Europe Romania According to the finance minister, the Romanian economy will grow faster than expected, with gross domestic product increasing by 5,3% in the second quarter compared to the same period in 2021, supported mainly by domestic consumption
Europe Romania French Ambassador Laurence Auer expressed her country's companies' readiness for a partnership in the field of civil nuclear energy to support Romania's energy transition
Europe Romania Start-up Parol is developing an end-to-end technology that helps doctors and medical clinics provide better patient care, saving time by taking over some administrative tasks, transcribing the conversation between doctor and patient in real time
Europe Romania A team of artists, theorists, anthropologists and biologists has started research on the Black Sea, with international specialists in digitisation, conservation and artistic promotion of archives, to create a Virtual Museum of the Romanian Sea
Europe Romania Romanian natural gas producer Romgaz announced that it has completed the acquisition of all the shares of ExxonMobil's local subsidiary holding 50% of the concession agreement for the deepwater area of the Neptun offshore block XIX
Europe Romania A revision of this year’s budget is scheduled in the first half of August; it would need to include a 10% cut to each ministry’s budget, but also the support measures to mitigate the impact of inflation and increasing energy prices
Europe Romania An operations centre has been inaugurated in Constanța to improve surveillance of the county and its seaside resorts with 36 monitors to access all the cameras installed
Europe Romania EFdeN, the only team representing Romania at the Solar Decathlon Europe 21/22, won three prizes with its solar house prototype, VATRA
Europe Romania The government adopted a bill to purchase 32 used F-16 fighters from Norway; the aircraft will be upgraded in a Romanian factory and should be used for at least 10 years as a transition period to the acquisition of fifth-generation fighters
Europe Romania The Constitutional Court has ruled that plagiarists can keep their doctorate title, which can only be withdrawn by the Ministry of Education in very specific circumstances
Europe Romania Nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica has chosen the site of an old coal-fired power plant in Doiceşti, 90 km north-west of the capital, for the installation of a first small modular nuclear reactor; it could be the first small modular reactor in Europe
Europe Romania Over 100 traditional houses in rural Romania are to be rehabilitated thanks to an EU-funded project that is part of the PNRR to create a tourist route that allows people to observe traditional architecture in its natural environment
Europe Romania According to a new government bill, public institutions and authorities will no longer be allowed to use IT security software and services produced by Russian companies or controlled by Russian companies or persons for the duration of the war in Ukraine