Europe Romania The Romanian Football Association has amended, according to the new international rules, the regulation of players' agents, who will need a FIFA licence to be able to carry out their activities from 1 October 2023
Europe Romania VAT has been risen from 19 to 21% on most goods (11% on food, medicines, books, public utilities, district heating, water and sewage services), excise duties on fuel and alcohol brought up 10%, public-sector wage freezed to curb a surging budget deficit
Europe Romania Danube Delta came alive yesterday with the 5th edition of the women’s perch fishing competition in Mira 23; the contest is inspired by the local tradition of Mira 23 where, as the fishing ban ends, the women of the village head out to catch perch
Europe Romania Romgaz has opened court proceedings to dissolve Greenpeace Romania for insolvency after it attempted to block work on the Neptun Deep gas project; it is an unprecedented legal attempt by a Romanian state entity to shut down an environmental organisation
Europe Romania With a 65% turnout, the highest since 1996, Romania elected a centrist president, the moderate mayor of Bucharest Nicușor Dan, in a major surprise after an intense campaign in which voters looked likely to propel another hard-right populist