Today Tuesday, August 11, 2026 in the Romanian Newspapers

Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant to enter shutdown procedure in next 48 hours The Cernavod? Nuclear Power Plant is expected to enter shutdown within two days as the Danube’s water level and flow continue to fall to critical levels. Aug 11, 2026

Romania’s car market collapsed in July. New car registrations fell by 28% New car registrations in Romania fell sharply in July, but demand for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles continued to grow significantly. Aug 11, 2026   Florin Manole on PSD’s conditions for voting on the Wage Law: If it’s good, it will pass 100% PSD supports the new Wage Law only if it protects public sector incomes while staying within the budget limits required by the PNRR. Aug 11, 2026   Poland’s Rainbow Tours Takes over 88% in Romanian Company Touring IT Logistic After taking over local travel agency Paralela 45, Polish travel group Rainbow Tours has clinched another acquisition in Romania. It has taken over 88% in Touring IT Logistic. Aug 11, 2026   Constanta Chamber of Commerce Issues for Nuclearelectrica Force Majeure Certificates Applicable to Electricity Supply Contracts Nuclearelectrica on Tuesday has announced it got from the Constanta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Navigation, and Agriculture (CCINA) a series of Force Majeure Certificates applicable to (…) Aug 11, 2026   Bucharest City Hall: Underground utility infrastructure works complicate tram track upgrades More than 70 kilometers of underground utility networks are being upgraded alongside the works on approximately 50 kilometers of tram tracks, the Bucharest City Hall said. According to the (…) Aug 11, 2026   Nuclearelectrica Announces Unit 2 of Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant May Be Shut Down on Morning of August 13 on Declining Danube Levels Nuclearelectrica has today announced there is a possibility of a controlled shutdown of Unit 2 of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant on the morning of August 13, 2026. Aug 11, 2026   Central Europe Technology 2025 Turnover Tops EUR161M Central Europe Technology, a Bucharest-based software developer owned by French group BNP Paribas, in 2025 registered turnover worth RON161.5 million (EUR32 million), up 15% on the year. Net (…) Aug 11, 2026   Kandia Dulce Invests EUR1.5M to Boost Magura Production Kandia Dulce, the biggest Romanian chocolate producer, has in 2026 completed an over EUR1.5 million investment meant to increase the production of Magura, one of the best-selling brands in the (…) Aug 11, 2026   Roughly 5,000 trees cut down illegally in Romania’s Bra?ov County, minister says Interim environment minister Diana Buzoianu said on Monday, August 10, that one of the largest areas of illegal tree cutting in Romania was in Bra?ov County. Roughly 5,000 trees were cut without (…) Aug 11, 2026   Brazil is by far Romania’s main Mercosur trading partner, INS says Brazil accounted for 86.1% of Romania’s exports to the four South American countries that are members of the Mercosur trading bloc and 58.5% of imports originating from this region in 2024, (…) Aug 11, 2026   Full shutdown of Romania’s Cernavoda NPP appears imminent Romania’s Cernavoda nuclear power plant is just 3 cm above the minimum water level required for operation, after the Danube level fell sharply on August 10 despite emergency works aimed at (…) Aug 11, 2026   Romania’s foreign trade reverses trend and widens by 4.4% y/y in Q2 Romania’s foreign trade deficit (goods) increased by 4.4% y/y to EUR 8.66 billion in the second quarter of the year (Q2), after it had posted negative annual growth rates for the previous four (…) Aug 11, 2026   Romania’s central bank keeps 6.5% monetary rate, warns of inflationary risks In line with expectations, the National Bank of Romania (BNR) on August 10 decided to keep the key policy rate unchanged at 6.50%. BNR reiterated expectations for headline inflation to drop (…) Aug 11, 2026   Romanian president challenges Integrity Law amendments at Constitutional Court Romanian president Nicu?or Dan has referred the recently approved Integrity Law to the Constitutional Court, challenging provisions on asset declarations and mandate terminations that he argues (…) Aug 11, 2026   Deloitte study for ABSL: Romania strengthens its position as a strategic destination for the business services industry. The sector contributes 35.5 billion euros to the local economy Romania strengthens its position as a strategic destination for investments in the business services industry, a sector that generated a gross value added of 35.5 billion euros last year, (…) Aug 11, 2026   Romanian president summons centrist party leaders over wage law The leaders of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union (USR), and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) will meet on August 11 (…) Aug 11, 2026   Romanian athletes win gold, silver at World U20 Championships in US ?tefania U?? (pictured) won gold in the 400m hurdles event at the World Athletics U20 Championships Oregon, clocking a new championship record of 55.33 seconds. South Africa’s Tumi Ramokgopa took (…) Aug 11, 2026