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PPF Real Estate’s two office buildings in central Bucharest - Crystal Tower and Metropolis - are now running partially on solar power after their rooftops were successfully converted into photovoltaic sites. “We always look for ways to further improve the energy efficiency of our buildings,” said Mirela Ciovică, Head of Leasing at PPF Real Estate Romania. “Converting the roofs into...

The deputy secretary general of NATO, Mircea Geoană, said there are no indications of an intention of the Russian Federation to attack a member state of the alliance However, he also pointed out that the concern of Romanian citizens who live near the Danube border with Ukraine is understandable. "There are no indications that the Russian Federation has any intention to...

Almost 2,500 people were killed and nearly as many injured (at least 1,400 critically) in Friday night's earthquake in the Moroccan High Atlas Mountains, southwest of Marrakech. A desperate search for survivors continues, as armed forces and international aid teams fight through rubble and devastation to reach remote mountain areas, says NBC. The United Nations estimates 300,000 people across the region...

Sometimes our assumptions are so ingrained that we hardly notice they're assumptions. So it is with the widespread conviction that freedom and democracy are natural parts of the same whole, or that repression and democracy are at odds. But that is not exactly so. 9/11, for example, was an assault on our freedoms. So it is ironic that as we...

Some 3 million Romanian pupils and high-school students returned to school on Monday with the new school year seeing Holocaust studies introduced into the core curriculum. Students will study the Jewish history and the Holocaust in the eleventh grade when they are 17 years old. The Ministry of Education collaborated for a few months with the Elie Wiesel National Institute for...

Moldovan football player Violeta Mitul has died aged 26 in a “tragic accident,” European soccer’s governing body UEFA announced. “The 26-year-old defender was involved in a tragic accident while on a mountain hike with club-mates,” UEFA said in a statement. She died on September 4, her Icelandic club Einherji said.  Einherji added Mitul "was kind, energetic and an exemplary footballer" in...

Romania's foreign ministry summoned the Russian charge d'affaires after the discovery on Romanian soil of new fragments of a drone similar to those used by the Russian military. On Saturday, Romanian authorities found a second set of drone debris to have crashed in the NATO member state in a week, amid Russian attacks on Ukraine's river ports, a mere hundreds...

An earthquake of 6.8-magnitude hit Morocco Friday night, killing more than 600 people. Many spent the night on the streets in multiple cities fearful of aftershocks as a desperate mission to locate those trapped in the rubble got underway. Health authorities also called on people to donate blood to help victims. People running out of their houses in their pyjamas...

A Tailwind Airlines aircraft flying from Antalya to Prague with 112 passengers on board made an emergency landing on Friday morning at Bucharest’s Henri Coandă Airport. The landing came after the pilot detected  possible fuel leaks. The plane landed safely and will continue its flight after checks,  a statement said. “On  Friday morning, an aircraft belonging to Tailwind Airlines, with 112...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Romanian Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu on Thursday held a call to discuss Romania's investigation into drone debris found in Romania close to its border with Ukraine. Pieces of what could be a Russian drone fell on Romanian territory, Defense Minister Angel Tilvar said on Wednesday, two days after Ukraine said Russian drones had...