Under an agreement signed on Friday by Bulgaria's Danube River Exploration and Maintenance Executive Agency and Romania's Galati Lower Danube River Administration, Romania and Bulgaria will jointly manage the public procurement for the Fast Danube 2 project, news agency BTA reports.The project is aimed at improving navigation conditions on the joint Bulgarian-Romanian section of the Danube River, the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport and Communications announced on Friday.In the opening of the event, Bulgarian Deputy Transport Minister Angel Zaburtov said that the Fast Danube 2 project will enhance connectivity in the Danube region with the rest of the European Union and facilitate the free movement of people and goods. He underscored that the initiative includes large-scale engineering measures to improve navigational safety in the shared section of the river."The investment is strategically important not only for Bulgaria and Romania, but for the entire European Union. I am confident that with good coordination and teamwork, we will achieve the goals set," said Zaburtov. He added that the project is part of the broader framework of the Trans-European Transport Network and contributes to the optimization of the Rhine-Danube Corridor. "It is an example of sustainable and long-term cooperation between the two neighboring countries in transport infrastructure and regional mobility," the Deputy Minister said.Attending the meeting were Romanian ambassador to Bulgaria Brandusa Ioana Predescu, Secretary of State with Romania's Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Ionut-Cristian Savoiu, as well as representatives from the European Commission and relevant institutions from both Romania and Bulgaria.The FAST Danube 2 project, worth almost 230 million euros (VAT excluded) was developed in partnership between Bulgaria and Romania, and was approved for financing under the Connecting Europe Facility. The engineering measures planned for the joint section of the river will improve navigation conditions and traffic safety along the Danube.
Foreign minister Oana Țoiu leads the Romanian delegation to the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York this month, where she is scheduled to deliver Romania’s national address before world leaders. Țoiu’s visit to the United States runs from September 18 to 29 and will include meetings in Washington, Chicago, […]
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British heavy metal band Iron Maiden will perform at Bucharest’s National Arena on May 28, 2026, as part of their “Run For Your Lives” anniversary world tour, promoter Emagic announced on Thursday, September 18. The concert will feature a career-spanning setlist highlighting defining moments from the group’s five-decade history, accompanied by what organizers described as […]
Three-quarters of Romanians believe that the war in Ukraine affects Romania to a very great and fairly great extent, according to the third edition of the Informat.ro barometer by INSCOP Research, carried out between September 1 and 9. The monthly survey, which aims to bring to public attention topics of interest, shows that “opinions are […]
Daniela Schoppmeyer, the majority shareholder and general manager of Faberrom, a company that took over in the 1990s most of the spaces of the former APACA clothing factory in western Bucharest, is the new owner of half of the emblematic Scala residential block, on Magheru Boulevard, Profit.ro reported. Schoppmeyer...
The Bucharest Municipal Parking Company (CMPB) inaugurated 189 new parking facilities with more than 12,400 spaces in the first half of 2025, while revenues from parking fees rose 20% year-on-year to RON 50.4 million (roughly EUR 10 million), the company said on Thursday, September 18. CMPB reported a net profit of RON 28.3 million for January–June […]
