The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) hopes to organize the bid for 5G in September – October, stated Vlad Stoica, chairman of the institution, during the Cybersecurity Forum, organized by Financial Intelligence.‘As you know, we are having discussion for the organisation of the 5G bid. We hope to have it in September – October. We cannot organize it without the Code of communications, which, unfortunately, is now at the Constitutional Court. We hope that at the beginning of May a decision may be taken and we go further’ he said.After the finalisation of the Code of communications ANCOM needs 5 or 6 months to organize the bid in transparency, so that all conditions of opportunity and efficiency be met.‘So, everybody will be satisfied, both operators and citizens’ said the ANCOM official.Asked if there are higher risks as regards the security of the communications networks, in the context of the war in Ukraine, he said:’ there are not more than before. We don’t have vulnerabilities at the present moment in the domain of communications, I am referring to the network strictly’.
Moldovan president Maia Sandu voiced her support on Tuesday evening, May 13, for Nicușor Dan, the independent candidate in Romania’s presidential election, and urged Moldovans with Romanian citizenship to vote on Sunday to protect Romania’s European and democratic progress. In a video shared on social media, Sandu praised Dan’s “decency, resilience, and respect for the […]
Two Romanians were arrested during Sunday night, May 11, after robbing empty houses in the evacuated mountain village of Brienz located in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The village had been evacuated since November due to rock falls. The locality was, however, monitored by the authorities to prevent break-ins. The would-be thieves apparently tried to […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or EBRD, has revised its estimates regarding the evolution of the Romanian economy in 2025 downward to 1.6%. The bank expects Romania’s GDP to grow 0.2% less than the 1.8% estimate made in February, and to increase by 2.4% in 2026. Romania's GDP growth slowed to 0.8% in […]
During a meeting on Monday, May 12, the Cluj-Napoca Local Council approved a draft resolution that imposes smoking restrictions in several public spaces in the city, including public transport stations, parks, and sports facilities. The resolution was adopted with 22 votes in favor and 3 abstentions, and will come into effect 90 days from the […]
An internal survey by Romanian Business Leaders, which does not have national representativeness but was answered by 417 entrepreneurs, shows that 62% of entrepreneurs expect to have to make layoffs, while a third expect the number of employees to remain the same. The expected layoffs are directly connected to the possibility of Romania choosing a […]
Romanian Istvan Kovacs will be the main referee for the UEFA Champions League final between Paris St-Germain and Inter Milan, which will be played on May 31 in Munich. The match will be Kovacs’ third European final in the last 4 years. The 40-year-old referee has previously officiated the UEFA Europa Conference League final in […]
