“Building a national broadband internet network in disadvantaged areas, by using structural grants – RO-NET” is a project currently completed in over 200 localities. The project is in advanced stages in another 220 localities. According to the project’s target, 783 localities located in remote areas will have broadband internet coverage by November 2016. The Ministry […]
The United States (US) approved the sale of AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II missiles to Romania, the US Embassy to Bucharest announced. Valued at about USD 70 million, the missiles will provide advanced air-to-air capabilities for the country’s F-16 aircraft. The Block II missile contains the most advanced technology of the AIM-9X Sidewinder to date and […]
The Romanian Academy announced the establishment of a Regional Center of Academia Europaea in Bucharest in 2024, an institution that brings together prominent figures in science and art from across Europe. The announcement was made by Ioan-Aurel Pop, president of the Romanian Academy, during the event "The Romanian National Project in the Horizon of the […]
Oh, Be a Fine Girl/Guy, Kiss Me!, an exhibition inspired by the legacy of “Harvard Computers,” is set to open at Gaep on May 17. The Harvard Computers were a team of women, math whizzes, devoted stargazers, and later physics and astronomy majors, hired beginning with the 1880s by the Harvard Observatory to study its […]
The balance of positive views on European Union membership in Romania increased from 15.3% in 2014 to 19.9% in 2024, according to a poll carried out by INSCOP for News.ro....
Medicines sales increased in Romania by 15.5% y/y to RON 8.15 billion (EUR 1.64 billion) in Q1, but they decreased in volume terms (boxes) by 2.8%, according to market research company Cegedim, quoted by Ziarul Financiar. The retail prices of medicines increased by 17.7% y/y in Q1, more than twice...
Hidroelectrica (BVB: H2O) announced that it received the environmental permit for the first floating PV park in Romania, a 17-ha installation to be placed on its accumulation lake of Ipotesti hydropower plant on the Olt River, Profit.ro announced. The park will...
