Today Friday, February 20, 2026 in the Romanian Newspapers

AETA SA Ends Contract With Beko Romania Over Pricing Differences Home appliance manufacturer AETA SA (ELGS.RO), formerly Electrarges, has announced the termination of its contractual relationship with Beko Romania in effect since the end of December 2025, following differences over updating prices to match rising production costs. Feb 20, 2026

Start at CES ESG Institute: The first 100% private training program in sustainability BUCHAREST CENTER FOR ECONOMY & SOCIETY (CES Bucharest) announces the launch of CES ESG Institute, the first 100% private sustainability training program in Romania. The program offers a (…) Feb 20, 2026   New Fidelis government bonds issued in February start trading on Bucharest Stock Exchange Romania’s Ministry of Finance attracted subscriptions worth RON 379 million and EUR 124 million (totalling RON 1 billion or EUR 198.8 million) through the second offer of Fidelis government bonds (…) Feb 20, 2026   Report: Romania has one of the highest EV fast-charging tariffs in Europe Romania has one of the highest tariffs for fast charging electric cars in Europe, namely EUR 0.43/kWh, at the same level as Austria and almost double compared to Spain or Croatia, although the (…) Feb 20, 2026   Major exhibition dedicated to Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncu?i opens in Rome An exhibition dedicated to Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncu?i opened on Thursday, February 19, at the Mercati di Traiano Museum in Rome, marking one of the flagship cultural events of the (…) Feb 20, 2026   Authorities uncover over 200 dead animals at bison farm in Romania’s Cluj County Romanian authorities found 214 dead animals, many in a state of decomposition, at a bison farm in Recea Cristur, in Cluj County. The animals were allegedly left to starve. Inspections were (…) Feb 20, 2026   Aerostar Bacau Posts RON634M Revenue And RON98M Profit In 2025 Aerostar Bacau (ARS.RO), a supplier of aerostructures, subassemblies and hydraulic systems for global manufacturing programs, ended last year with RON634 million revenue, slightly up on 2024, (…) Feb 20, 2026   7X Partners And Radu Timis Jr. Invested EUR400,000 In Influencer Marketing Platform FameUP In 2025 Inovatie Allia SRL, the company that operates influencer marketing platform FameUP, raised a new round of funding, EUR400,000, from private equity firm 7X Partners and Radu Timis Jr., CEO of food (…) Feb 20, 2026   Visit of Romanian president to Kyiv “on Ukraine’s agenda,” ambassador says The visit of Romanian president Nicu?or Dan to Kyiv is on Ukraine’s agenda in 2026, ambassador Ihor Prokopciuk stated on Thursday, February 19, during a press conference. The official added that (…) Feb 20, 2026   Romania enters the global circuit of gastronomic excellence For the first time in its history, Romania will compete in the European final of the Bocuse d’Or Europe 2026, taking place on 15-16 March in Marseille. For the local gastronomy sector, this marks (…) Feb 20, 2026   Poll: Over half of Romanians blame Russia for Ukraine war, 44% expect Moscow to win More than half of Romanians believe Russia is responsible for starting the war in Ukraine, yet 44% think Moscow will ultimately prevail, according to a new survey by INSCOP Research. The findings (…) Feb 20, 2026   2026 Winter Olympics: Julia Sauter achieves Romania’s best Olympic performance in women’s figure skating German-born skater Julia Sauter, who competed for Romania at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, achieved the best results in the country’s history in women’s Olympic figure skating. She (…) Feb 20, 2026   Yellow alert issued for 16 counties and Bucharest as snow and strong winds return this weekend The National Meteorological Administration (ANM) issued on Friday, February 20, a yellow weather warning for strong winds, significant precipitation including snowfall, and blizzard conditions (…) Feb 20, 2026   Cucumbers, Romania’s Main Vegetable Export Romanian farmers shipped 47,210 tons of cucumbers abroad in January-November 2025, worth a total of EUR35 million. Exports in the entire 2024 stood at 39,800 tons and EUR27.5 million, so last year (…) Feb 20, 2026   Romanian defense minister calls for NATO Black Sea mission to deter Russia Romanian defense minister Radu Miru?? said NATO should deploy counter-drone equipment, radars, and air defense missiles to the Black Sea as part of a new allied mission to deter Russia, according (…) Feb 20, 2026   Seven Pizza Hut restaurants to close in Romania amid cost pressure Sphera Franchise Group announced on Friday, February 20, that it will close seven Pizza Hut restaurants in Romania operated through its subsidiary American Restaurant System, citing their negative (…) Feb 20, 2026   Romania strengthens social protection for workers in strategically important companies The government of Romania amended legislation to increase the protection for workers in companies defined as strategically important, which may come under insolvency or pre-insolvency procedures. (…) Feb 20, 2026   Romanian companies struggle to retain foreign workers, even those recruited from Asia Romanian employers are facing mounting difficulties not only in attracting foreign labour, but in retaining it, as many workers recruited from Asia eventually move on to other EU countries (…) Feb 20, 2026