No splash from junior swimmers at world meet in Romania

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian swimmers fell short in their opening acts at the World Junior Championships in Otopeni, Romania. Malaysia Games (Sukma) champion Isabelle Chiyi Buckley finished 33rd in the girls’ 50m breaststroke heats with a time of...

Romanian defence minister confirms plan to acquire Hisar-class corvette

TCG Akhisar (P1220) OPV commenced sea trials in December 2024. (ASFAT) Romanian Minister of National Defence Ionuț Moșteanu confirmed on 15 August that the country's Ministry of National Defence (MND) is awaiting parliamentary approval to purchase...

Sentencing of Romanian National in Multistate Card Skimming Scam

PSD prepares a package for the "economic relaunch of Romania"

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan discussed for almost three hours on Monday with representatives of the Association of Municipalities of Romania, dissatisfied with the provisions of the Emergency Ordinance that provides for the suspension of financing...

Maria Dănilă becomes the first Romanian woman to climb K2 peak

Maria Dănilă, from Constanta, is the first woman in Romania to climb the K2 peak, in the Karakoram mountain range on the border between China and Pakistan. With this climb, she completed the list of the highest peaks in the world, according to...

Western Romania: Medieval fortress of Orăștie reopens after years of restoration works

The medieval fortress of Orăștie, in western Romania, was reopened on Monday, August 18, to the general public, after several years in which it underwent a process of conservation and restoration. The fortress, located in Hunedoara County, is now...

Bilfinger Secures Contract for Biomethane Plant in Romania

Bilfinger, a leading international industrial services provider, has been awarded a contract by BSOG Energy (BSOGE), a 100% subsidiary of Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG). The project involves delivering Concept and Basic Engineering Services for...

3 NMI swimmers head to Romania for world junior championships

Coach Richard Sikkel, Justin Ma, Maria Guerrero, and Kyoko Yamaguchi pose for a group photo before departing to Otopeni, Romania, to compete in the 2025 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships. Contributed photo OVER the weekend, NMI swimmers...

Econergy’s 87 MW Oradea solar park in Romania starts commercial operation

Oradea solar farm, with a capacity of 87 MW, is Econergy’s fourth photovoltaic plant in Romania. With the addition, the company’s operational and ready-to-connect capacity in the country has reached 447 MW. It is building another 788 MW and...

Romanian retailer Annabella marks major expansion with 87 stores taken over from Mega Image

Romanian retail chain Annabella, developed by local entrepreneurs, took over 82 Profi stores and 5 Mega Image stores in a deal aimed at facilitating the expansion of the Mega Image retail chain that took over Profi from MidEuropa Partners for EUR...

Romania's Social Democrats broadly agree with second reform package, want more economic stimulus

Romania's largest ruling party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD), broadly agrees with the reforms proposed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan (Liberal Party PNL), although there are some details still to be tackled, PSD interim president Sorin...

Romania’s government reportedly bans sale of E.ON’s local utility subsidiary to Hungarian MVM

The Foreign Direct Investment Review Commission (CEISD), a body supervised by the Romanian government in charge of screening significant foreign investments for security impact, has not cleared the sale of E.ON’s electricity and gas supply...

Romania publishes plan to cut board members in state-owned companies and their pay

The General Secretariat of the Romanian Government (SGG) has published for public consultations the draft law for the reform of the state-owned enterprises and the so-called autonomous institutions, such as the regulators for the financial,...

Romania's macroeconomic confidence index up in July on first fiscal reform package

The macroeconomic confidence index compiled by CFA Society Romania based on a survey among its members improved by 5 points in July compared to June, entirely driven by better expectations (+8.6 points), but the current conditions component (-2.2...

Alstom secures contract for Bucharest-Giurgiu railway line upgrade

Alstom has received a contract to modernise the Bucharest-Giurgiu railway line in Romania, focusing on the implementation of ERTMS Level 2 signalling and electrification. The project, valued at approximately €450m ($526.5m), with Alstom...

Romania, NATO and sham accounts: Fake Euronews content persists online

Published on 19/08/2025 - 7:45 GMT+2 Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has intensified a specific kind of propaganda campaign, which consists of digitally altering and faking news reports from mainstream news outlets. For...

Nigerian swimmers land in Romania for 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Nigeria’s junior swimming team have arrived Bucharest, Romania, to compete in the World Aquatics Junior Championships, scheduled to hold from August 19 to 25, 2025. The six athletes participating at this event have trained intensively for two...

Report: DNI Tulsi Gabbard Reviewing Dossier Linking Biden Officials to Romanian Coup

A classified file under review by U.S. intelligence reportedly ties former Biden administration officials to Romania’s disputed 2024 election annulment. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is...

A Romanian Company Develops a Solution to Reduce Extreme Urban Temperatures

In the face of increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves, Green Parking Solutions, a Romanian company, has developed a practical solution designed to help cities cope with rising urban temperatures. What started as an architectural concept has...

Housing market analysis: Bucharest retains top spot as Romania’s costliest city for tenants

Bucharest has cemented its place as the most expensive city in Romania for renters, with price gaps between luxury and working-class districts reaching as much as EUR 2,500 a month, according to an analysis by Imobiliare.ro, quoted by news agency...