Romania ranks last in EU for the people's positive attitude towards AI on the job, according to the Eurobarometer survey released by the European Commission. Data show that 67% of EU citizens positively perceive the use of digital technologies, including AI, in order to improve the employees' safety and security. In exchange, only 50% of Romanians have a positive perception , which ranks us last . 41% of Romanians have a negative perception, a little above the Croatians (34%) and Hungarians (32%), G4Media shows. The Finnish, Swedes and Danes are European citizens with the highest favorability rate towards AI, while the Portuguese, Croatians and Romanians are at the end of the classification. Although most people back the use of robots and AI in making decisions on the job, 84% of Europeans consider that AI needs careful managing in order to protect private life and transparency on the job. Most Europeans support clear norms on the use of digital tehnologies, for instance protecting the employees' private lives (82%) and involving workers and their representatives in conceiving and adopting new technologies (77%).
Local authorities in the mountain town of Râșnov, in Brașov County, have begun installing an electric fence to protect residents from bears that come down from the forest to scavenge for food. According to Râșnov Town Hall representatives, the measure comes as a result of increasingly frequent 112 emergency calls from citizens reporting the presence […]
OFF Avignon, the performing arts festival held in conjunction with the Festival d'Avignon in France, and the International Shakespeare Festival Craiova (FISC) will collaborate to present several performances at both events. The project Shakespeare Of(f) Avignon will see two performances from the OFF Avignon 2025 program presented at next year's edition of FISC. The selection […]
Gebrüder Weiss Romania has completed the installation of a photovoltaic system at its newest logistics hub in Popești-Leordeni, marking a major step in its sustainability strategy. The system includes 674 solar panels covering roughly 1,635 sqm on the roof of its cross-dock and logistics warehouse, with an installed capacity of 300 kWp. The energy generated […]
Romania's men's team won its second continental title in the Under-19 category on Tuesday, July 15, at the European Junior Table Tennis Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, after defeating Portugal in the final with a score of 3-2, according to the Romanian Table Tennis Federation. In the final, table tennis player Iulian Chiriță secured the […]
Romania allocated just 12.8% of its GDP to social protection spending in 2023, the lowest proportion among European Union member states, according to data published by the Social Monitor, a project of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Romania, based on Eurostat figures. This places Romania well below the EU average and far behind the highest-ranking countries […]
The French-led group's strength will increase from 1,500 troops to approximately 4,000, and NATO's reinforced forward battle group in Romania will thus be expanded to brigade level, according to Bursa.ro and
