Romania's President Nicusor Dan on Thursday met President of the European Council Antonio Costa on the first day of a European summit."Delighted to start my participation at EUCO with an exchange of views with President Antonio Costa on the main topics of today's summit. I reassured President Costa on Romania's commitment to work with EU institutions and member states for a stronger, safer and more competitive EU," Dan wrote in a social media post.At the same time, he added that, at Romania's request, the European Council will reaffirm the EU's support for Moldova ahead of an EU-Moldova summit and will welcome the adoption of the EU-Black Sea strategy."On European security and defense, Romania is ready to be part of the EU initiatives in order to consolidate our European defense industry. We will also continue our support for Ukraine amidst a challenging international context and discuss the current situation in the Middle East. EU's competitiveness and its role as a reliable global actor will be addressed," Dan wrote in a separate social media post.Dan participates on Thursday and Friday in the European Council meeting that takes place in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo:https://www.presidency.ro/)
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 […]
The e-commerce sector recorded strong early results on Black Friday 2025, according to real-time data released on Friday, November 7, by PayU GPO Romania from its dedicated Media Center. By 14:10, the payment processor reported successful transactions totaling RON 514 million (roughly EUR 101 million). PayU said shoppers had made roughly 889,000 purchases, with around […]
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InterCapital ETF, the first international ETF provider in Romania, will launch two new exchange-traded funds on the Bucharest Stock Exchange starting November 11, 2025. The new instruments are the InterCapital CROBEX10 TR UCITS ETF, which offers exposure to the Croatian blue-chip equity market by tracking the performance of the CROBEX10tr index, and the InterCapital EUR […]
The Competition Councils of Romania, Bulgaria, and the Republic of Moldova have granted the necessary authorizations and approvals for the completion of the transaction through which Maspex Romania takes over the majority shareholding of Purcari Wineries. The Maspex Group, which has been present in Romania for nearly 30 years, became the majority shareholder of one […]
