Mayor Dominic Fritz and Tufan Ozkan, the Vice President of Bozankaya, signed at Timișoara the contract for 33 new trolleybuses. According to the agreed schedule, the first trolleybus will be delivered in April 2025.
The contract includes the delivery of 25 articulated 18-meter trolleybuses and eight 12-meter trolleybuses with batteries by the fall of next year. All are equipped with long-range batteries, safety systems, air conditioning, heated seats, wireless internet, and mobile phone...
Romania’s isolationist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) has consolidated its leading position with 40% of voting intentions, according to an INSCOP Research poll conducted between October 6 and 10. The party’s support remains more than double that of the second-placed Social Democratic Party (PSD), which registered 17.6%. The governing coalition parties - PSD […]
Romania's Social Democratic Party (PSD), the largest in the ruling coalition, will hold its congress and implicitly elect a new president on November 7, announced the party's interim head, Sorin Grindeanu, who is at this moment the sole candidate for a full term, according to Ziarul Financiar. ...
The minister of investments and European projects, Dragoș Pîslaru, stated on October 13 that the milestone 215 in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) regarding special pensions has not been met and, therefore, the EUR 231 million funds have been suspended. He thus contradicted the Supreme Council of Magistracy (CSM) and defended prime minister […]
Recycllux is tackling marine plastic pollution with a platform connecting companies seeking to offset their plastic footprint with the local cleanup capacity. From the more than 400 million tonnes of plastic that are produced yearly worldwide, more than 10 million tonnes end up in lakes, rivers, and seas annually, UN data shows. As awareness of […]
The deficit of Romania’s trade in goods has contracted by 10% y/y to EUR 2.6 billion in August, marking the fourth consecutive month of negative annual dynamics. The deficit in 12 months to August eased to EUR 34.4 billion, down from EUR 35.7 billion calculated in 12 months to April. The trade deficit to GDP […]
Romania's average wages in the private sector are expected to rise by only 6% y/y in 2026, after the 7.5% y/y advance this year and 10.4% y/y in 2024, according to the PayWell 2025 report compiled by PwC and cited by Ziarul Financiar. The average inflation was 5.5% y/y in 2024 and will be slightly […]
