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Real estate transactions have been blocked since last week Hackers have violated Romania's cadastre agency and wiped the country's entire land registry database after an extortion attempt failed. The hack announced last week has blocked Romania's entire real-estate market as official apps and websites have been offline for a week. Notaries are unable to record new transactions because  citizens can't obtain...

Spain ended Argentina's reign as world champions to lift the trophy for the second time. Ferran Torres sealed Spain's second World Cup title on Sunday with the only goal of the final, breaking a goalless match after more than 100 minutes of play. Luis de la Fuente's side made the better start, dominating possession and looking to exploit spaces between the...

Water levels of the Danube in Romania have fallen to their lowest since 1996, leading to irrigation restrictions for ‌farmers and partially disrupting shipping and tourism along the banks. The Danube River reached its lowest flow last week, leading to the restrictions in southeastern Romania, according to the Romania’s state water management agency. Water levels are expected to continue declining over...

The European Investment Bank has approved a loan of EUR800 million for the refurbishment of Romania's Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant’s unit 1. Cosmin Ghita, CEO of Nuclearelectrica, said "the involvement of renowned international banking institutions in securing external financing for the CNE Cernavoda Unit 1 Refurbishment Project represents a historic step for the development of the civil nuclear energy sector",...

Mountainhead, a movie about tech tycoons gone jargon-spewingly berserk, is a sign of the times There is a scene in Mountainhead, the engrossing film by Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, in which four jargon-spewing tech moguls, two of them vying for World’s Richest Man, discuss how to leverage the deadly global pandemonium that one of them directly caused. They are appreciating the...

Law enforcement authorities have carried out investigative measures in Katowice, Poland, as part of a probe into possible customs and VAT fraud and suspected circumvention of sanctions. A suspect was questioned. The action was taken at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) The case concerns the fraudulent import of birch plywood from Russia, in order to circumvent the...

Hundreds of frantic people jostled outside a food store which opened on Saturday offering cheese, cooking oil and salt at knock off prices. The shop in downtown Bucharest, which had been promoted heavily on social media by its owner, an influencer who made headlines after he was detained in a tax evasion, and embezzlement case three years ago and accused...

The "Nadia Comăneci" gym was inaugurated on Saturday north of Bucharest in the presence of interim Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan and the legendary gymnast herself. Nadia Comăneci entered the history books when she was awarded the first ever perfect 10 in the history of gymnastics on July 18, 1976 when she obtained a 10 at the Olympic Games in Montreal.  We...

The European Green Party, Greens/EFA Members of the European Parliament and SENS Romania on Saturday called on the Romanian government and mayor of the western city of Oradea  to allow the city’s Pride march to take place “safely and on a visible route through the city.” The groups said that for four consecutive years, the organizers, local LGBTQIA+ organization Ark...

Modul în care alegem să ne petrecem timpul liber s-a transformat radical în ultimii ani. Tehnologia ne-a adus filmele, cumpărăturile și serviciile bancare direct pe ecranul telefonului. Aceeași schimbare majoră se observă și în industria de divertisment, unde preferințele s-au mutat evident dinspre spațiile fizice către mediul digital. Când vine vorba despre jocuri de noroc, tot mai mulți utilizatori...