The future oil factory to be built in the Galati Free Zone by the Ukrainian-Swiss-Cypriot company SunPro Oils has received its construction permit from the Galati City Hall. According to Viata Libera, actual construction work—carried out by a company based in the commune of Vanatori—is expected to begin by the end of August and will take no more than 12 months to complete. The future oil factory in the Galati Free Zone, built by SunPro Oils, has received its construction permit, meaning that work will begin soon—especially since equipment has already started to arrive, announced Mayor Ionut Pucheanu on Facebook. “This is an investment by the company SUNPRO OILS, and the construction will be carried out by the Galati-based company QUANTUM CONSTRUCT. This means new jobs. And it’s not the only investment here—because there are around 50 active contracts in the Galati Free Zone with companies from various sectors,” Mayor Pucheanu added. The Cypriot-owned company SunPro, with production capacities in Ukraine, announced in 2023 that it would invest 20 million euros in an oil factory in Galati and create over 200 jobs. In 2023, Sunpro Oils SRL, the company through which the investment in Galati would be made, was owned by two Cypriot companies, Koksi Holding LTD and Erdigma Limited with 50% and 25% of the shares respectively, while the remaining 25% belonged to the Swiss holding company Genfield Investments AG. In the meantime, the Swiss from Genfield Investments AG transferred all the shares in the Romanian company Sunpro Oils to a limited liability company in Cyprus, which was among the founders of the local entity. As a result, Erdigama now controls 50% of the business, while the remaining 50% of the shares remain with Koksi Holding Ltd, an investment vehicle active in the markets of Ukraine, the Baltic countries, Cyprus and Hungary. Koksi, the business of Cypriot entrepreneur Oksana Kushnir, has in its portfolio, in particular, investments in real estate and in the production of energy-efficient technologies. Sunpro Oils, however, continues to be supplied with money from Cyprus, with a capital contribution of over half a million euros recorded in November. The Swiss company Sunpro supplies sunflower oil to 11 countries around the world, with production being ensured in a processing unit in the Odessa area, Ukraine.
The third edition of Taifas Balkan Film and Culture Festival, set to take place in Timișoara between October 13 and October 19, will include a retrospective dedicated to Romanian director Radu Jude. The public will be able to see the director's short films, in addition to a preview of his latest production, Dracula, presented at […]
Sursa International Light Art Festival, an event featuring immersive installations, projections, and light structures, will take place at the National Library of Romania from October 13 to October 19. The event brings together international and Romanian artists “in a visual dialogue about technology, architecture and sensitivity,” the organizers announced. “We wanted to build the opportunity […]
Romania’s Defense Ministry has signed a contract worth RON 50.4 million with Rheinnmetall Automecanica, a subsidiary of the German defense industry giant Rheinmetall, for the delivery of drone detection systems, Economedia.ro reported. The radar system will be delivered within 18 months at most and will reportedly be...
The former Steaua Roșie cinema in Cluj-Napoca will reopen as Edison-House of Music, a cultural hub dedicated to music and community, the organizers of the Jazz in the Park festival announced. Built in the early 1900s, the Edison building became, after World War II, the Steaua Roșie cinema. After 1989, the venue underwent several changes […]
Unprecedented amounts of precipitation have been recorded in Romania as cyclone Barbara hit the country on October 5-8, according to the authorities. At the same time, Bucharest exceeded the absolute maximum levels of rain for October. “Between October 5–8, 2025, Romania was affected by the Mediterranean cyclone Barbara, which formed over the Ionian Sea and […]
Romania is one of six European countries recently selected to develop a new artificial intelligence and supercomputing center under the EuroHPC – AI Factories program. The project, known as the AI Factory, will be Romania’s first national AI infrastructure, marking a major step toward strengthening its digital and research capabilities. The initiative will be led […]
