Romanian customs officers will benefit from the support of the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training within the Embassy of the United States of America in Romania (OPDAT) to strengthen the capacities to detect cases of counterfeit products, in order to combat illegal traffic of goods that infringe intellectual property rights."The Romanian Customs Authority and the Office for Development, Assistance and International Training for Prosecutors within the Embassy of the United States of America in Romania (OPDAT) agreed that customs workers will be trained by OPDAT to strengthen the capacities to detect cases of counterfeit products, in in order to combat the illicit traffic of goods that violate an intellectual property right", informs a press release of the Romanian Customs Authority sent on Friday.The president of the Romanian institution, Ion Cupa, had a meeting with the new coordinator of the International Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (ICHIP) within OPDAT, federal prosecutor Kristi O'Malley. The meeting was also attended by the management of the relevant structure in the field of property rights assurance within the customs authority, namely Alexandru Ioan Dudu - general director of the General Directorate of Customs Control Coordination, and Gabriela Hura - head of service of the Restricted and Prohibited Goods Control Coordination Service.The meeting followed the introduction of the new ICHIP coordinator and the expertise that the Romanian Customs Authority can benefit from during the course of this program, namely theoretical and practical training sessions on the detection of cases of traffic in goods susceptible to counterfeiting.
Romania’s leading investor and developer of sustainable residential, mixed-use, and office real estate projects, announces the acquisition of a 5,755 sqm plot of land at 110-112 Barbu Văcărescu Street. The company plans to develop a mixed-use tower on the site, in an area that pairs proximity to nature with easy access to Bucharest’s main business […]
AmpliFY ONG and Orange Foundation, through the Orange Digital Center program, are launching Digital Builders, a program that helps Romanian NGOs manage their data more efficiently, simplify monitoring processes, and better assess the impact of their activities. The project runs from September to December 2026 and brings together NGO representatives, student volunteers, and experts to […]
More than 636,000 homes were completed in Romania between 2016 and 2025, equivalent to almost 33 new homes per 1,000 inhabitants, according to an analysis by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox based on housing completion data compiled for the 2016-2025 period. These figures place Romania broadly in the middle of the 21 European markets included in […]
Artificial intelligence is bringing increasingly clear benefits to medicine worldwide. Doctors are spending less time on paperwork, while the number of patients treated each week is rising. These are the findings of the Future Health Index, the largest global study of its kind, conducted by Royal Philips. The study surveyed more than 2,000 healthcare professionals […]
Major banks are stepping into the spotlight this week to reveal their latest corporate performance, offering a key test of strength after five straight weeks of market declines. Investors are looking for evidence that rising interest income can offset higher funding costs and growing economic pressures. The US banking sector ETF posted five consecutive weeks […]
A 55-square-metre flat, bought with a 15% down payment and a 25-year mortgage, would take 56.3% of the average net salary. After the mortgage payment and a minimum cost-of-living basket, an employee on an average income would be left with EUR 47 a month. The calculation, made by the Institute for Visionary Cities (IOV) and […]
