4% of the wood used by IKEA in 2020 was from Romania, very rich in primary forests and facing severe illegal deforestation; IKEA is also alleged to have committed irregularities in managing Romania's forests and benefiting from the illegal market

The griffon vulture Gyps fulvus, extinct in Romania for over 70 years, will be reintroduced in a project carried out by ONG Conservation Carpathia Foundation; it is part of wider efforts to restore biodiversity in the Făgăraș Mountains

State seaport company Administratia Porturilor Maritime would be close to buying Moldova's largest port, Giurgiulesti, from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, according to Romania's Minister of Transport

A powerful explosion at a residential building rocked the Rahova neighborhood in southern Bucharest, leaving 3 dead and at least 17 injured; the building is now at risk of total collapse, according to the authorities