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Next Generation of Automated Small Load Carriers
Logistics Business Magazine
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July 7, 2025
Continental has developed an ultracompact transport robot that transports stacked small load containers (SLCs) of up to 300 kg fully automatically. The NXS 300 ensures immediately deployable automation: no infrastructure modifications to existing...
Direct Exports and Aspirations to Boost Syrian Phosphate Production
Enab Baladi
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July 3, 2025
Enab Baladi– Jana al-Issa Over the span of three months, the Syrian government exported nine ships loaded with Syrian phosphate to several destinations and in varying quantities — a sign of notable progress in exporting this strategic resource...
Metso invests in new screen manufacturing centre in Romania
Rock to Road
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July 3, 2025
Metso, a sustainable technology and solutions company for aggregates and mineral processing, is expanding its stationary screen production footprint by establishing a new manufacturing centre in Oradea, Romania. This investment will support the...
Motorcyclist killed in bear attack on Romanian scenic mountain road
Yahoo News
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) -A motorcyclist was mauled to death by a bear on a road in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania on Thursday, emergency service officials said, the latest attack in the country with the European Union's largest population of...
Great success for Italian entrepreneurs mission in Bucharest
ANSA
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July 3, 2025
The business mission of the delegation composed of 42 Italian companies in the infrastructure sector, accompanied by trade associations, was successfully held in Romania: institutional and B2B meetings in Bucharest from July 1-3, 2025. The mission...
Romania Rolls Out Austerity Measures to Curb Soaring Deficit
Balkan Insight
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July 1, 2025
Romania’s new Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan in Bucharest, June 23 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/ROBERT GHEMENT. As part of a series of measures to curb the budget deficit that came into effect on Tuesday, nearly one million public sector employees will see a...
US Overtakes Russia as EU No2 Gas Source
Rigzone
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July 7, 2025
The United States displaced Russia as the European Union’s second-biggest natural gas supplier in the first quarter due to the expiry of imports of Russian pipeline gas via Ukraine at the start of the year, the European Commission has reported....
‘Ordinary Failures’ Filmmaker Cristina Grosan & ‘Family Film’ Director Olmo Omerzu Discuss Building Sustainable Careers In CEE – Karlovy Vary
Deadline
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July 7, 2025
Hungarian-Romanian writer-director Cristina Grosan and Slovenian writer-director Olmo Omerzu kicked off the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s Industry Section on Sunday with a wide-ranging discussion exploring how they have navigated the...
YEO’s Defic Globe buys projects for 219 MW in Romania amid rebranding
Balkan Green Energy News
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July 3, 2025
Through its subsidiary Defic Globe, YEO Technology (YEO Teknoloji Enerji ve Endüstri) is continuing its expansion in Romania. The Istanbul-based joint venture with Emsolt Investments took over 15 special purpose vehicles (SPVs) or firms for...
A Mysterious Trader of Russian Oil to Europe Links Associates of Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s friends
iStories
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July 7, 2025
In this article you will learn Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is one of Russia’s allies in Europe. He claims that the EU is helping Ukraine at the expense of European interests and that Hungary will not quit Russian oil and gas. Experts and...
Bucharest local authorities set to continue next phase of Liniei Park in District 6
Romania Insider
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July 1, 2025
Bucharest’s District 6 City Hall recently unveiled images of the next phase of Liniei Park, described as the most successful urban regeneration project in Romania in the last 40 years, with an area of 9 hectares. District 6 City Hall began the...
Two new investment funds active in Romania receive financing through EU-backed PNRR
Romania Insider
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July 3, 2025
Two new investment funds active in Romania, Sparking Capital II and PCP SEE II, will receive allocations worth EUR 30 million under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, or PNRR, after an approval from the Romanian executive and the European...
Southwestern Romania: OMV Petrom discovers new natural gas deposit near Craiova
Romania Insider
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July 3, 2025
OMV Petrom, the largest integrated energy company in Southeastern Europe, announced Thursday, July 3, the discovery of a new natural gas reservoir in Spineni, a locality situated about 70 kilometers northeast of Craiova, southwestern Romania. The...
European tourism holds steady in Q2 2025, driven by resilient consumer demand and global interest
Travel Daily News
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July 3, 2025
Europe’s tourism sector showed a steady but more moderate performance in Q2 2025, with arrivals up 3.3% and nights down 0.7% year-on-year. Off-season demand for sun and beach holidays is rising, likely driven by the shift in Easter holidays and...
Employee benefits company Pluxee to acquire MyBenefits in Romania
Romania Insider
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July 3, 2025
Pluxee, a global player in employee benefits and engagement, announced the signing of an agreement to acquire MyBenefits, a fast-growing Romanian company that has developed innovative technology to provide a flexible offering of employee benefits....
Romanian entrepreneur digitalizes UK construction sector with ERP solution
Romania Insider
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July 1, 2025
Costin Șerban, a Romanian entrepreneur, is digitalizing the construction sector in the United Kingdom with an ERP (enterprise resource planning) solution developed over 12 years and an investment of GBP 1.6 million (EUR 1.86 million). Șerban’s...
After the cut of bonuses for budget employees, the Romanian Prime Minister discussed with the protesting unionists
IPN
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July 3, 2025
An increasing number of young people from the Republic of Moldova choose to continue their studies in Romania, preferring faculties such as Economics, Law, or Construction. The diverse offerings and facilities for future students are presented at...
Nats ask why Scotland can't be more like Portugal on energy bills... despite blackouts
Scottish Daily Express
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July 3, 2025
A pro-Scexit group has been mocked for asking "Why can't Scotland be like Portugal?" in relation to energy – just weeks after the country suffered a devastating blackout. At least eight people are thought to have died when the entire Iberian...
Texworld Paris expands global sourcing
Knitting Industry
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From 15 to 17 September 2025, Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris will return to the Paris-Le Bourget Exhibition Centre, gathering 1,300 textile and apparel manufacturers from over thirty countries. The 57th edition of the fair will once again...
VARD cuts steel for second Island Offshore hybrid ocean energy construction vessel
Offshore Energy
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July 3, 2025
Norwegian shipbuilder VARD has cut the first steel for the second hybrid power ocean energy construction vessel (OECV) it is building for compatriot shipping group Island Offshore, some four months after the first steel was cut for the first...