Energy company OMV Petrom will acquire from RNV Infrastructure a 50% stake in Electrocentrale Borzesti, which holds approximately 1 GW capacity of renewable projects, out of which 950 MW wind and 50 MW photovoltaic. The projects will be further developed, built and operated in partnership with RNV Infrastructure, the company said.
Furthermore, OMV Petrom will fully acquire Renovatio Asset Management, the owner of the largest network of electric vehicle...
The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) published its detailed ruling (motivation) on the magistrates’ pensions law on November 7. This should trigger the Government’s procedures for re-launching the law, according to statements by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan and Social Democrat leader Sorin Grindeanu, who argue for different strategies. While PM Bolojan wants the same bill […]
Romania’s state-controlled electricity distribution and supply company Electrica (BVB: EL) has submitted a non-binding offer for the acquisition of Distribuție Energie Oltenia (DEO), the electricity distribution company controlled by the Macquarie investment fund, according to
The Government of Romania, through its seaport company Administratia Porturilor Maritime (CNAMP), is close to buying Moldova's largest port, Giurgiulesti (PILG), from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), announced Romania's Minister of Transport, Ciprian Șerban, speaking for
Bucharest’s Grigore Antipa Museum of Natural History is now offering an audio guide in Ukrainian. The guide, made in a partnership with Ukraine’s Embassy to Romania, adds to the museum’s existing ones in Romanian, English, and Turkish. The project is part of an initiative started by Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, and rolled out in […]
The remains of Grigore Alexandru Ghica, a prince of Moldavia in the second half of the 19th century, have been brought back to Romania from France’s Le Mée-sur-Seine this past weekend. After lying in state at Cotroceni Palace, the headquarters of the Romanian Presidency, the coffin with his remains will travel to Focşani and Iaşi, […]
Representatives of the ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD, gathered for a congress in Bucharest on Friday, November 7, to elect new leadership and to amend the party’s Statute. The only candidate for party leader is Sorin Grindeanu, who held the interim position after Marcel Ciolacu's resignation in May. In his speech at the congress, Sorin […]
