Pavăl Holding, the investment vehicle of the Pavăl family and majority shareholder of Dedeman, has announced the signing of an exclusive negotiation agreement with the Carrefour Group for the takeover of Carrefour’s operations in Romania. The move marks a strategic expansion of Pavăl Holding’s portfolio into the food retail sector.
Carrefour has been active in the Romanian market since 2001,...
Romania will officially celebrate 2026 as “The Year of Nadia Comăneci,” marking 50 years since the legendary gymnast scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic history at the 1976 Montreal Games. The initiative was approved by the Romanian Senate on May 14, 2025, and by the Chamber of Deputies...
The recent debate in the European Parliament on the future of motor vehicles was more than a simple exchange of technical arguments. It signaled that, at last, the voice of reason is beginning to be heard at the level of European decision-making. For those who have long warned about...
Zemeș Commune has secured funding through Romania’s Environmental Fund Administration (AFM) for the modernization of its public street lighting infrastructure, under the Public Street Lighting Energy Efficiency Program, December 2024 call. The project submitted by the local administration has been approved, with total funding amounting to RON 1,011,780.58.
The funding...
A Romanian Air Force C-27J Spartan aircraft, configured for medical missions, took off today from the 90th Air Transport Base in Otopeni at the request of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU) to carry out a humanitarian medical transport mission on the Otopeni – Bacău – Brussels (Belgium) route....
Among all winter holidays, Christmas holds a special place in people’s hearts, being the most eagerly awaited and the most deeply charged with spiritual meaning. For Christians, 25 December marks the Birth of Our Savior Jesus Christ, an event that symbolizes not only the coming of light into the...
Claudiu-Richard Târziu, an ECR Member of the European Parliament, addressed the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg during a debate on the impact of the geopolitical situation on European patients and their access to medicines. The Romanian official drew attention to a major vulnerability of the European...
It was Friday, 22 December 1989. The frost bit into people’s cheeks, yet the sky over Bacău was strangely clear. Above the city hung an unusual rainbow, in pale pastel colours, like a luminous wound cut across the winter sky. “This can’t be good…,” Elena Țintaru thought, quickening her...
There is a question that returns obsessively, especially in December, when social media fills with urban indignation and rural nostalgia alike: how is it that Romanians, a people often said to have been born of shepherding, place the slaughter of the pig at the very centre of their winter...
Claudiu-Richard Târziu, an ECR Member of the European Parliament, has launched a strong attack on the leadership of the European Commission on the occasion of the first anniversary of the second Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen, marked on 1 December.
In a public statement, Târziu argues that, following...
In the Harrow area of north-west London, unofficially known as the United Kingdom’s “Little Romania”, the smell of Romanian smoked meats blends daily with the bustle of a large Romanian community. Here, among shops with signs written in Romanian and conversations that flow naturally “just like back home”, stands...
On December 16, 1989, the city of Bacău saw the publication of the final issue of Steagul roșu, a newspaper that for decades had served as the official press organ of the County Committee of the Romanian Communist Party and the County People’s Council. The edition prepared for December...
In 2025, the AGRICOLA – Neam de Gospodari Association continued its active involvement for the benefit of the Bacău community, supporting over 35 social, educational, and sports projects aimed at people seeking to make healthy choices to improve their quality of life.
2025 in Numbers: A Year of StewardshipFor AGRICOLA...
Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Member of the European Parliament for the ECR Group, has voiced strong opposition to the EU–Mercosur trade agreement following alarming information contained in a recent report on practices in Brazil’s beef industry. The report’s findings point to a major gap between the standards imposed on European farmers...
To mark this special anniversary, X-Force Fitness is launching a grand raffle running from December 1 to 30, offering attractive prizes to everyone who walks through our doors.
How to Enter the RaffleIt’s simple: for every workout session completed between December 1 and 30, you receive one entry ticket. The...
