Net investments in the national economy exceeded 48.513 billion lei in the first half of 2021, up by 10.6%, compared to the same period last year, informs the National Institute of Statistics (INS).In the second quarter of this year, the net investments made in the national economy amounted to 28.352 billion lei, up by 12.2%, compared to the second quarter of 2020.In the first six months of 2021, there were increases in investments in all structural elements: new construction works up by 15.2% (to 28.553 billion lei), equipment (including means of transport) up by 7.3% (to 15.675 billion lei) and other expenses up by 1.3% (to 4.284 billion lei).In the second quarter of 2021 too, compared to the same period last year, the advance was registered for all structural elements: new construction works by 19.8% (to 17.695 billion lei), equipment (including means of transport) by 2.6% (to 8.513 billion lei) and at other expenses by 1.9% (to about 2.234 billion lei).
In the context in which agri-food systems are responsible for almost one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, Auchan Romania assumes an active role in the transition of its supply chain toward a more sustainable model. At the second edition of the Climate Supplier Event, organized under the aegis of the Climate Change Summit, the […]
Janiva Magness, the winner of seven Blues Music Awards following 26 nominations, and nominated for a Grammy for a career spanning 17 albums, is set to perform at the 14th edition of the Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival, which will take place between August 14–16, 2026. Magness is one of the most valuable and influential […]
Auction house Artmark announced a major auction for this winter featuring an engraving created by Francisco Goya, the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Romania's late communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu received this gift from King Juan Carlos I as a gesture of diplomacy. The engraving entitled “The Engagement – Capricho […]
Authorities managing Romania's Bicaz Gorges–Hășmaș National Park has built a fish ladder system on the Bicaz River, which will allow protected species to migrate and reproduce. There are several bridges and small bridge structures in the Bicaz River that have a “bottom sill,” meaning small waterfalls. Fish that do not jump like the trout cannot […]
The far-right opposition parties in the Romanian Parliament are set to file a motion of no confidence against the government headed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The motion, authored by senator Ninel Peia of the Peace – Romania First group, is specifically aimed at the reformist party Save Romania Union (USR), and is entitled “Romania […]
Romania's iconic rock singer Adrian Pleșca, known as “Artan,” died on Tuesday, December 2, after a fatal stroke, at the age of 64. The artist founded the well-known band “Timpuri Noi” in 1982 and “Partizan” in 2001, and was popular on the Romanian rock scene. Over the years, he left and returned to the two bands. Several […]
