to figures presented by the Polish-Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PRBCC). The data was released during a reception in Bucharest marking Poland’s Independence Day and Romania’s National Day. Polish investments […]
