Romanian opposition parties, the President and representatives of the civil society have been protesting to what they called an abuse against Romanian voters in the Diaspora, who could not vote in the EP elections and, in some cases, were forced away from polling stations as polls closed on Sunday evening.
Soulmates Ventures, a Prague-based Venture Capital (VC) firm, is strengthening its commitment to sustainable innovation with a EUR 50 million fund, increasing initial investments to up to EUR 3 million per startup, with follow-on funding totalling up to EUR 5 million to ensure long-term support. Investing under Article 9 of the SFDR, the accelerator and […]
The Public Transport Company of Timișoara (STPT), a major city in western Romania, said it will discontinue its electric scooter service, TroTM, starting this year. The decision comes due to concerns about the service’s efficiency and economic sustainability. Despite initial expectations, the TroTM service has seen limited usage, with only 350 users per month and […]
The Environmental Guard has fined Bucharest City Hall RON 100,000 (over EUR 20,000) for failing to implement several environmental measures, particularly regarding air quality and green space management. The sanction follows repeated inspections that revealed the municipality’s failure to comply with previous directives, according to the official announcement. One of the major issues identified is […]
The Babuk cybercrime network claims to have breached the system of the French telecommunications company Orange again on March 17, after the February 23 security breach, and stolen massive amounts of data. Now, the hackers threaten to make some of it public. In February, Romania’s National Cybersecurity Directorate, or DNSC, reported that the breach impacted […]
The isolationist far-right candidate, be it George Simion or Anamaria Gavrila, would win the first round of the presidential elections – but not at a wide margin, and either of them would lose in the second round against Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan, according to a poll carried out by AtlasIntel for
The Ministry of Energy has mandated state-controlled Romgaz (BVB: SNG), the largest natural gas producer in Romania, to evaluate the takeover of the largest fertilizer production plant for Romanian agriculture, Azomureș, energy minister Sebastian Burduja said, according to
