Today Thursday, August 13, 2026 in the Romanian Newspapers

Romanian president again challenges law allowing hydropower projects in protected areas Romanian president Nicu?or Dan has asked Parliament to reconsider legislation allowing the construction and completion of hydropower projects in protected areas, reopening a dispute over the balance between energy security and environmental protection. Dan submitted the request to Parliament on (…) Aug 13, 2026

Northern Romania: resort of Sângeorz-B?i aims to build modern spa center Sângeorz-B?i, once a well-known balneoclimateric resort town in northern Romania, aims to resurrect its large hotels, which have been either closed or operating at minimum capacity, through the (…) Aug 13, 2026   Bucharest Stock Exchange Confirms: Regulated Market Shares and Local ETFs Now Available for Trading via Interactive Brokers Global Platform Starting on August 13, the shares of companies listed on the Regulated Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), together with BVB-listed ETFs, are available through Interactive Brokers, (…) Aug 13, 2026   Nuclearelectrica Officially Announces Start of Controlled Shutdown of Cernavoda Unit 2 Nuclearelectrica, the operator of Cernavoda nuclear power plant, on Thursday morning announced it started procedures for the controlled shutdown of Unit 2 , with the decision driven by the (…) Aug 13, 2026   Cris-Tim Revises Profitability Outlook Upwards Cris-Tim Family Holding, the cold cuts producer controlled by Timis family, has upwardly reviewed its profitability estimates for 2026 and now expects RON173.9 million gross profit, 19% above the (…) Aug 13, 2026   Bucharest Stock Exchange Reports RON12.77M Individual Operating Revenues for Q2/2026, Up 27% YOY, RON9.52M Net Profit, Triple H2/2025 Level The Bucharest Stock Exchange in the second quarter of 2026 posted RON12.77 million individual operating revenues, up 27% year-on-year, and RON9.52 million, three times higher than in the (…) Aug 13, 2026   Transylvania Tapes: Found footage horror movie filmed in Romania has local premiere at Biertan festival Transylvania Tapes, a mix of the found footage and Eurohorror genres directed by filmmaker Brad Sykes, will have its Romanian premiere at the Lun? Plin?/ Full Moon Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (…) Aug 13, 2026   Aquila Reports RON1.6B Revenues in H1/2026, Up 6.4% YOY, RON21M Losses Wholesale and logistics company Aquila in the first half of 2026 registered RON1.6 billion revenues, up 6.4%, and RON21 million losses, compared with RON29.3 million net profit in the year-earlier (…) Aug 13, 2026   Banca Transilvania Lends EUR300M to Transgaz for Gas Infrastructure Investment Program Financial group Banca Transilvania provided EUR300 million in financing to national gas transmission company Transgas for the development and modernization of the national natural gas transmission (…) Aug 13, 2026   NATO firmly condemns Russia for violating Romanian, Polish airspace Ambassadors of NATO member countries met on Wednesday, August 12, in a session in Brussels to discuss the recent violations of the airspace in Poland and Romania, as well as the recent drone (…) Aug 13, 2026   Romania’s Transgaz takes EUR 300 mln investment loan from Banca Transilvania Banca Transilvania is supporting one of the most significant investments in Romania’s energy infrastructure by providing EUR 300 million in financing to Transgaz. This marks the largest bilateral (…) Aug 13, 2026   1 GW solar project in western Romania receives regulator’s green light Dama Solar, a photovoltaic project with a planned capacity of around 1 GW in western Romania, has received an establishment authorisation for its first phase from the National Energy Regulatory (…) Aug 13, 2026   Romania’s Hidroelectrica announces severe hydrological conditions after robust H1 The state-owned company Hidroelectrica (BVB: H2O), the largest electricity producer in Romania, is facing severe hydrological conditions, and the impact on production will depend on their duration (…) Aug 13, 2026   Romania’s average net wage shrinks by real 6.6% y/y in Q2 The net average wage increased by 3.4% y/y to RON 5,754 (EUR 1,099) in the second quarter (Q2) this year, losing momentum from 3.9% y/y in Q1 and 7.8% y/y in the same period of 2025, according to (…) Aug 13, 2026   Romania’s Cernavoda nuclear power plant shuts down Romania’s nuclear group Nuclearelectrica (BVB: SNN) announced that, on the morning of August 13, 2026, it began procedures for the controlled shutdown of Unit 2 at the Cernavoda Nuclear Power (…) Aug 13, 2026   Large naval exercise marks Romanian Navy Day in Constan?a More than 3,500 Romanian and foreign military personnel will take part on Saturday, August 15, in the Romanian Navy Day celebrations and the naval exercise FNR 26.10 in Constan?a, on Romania’s (…) Aug 13, 2026   Romanian developer Elite Grup buys Cluj industrial site Sanex for EUR 40 million Elite Grup, founded by entrepreneur Chimu C?pu?an more than 30 years ago, has completed the acquisition of the Sanex site, a 17.2-hectare plot of land in northern Cluj-Napoca. The EUR 40 million (…) Aug 13, 2026   Romanian swimmer David Popovici earns third consecutive European title in 100m freestyle Romanian swimmer David Popovici has won the 100m freestyle race at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris, his third consecutive European title in this event after wins in Rome (2022) and (…) Aug 13, 2026