Weeks of clashes between Romania's new prime minister Victor Ponta and President Traian Basescu over who should represent the country at the European Council came to a last minute conclusion on Thursday. Despite a Constitutional Court decision that going to the European Council was the President's job, Ponta went to Brussels anyway today and was admitted as Romania's representative. After a tense first half of day, President Basescu made press statements saying that he didn't go to Brussels in order to avoid "an awkward position" for Romania". And he said Romania was "legitimately present, but illegitimately represented at the European Council" this week.
Timișoara, the city in the western Romania region of Banat and a holder of the European Capital of Culture title in 2023, won the grand prize and has been named the Destination of the Year 2026 at this year's competition of the same, which aims to promote local tourism. This year’s edition of the competition […]
Greenvolt Next said that it signed a new agreement with Sam Mills to develop and operate a photovoltaic project for self-consumption of over 2 MW, integrated with a 10.03 MWh battery energy storage system. Greenvolt Next will invest more than EUR 2.6 million in this project, bringing the total value of renewable energy solutions implemented […]
The cinema of the Netherlands will have a dedicated section at the 25th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival, set to take place this June in Cluj-Napoca. Focus Netherlands, curated by Evgeny Gusyatinskiy, a member of the programming team of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), will cover both recent debut films presented at […]
Compari.ro, Romania’s leading price-comparison platform and part of the Heureka Group, announces the winners of the first local edition of the Shop of the Year 2025 competition, naming GymBeam as the grand winner of the edition. During the event held on May 14, a total of 20 awards were granted across three main categories — […]
Poland’s president Karol Nawrocki adopted a rescued bear during his visit to Romania for the Bucharest Nine (B9) Summit this week, Mediafax reported. The bear, now named Batyr, lives at the Libearty Bear Sanctuary near the town of Zărnești. The announcement was made on social media...
North Bucharest Investments (NBI) has been named “Best of the Best Real Estate Agency” at HOF Awards 2026, one of the most important benchmarks in the Central and Eastern European real estate industry, organized under the aegis of CIJ Europe. The distinction represents the highest level of recognition within the HOF Awards platform, bringing together […]
