In 2020, 5.9% of people in the EU reported not having enough daylight in their dwelling, meaning their dwelling seemed too dark and was viewed as a problem for the household. Access to daylight in dwellings helps improve the health and wellbeing, while it can also help improve energy efficiency by reducing the need for artificial lighting. In 2020, over 10% of people living in Spain considered their dwelling too dark (10.6%), which was the highest share recorded among the EU Member States. Spain was followed by France (9.5%; provisional data), Malta (9.4%) and Hungary (7.7%). In contrast, the lowest shares were recorded in Slovakia (2.6%, provisional data), Italy (2.6%, 2019 data), Cyprus (2.8%) and Czechia (3.1%). Romania is close to the EU average, so that in 2020, 5.2% of Romanians estimated that they do not benefit from enough natural light in their homes, up from 4.5% in 2019.
The City Hall of Brașov announced that artificial snow production has started in Poiana Brașov, preparing the slopes for the upcoming ski season. Snow cannons and lances were activated on Friday morning, November 15, as temperatures reached -6 degrees Celsius at the top of Postăvaru Massif. “Considering the favorable weather conditions, with low temperatures in […]
On Thursday, November 14, the European Commission decided to refer Romania and Bulgaria to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to fully comply with the obligations regarding collection and treatment established in the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. Untreated or uncollected wastewater can endanger human health and pollute lakes, rivers, soil, […]
The big prize of the Romanian Lottery's 6/49 game was won on Thursday, November 14. The winning ticket, which brought almost EUR 9.6 million (RON 47.7 million) to the lucky player, was played at an agency in Galaţi and featured 630 combinations and one "noroc" play, costing a total of RON 4,413, the Romanian Lottery […]
New record: sales of RON 1.14 billion in the first 9 months, higher by 6.4% compared to the same period in 2023 Normalized net profit increase of 66.3% compared to 9 months 2023, to RON 71.4 million, almost 90% of the normalized profit of the entire previous year EBITDA margin reached 11.3% in the first […]
Romania's interior minister, Cătălin Predoiu, expressed cautious optimism about the country's prospects for full Schengen accession following a meeting scheduled for November 22 with Austrian interior minister Gerhard Karner. Speaking on local news channel Antena 3, Predoiu stated that "the pieces are quite well placed" for progress on accession with land borders,
Romgaz (BVB: SNG), the largest producer and main supplier of natural gas in Romania, will list its first bond issue, worth EUR 500 million and aimed to finance the Neptun Deep offshore gas project, on the Bucharest Stock Exchange on November 19. In October, Romgaz issued the first EUR 500 million tranche of a EUR […]
