Sales of homes funded by bank loans rose by 40% during H1 2024 compared to the same period of last year over the reduction of interest rates and the increase in transaction prices, according to transactions brokered by RE/MAX Romania.
Bucharest's short-term rental industry is expected to outperform the previous year's level and has already recorded estimated revenues close to €24 million in H1 2024, according to a Crosspoint Real Estate report.
Brasov City Hall installed the first benches with photovoltaic panels, a contactless phone charging system, wireless internet, temperature, and pollution sensors.
Brasov city hall obtained almost RON 6 million (€1.2 million) non-refundable, from the Environmental Fund Administration (AFM), for the modernization of the lighting system.
The local authorities in Brasov continue the program of greening the fleet of buses and trolleybuses and transforming public transport into the main mobility solution in the municipality and in the metropolitan area.
Brasov is one of the ten European cities competing for the title of Green Capital of Europe, in a competition organized by the European Commission (EC), Mayor Allen Coliban announced. He states that he wants to transform Braşov into a truly green, environmentally friendly city.
Braşov City Hall is launching a tender for the construction of the largest garage for electric buses in Romania. The investment, carried out from European funds, exceeds RON141 million (€28.2 million), without VAT.
Braşov City Hall has blocked the activity of the Stejeris lime factory, which was operating in a residential area of the municipality because there are numerous petitions regarding the pollution in the area. This is the third company forced to relocate its activity, following the actions of the City Hall.
The Braşov County Council has established the locations for the investments of the Integral Waste Management System (SMID) project in Braşov County. For this project, the county public administration provided RON 9.09 million in this year's budget (€ 1.8 million). Brasov remained among the last counties in the country that do not have a functional SMID integrated waste management system.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) extended an €80 million portfolio risk-sharing guarantee to BNP Paribas Bank Polska (BNPPBP), to help increase access to green finance in Poland.
ORLEN Venture Capital (ORLEN VC) has invested in Hystar, a Norwegian company specializing in high-efficiency proton-exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers for large-scale, zero-emission hydrogen production.
The joint venture partners behind the project – Equinor, the international energy company headquartered in Norway, and Polenergia have made their final investment decisions for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms, paving the way for full-scale construction.