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12:25, 20.01.2022

Strike disrupts public transport in Bucharest

The employees of the Bucharest overground public transport company STB went on strike on Thursday morning, requesting an increase in salaries and better working conditions, according to Romania-Insider.  Negotiations…




12:00, 20.01.2022

France ready to send NATO troops to Romania

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday that France would send troops to Romania as part of NATO operations to ensure the security of the eastern alliance states, according to Romania-Insider. …




12:15, 14.01.2022

COVID-19: Romania will start vaccinating children aged 5-11 in January

Children in Romania aged between 5 and 11 years will be able to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine starting January 26, the committee coordinating the vaccination campaign CNCAV announced, according…




12:45, 11.01.2022

PM Ciuca argues Romania should produce, not import green technologies

The Romanian Government discussed on Monday, how can it best use the EUR 16 bln financing that the country can get from the European Union by 2030 for upgrading its power sector with a particular focus on renewable…




16:15, 07.01.2022

Romania’s health minister says fifth wave of COVID-19 has started

Romania‘s health minister Alexandru Rafila announced on Friday that the country is already in the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic as the Omicron variant has begun spreading through community transmission, according…




13:45, 22.12.2021

Romanian Parliament adopts law introducing visas for digital nomads

The Romanian Chamber of Deputies adopted on Tuesday, the draft law regulating the implementation of the digital nomad visa programme in Romania. The legal initiative offers digital travellers the possibility to…




11:15, 22.12.2021

COVID-19: Officials say Romania will face a fifth wave of the pandemic

Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Tuesday and the COVID-19 crisis and a new wave of the pandemic were among the topics discussed, according…




16:20, 15.12.2021

Romania to introduce the Passenger Locator Form next week

The Romanian government approved the Passenger Locator Form (PLF) on Wednesday which will come into force as of 20 December and must be completed by all travellers entering Romania, according to Romania-Insider. …




11:05, 07.12.2021

Covid-19: Romania announces new entry restrictions

Romania’s National Committee for Emergency Situations (CNSU) approved on Monday evening a series of rules for the quarantine of those arriving in Romania and stated that rules are valid between December 10 and…




11:05, 06.12.2021

Romania to tighten entry restrictions ahead of Omicron Covid-19 wave

Romania’s authorities agreed upon a meeting on Sunday evening, faced with the first cases of Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus spotted in the country, to enforce tighter entry restrictions to all visitors,…




10:50, 26.11.2021

Romania expects €1.8bln within two months for the Resilience Plan

Florin Cîțu in his capacity of acting minister of European Funds signed on Thursday, the financing agreement between Romania and the European Commission for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), according to…




14:20, 22.11.2021

More students return to in-person classes as Romanian authorities ease restrictions

More students in Romania can return to in-person learning as of Monday after the authorities eased the COVID-19 safety rules for schools, according to Romania Insider. Educational units located in cities, towns…




05:26, 20.11.2021

Romanian developer One United buys landmark store in Bucharest

Romanian real estate developer One United has signed an agreement to take over local company Bucur Obor SA, which owns the famous Bucur Obor shopping centre in Bucharest, according to Romania-Insider.  Bucur Obor…




14:45, 12.11.2021

Romania ranks 38th in the Climate Change Performance Index

Romania ranks 38th in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2022 published by Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute and the Climate Action Network. The country dropped eight spots from last year when it ranked…




17:01, 11.11.2021

Romania’s Christmas market to open at the end of the month in Sibiu

The Sibiu Christmas market in Romania is one of the most visited in the country and is scheduled to open on November 26, according to Romania-Insider. The event, a major tourist draw for the city, wasn’t held last…




11:10, 08.11.2021

Romanian pupils return to classrooms after two-week holiday

Romania‘s National Committee for Emergency Situations (CNSU) announced that only the Romanian schools and kindergartens where more than 60% of the employees are vaccinated against Covid will open with physical…




10:41, 05.11.2021

Romania’s president delays nominating a new PM until new majority is formed

Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis announced that he will delay any formal consultations with parliamentary parties for nominating a new prime minister until a majority can be formed, according to Romania Insider. …




16:11, 26.10.2021

Medicover to expand with four diagnostic imaging centers in Romania

Healthcare services provider, Medicover announced that it will add four new high-tech imaging centers in Bucharest, Iași, Constanța and Craiova under a € 5mln investment, according to Romania-Insider.  “The centers…




10:40, 21.10.2021

Romania’s president announces tight COVID-19 restrictions

Romania‘s new COVID-19 restrictions were announced on Wednesday by president Klaus Iohannis, stating that access to most activities will be allowed only based on the green Covid certificate, according to Romania-Insider. …




11:15, 15.10.2021

Romanian bank BCR prints inaugural ‘green bond’

Banca Comercială Română (BCR), a Romanian bank that is part of Erste Bank Group has successfully printed its inaugural green bond issuance of RON 500 mln (EUR 100 mln), continuing its strategy towards expanding…




14:00, 13.10.2021

COVID-19: Incidence rate rises to over 15 per thousand in Bucharest

Bucharest‘s 14-day COVID-19 incidence rate reached a record level of 15.1 cases per thousand inhabitants on Wednesday. One month ago, on September 13 the infection rate was ten times lower 1.52 per thousand inhabitants,…




11:35, 30.09.2021

Romania to keep schools open, except for classes where Covid cases are spotted

The Romanian authorities decided to keep the schools open irrespective of the incidence of Covid-19 cases in a particular city, while only the classes where infected students are spotted will be closed, according…




11:15, 27.09.2021

EC’s President Leyen expected to endorse Romania’s Resilience Plan

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen is expected on Monday to unveil the evaluation of Romania’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), News.ro reported, according to Romania Insider.…




14:40, 22.09.2021

Bucharest enters red scenario as COVID incidence rate goes over 3 per thousand

Bucharest entered the red scenario on Wednesday as the city’s COVID-19 incidence rate reached 3.3 per thousand inhabitants, Digi24 reported, quoting Bucharest prefect Antonela Ghita, according to Romania-Insider. …




13:00, 22.09.2021

UN General Assembly: Romania’s president discusses pandemic and climate change

Romania‘s President Klaus Iohannis at the 76th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations discussed important topics such as human rights, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and its challenges,  according…




15:45, 17.09.2021

Connecting Europe Express arrives in Romania

Connecting Europe Express, a train travelling across the EU to promote the benefits of rail during the European Year of Rail 2021, arrived in Bucharest’s Gara de Nord station on Friday, according to Romania-Insider.…




14:45, 16.09.2021

Romanian online retailer Elefant reportedly prepares IPO

Wood & Company Financial Services, a top 10 intermediary on the Romanian stock exchange, is reportedly preparing the listing of the online retailer Elefant.ro through an initial public offering (IPO) at the Bucharest…




13:56, 19.08.2021

CTP to build €32mln cargo terminal at Oradea airport in Western Romania

CTPark Iota, a Romanian company that is part of the Czech group CTP, the leading developer of industrial and logistics spaces in Central and Eastern Europe, will build the new cargo terminal at the Oradea airport…




11:10, 29.06.2021

Bucharest Stock Exchange pushes to new high even as European markets decline

The Bucharest Stock Exchange’s blue-chip index BET broke the threshold of 12,000 points on Monday and reached a new all-time high, according to Romania-Insider. It is the first time since the index’s launch in…




11:40, 09.06.2021

World Bank improves outlook for Romania’s economic growth

The World Bank updated the global economic outlook on Tuesday, stating that Romania‘s economy will grow by 6% in 2021, fully reversing the 3.9% contraction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic last year, according to…