The World Bank has supported Romania in its efforts to combat nutrient pollution for the past two decades, with over 110 million euros invested in local communities and with assistance given to the Government to strengthen administrative capacity, Anna Akhalkatsi, country manager for Romania, said on Tuesday within the World Bank, according to a press release from the Ministry of the Environment.She participated, together with the minister of the Environment, Mircea Fechet, at the final conference of the "Integrated Control of Nutrient Pollution" (CIPN) project. The project is part of the Romanian Government's efforts to ensure the implementation of the Nitrates Directive, which aims to reduce nutrient pollution from agricultural sources.The CIPN project was financed by the Government of Romania, with a loan from the World Bank, and took place in two financing phases. The first phase started in 2008 and ended in 2017, financing a number of 86 manure management platforms. The additional financing of the project was allocated until December 2023.For her part, Adriana Petcu, secretary of state for Water within the MMAP, emphasized that the project had ambitious interventions, allocating about 70% of the funds for construction works and the equipment necessary for the management of manure at the local level.The conference was also attended by Cosmin Buteica, Environment specialist, World Bank, Jeanne De Jagher, Team Leader Nitrates, European Commission, specialists from the mini8stry, but also representatives of local public authorities from the beneficiary localities of the investments financed by project. The debates brought to the attention of those present, the lessons learned, the positive experiences, but also technical and operational aspects that will be able to be integrated into the implementation schemes of the future financing programs available.The map of communal manure collection platforms, built through the "Integrated Control of Nutrient Pollution" project, is available on the project website www.apanoastra.ro, Platforms section.
Romanian agricultural company Agroserv Măriuța, owner of the Lăptăria cu Caimac brand, announced the launch of a private placement for a new corporate bond issue with a value of up to EUR 3 million on Tuesday, October 28. Denominated in euros, the bonds will have a nominal value of EUR 100 each, a fixed annual […]
Studium Green, a company from Cluj-Napoca specialized in real estate development, has completed the sale of several plots of land in Jilava, near Bucharest, to the Altex group and the furniture and home décor retailer mömax, part of the Austrian company XXXLutz. The total value of the transactions exceeds EUR 17 million. The lands will be […]
Cluj-based deep-tech startup .lumen, known for its AI-powered glasses for the visually impaired, has joined the EUR 7.8 million program VR Health Champions as a flagship SME. Through the VR Health Champions project, .lumen will co-develop its second-generation product, a smaller, more refined version designed for global markets, the company said. The collaboration will enable […]
DAAS Epta Romania, part of the Epta Group, has opened a new training center in Ploiești dedicated to refrigeration technicians, following an investment of more than EUR 500,000. The facility, located at the company’s headquarters, is the first of its kind established by a private company in Romania’s refrigeration industry, the company said. The DAAS […]
Greenvolt Next, part of the Greenvolt Group, said that it completed a new photovoltaic power plant integrated with a high-performance energy storage system for Abund Berry, a company in the wild berry processing industry, in Buftea, Ilfov county. The PV system, with an installed peak capacity of 512 kWp, is equipped with an advanced battery […]
Five Romanians, four men and one woman, have been sentenced to prison for raping and sexually abusing ten women, whom they drugged and sexually exploited in the city of Dundee, Scotland. The five Romanian citizens received sentences ranging between eight and twenty years in prison. The group, led by 38-year-old Marian Cumpănășoiu, drugged and abused […]
