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Romania's industry keeps positive trend in May with sharp 7.1% y/y advance
Romania Insider
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July 16, 2025
Romania's industrial output increased by 7.1% y/y or by 3.8% y/y in workday-adjusted terms in May, the statistics office INS announced. The adjusted growth rate is the strongest in three years, but it was helped by base effects – Erste Group notes...
Romania among countries projected to see sharp GDP, labor productivity decline due to heat
Romania Insider
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July 16, 2025
Romania will face some of the most severe economic consequences of heatwaves in Europe, with projected losses expected to exceed -2.5% of GDP by 2055–2064 due to lowered labor productivity, according to research published in Nature Communications...
Fitch issues moderate note on Romania's fiscal package one month ahead of country update
Romania Insider
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July 16, 2025
Political risks have eased in Romania since the previous government introduced a consolidation package in late 2024 amid heightened tensions triggered by the annulment of November's presidential election and the coalition negotiations resulted in...
Gebrüder Weiss Romania installs PV system at Popești-Leordeni logistics hub
Romania Insider
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July 16, 2025
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...
Romanian political analyst: Azerbaijan is not just an actor in the South Caucasus, but a country that dictates the rules of the game
Azertag
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July 15, 2025
Bucharest, July 15, AZERTAC Romania’s “Gândul” portal has published an article by political analyst Cristian Lisandru highlighting Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s balanced and principled policy toward Russia. According to Lisandru, recent...
Romanian non-profit files criminal complaint after bear shot for killing tourist on Transfăgărășan
Romania Insider
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July 15, 2025
Environmental non-profit Agent Green announced that it filed a criminal complaint with the Argeș County Prosecutor's Office over the recent tragedy in the Făgăraș Mountains, where a bear was shot after killing an Italian tourist on the popular...
6 Ways Romania is investing in its digital infrastructure
Romania Insider
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July 15, 2025
Something is quietly shifting in Romania. In places where paperwork, patchy Wi-Fi, and long queues once ruled, change is starting to show. Towns are more connected, cities are getting smarter, and essential services are beginning to live online,...
Herat’s Caravanserais: Historic Trade Hubs Now Welcoming Tourists
TOLONews
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Herat’s historic caravanserais, once bustling centers of commerce, have now become popular tourist attractions, particularly among foreign visitors. Despite suffering damage from natural disasters and decades of war, these architectural relics...
President Sheikh Mohamed in call for peace with Turkey's Erdogan
The National News
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President Sheikh Mohamed joined Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a call for peace in the region during a state visit to Turkey. Sheikh Mohamed was received by Mr Erdogan at Turkey’s Presidential Palace and an official reception hosted in...
Romania joins EU initiative to bolster trade with Ukraine by offering export guarantees
European Investment Fund
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Romania becomes one of ten EU countries participating in European push to support trade with Ukraine. Exim Banca Romaneasca joins the InvestEU Ukraine Export Credit Guarantee Facility. Backed by EIF, initiative to support as many as 25 Romanian...
Driven: Dacia Duster 140 Hybrid
The Car Enthusiast
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Styling The car that this new Duster supersedes was, in itself, a rather handsome machine in its own right, but the latest third-gen variant takes the aesthetic appeal to a whole new level. It helps, of course, that our test version was not only...
Vibrio bacteria: How to swim in European waters and survive
Deutsche Welle
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July 16, 2025
What you need to know Vibriosis is caused by Vibrio bacteria, which live naturally in brackish, warm, low-salinity coastal waters Typical European locations include the Baltic Sea, North Sea and Black Sea Climate change may be leading to more...
Romania to raise fines for feeding bears by the roadside, environment minister says
Romania Insider
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July 10, 2025
Environment minister Diana Buzoianu announced plans to toughen penalties for individuals who feed wild bears from their cars, following growing concerns over human-wildlife interactions along the scenic Transfăgărășan road. Speaking on Wednesday,...
KTI showcases global vision at its ‘Growing Together’ distributor conference
DFNI-Frontier
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July 16, 2025
Bulgaria-based, independent tobacco manufacturer KT International (KTI) held its KTI Distributor Conference 2025 from June 25–27 under the theme ‘Growing Together’, welcoming 50 distributor partners from more than 30 countries, reinforcing the...
Ovidiu Maitec: marking the centenary of the Romanian sculptor
ART UK
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This summer, the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu, Romania, opens one of the largest exhibitions to date of work by sculptor Ovidiu Maitec (1925–2007). Marking the centenary of his birth, 'Ovidiu Maitec 100' brings together works from Romanian...
Romania avoids negative recommendations under EU's excessive deficit procedure
Romania Insider
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July 9, 2025
The significant fiscal consolidation measures recently adopted by the Romanian government are "an important and positive step" towards complying with the new Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) recommendation, provided that all measures are fully...
Who is an acceptable migrant?
New Statesman
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July 16, 2025
In the spring of 2016, as Britain hung like a drop of sweat off the nose of the European project, French riot police squelched into the Calais Jungle and began tearing it down. I was there reporting on the refugee camp. We parked outside a...
Romania’s Agricover Credit signs RON 100 mln loan agreement with European Fund for South-East Europe
Romania Insider
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July 8, 2025
Agricover Credit IFN, a financial institution specializing in financing farmers, part of Agricover Group, and the European Fund for South-East Europe, signed a new loan agreement worth RON 100 million. The financing is granted for seven years....
Romania Faces Harsh Economic Measures to Avoid "Greek Scenario"
Bulgarian News Agency
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"We must admit that for years our country spent much more than it could afford," Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan said last night on Antena 1 television, explaining the unpopular fiscal-budgetary measures that his government will implement in...
One bear cub rescued, two still missing after mother shot for killing man on Romania’s Transfăgărășan
Romania Insider
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July 11, 2025
One of the bear cubs left orphaned after their mother was shot and killed following the deadly attack on the Transfăgărășan mountain road last week was found alive on Thursday, July 10. Extremely weak, hungry, and frightened, the cub is now safe...