Italy's Ambassador in Bucharest, Alfredo M. Durante-Mangoni, said on Tuesday that there is an economic advantage to integrity, the rule of law and transparency.He spoke at the opening of "Italian Business Integrity Day" (IBID), an event organized by the Italian diplomatic mission in Bucharest.According to the ambassador, IBID is a courageous country brand initiative that highlights a new, innovative and sustainable business model.Durante-Mangoni stressed the importance of measures to prevent corruption and manage the risks of corruption. Anticorruption is an integral part of corporate governance, he added.Reputation is also a competitive advantage. Today, competition is based on sustainability standards. Sustainability includes integrity and anti-corruption measures, the ambassador said.He also pointed out the importance of cooperation between countries on these issues.The sharing of experiences is important, in the context in which both Romania and Italy face the challenge of the adequate and correct use of funds from the national recovery and resilience plans. It is important for Romania, with a view to joining the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, where anti-corruption and integrity standards play an important role, said Alfredo M. Durante-Mangoni.According to the Italian Embassy in Bucharest, the first edition of IBID in Romania aims to illustrate the best practices of Italian companies, the concrete experience of their organizational models for preventing corruption.Another goal is to emphasize that today, for a multinational society, integrity, corruption prevention and compliance have become essential components of its governance, part of its market strategy.
The 16th edition of Les Films de Cannes, the festival showcasing productions awarded or selected at the Cannes film festival, returns this fall to Bucharest and four other cities in the country. The winner of this year's Palme d'Or, Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident, will be screened at the event, as will be […]
Răsvan Angheluţă Natural Sciences Museum in Galaţi is scheduled to reopen on September 20, after the completion of modernization works worth over 15.1 million lei (approximately EUR 3 million) carried out by the County Council through the recovery and resilience facility PNRR. The building hosts an Aquarium, an Astronomical Observatory, a Planetarium, and temporary exhibitions. […]
A team of Romanian paramedics won first place at the World Rescue Challenge 2025, a competition that sees first responders and trauma teams from around the world develop new skills and share knowledge. This year, the competition took place in Karlovac, Croatia, and was attended by two Romanian paramedics from Bucharest who have been working […]
Artmark, one of Romania’s leading auction houses, registered record sales of over EUR 15 million despite economic instability, showing the growth potential of the national art market, according to the company’s 2024-2025 market report. Overall, auction sales totaled EUR 11 million, up 8.2% compared to the previous year, while sales through the “Dependent de Artă” […]
Cybersecurity has become a major global priority, impacting individual users, companies, organizations, and public institutions. Social engineering, deepfakes, digital manipulation, and coordinated geopolitical attacks are fundamentally reshaping how we view the digital future. In this context, DefCamp, the largest cybersecurity and hacking conference in Central and Eastern Europe, reaffirms its role as a strategic hub […]
Romanian airline AnimaWings has received its fifth Airbus aircraft, an A220-300, as part of an ambitious expansion plan to build a fleet of 18 planes by the end of 2027, valued at over USD 1 billion. The A220-300 is the airline’s third of this type and will serve both domestic and international routes. Configured with […]
