Romanian dominant oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania, the local unit of US giant ExxonMobil, have started drilling to extract oil from a joint field in the Black Sea, Petrom said in a statement Monday.
Romania’s anti-corruption prosecutors have indicted Timișoara Airport’s former general manager Iulian Daniel Idolu and five board members on charges of abuse of office, alleging they illegally extended Idolu’s mandate without a competitive selection process. The National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) said Iulian Daniel Idolu, who served as general manager of “Traian Vuia” Timișoara...
Romanian car rental company Klass Wagen said that it launched the Autozentrum brand and opened its first subsidiary in Germany, becoming the first Romanian company to sell used cars on the German market. The move marks the beginning of the Klass Wagen Autozentrum European network, through which the group intends to sell used cars directly […]
The Romanian men's tennis team defeated El Salvador 3-1 over the weekend of September 13-14 and secured a spot in the Davis Cup World Group I Play-offs. The tie between the two teams was played within World Group II. In the first match of the tie, Romanian Radu Țurcanu defeated Marcelo Arévalo, 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, […]
France has introduced a pilot program to teach Romanian as a mandatory foreign language in its public school system, marking the first such initiative in the country’s education sector, the Romanian Embassy in Paris announced. The project began at Collège Aimé et Eugénie Cotton in Blanc-Mesnil, a town in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, where many students […]
Romanian athlete Sabrina Maneca Voinea won the gold medal in the final floor exercise at the 2025 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup held in Paris. Voinea, who had also had the highest score in qualifications, namely 13.633, received 13.800 points for her final routine, earning the top spot. The silver medal went to the […]
An expected decision on prolonging the price capping mechanism for staple food, which expires at the end of September, may generate more tensions within Romania's four-party coalition. The Social Democrats (PSD) expressed firm views over the weekend, after the government's spokesperson, Ioana Dogioiu, on September 13 claimed that the non-prolongation decision was approved by all […]
