Astor Enerji, a Turkish company, has entered into a 75 MW solar project in Alba Iulia, Romania, in partnership with Enexus, a local renewable energy company.
ORLEN partners with Instytut Badawczy IDEAS to support AI research and education
Webuild’s CEO Pietro Salini met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to discuss collaboration between Italian and Spanish companies on infrastructure projects
Glovo a încheiat un parteneriat cu Freshful pentru a oferi livrări rapide de produse alimentare și alte bunuri în București. Comenzile vor ajunge în mai puțin de 30 de minute.
Lusíadas Saúde became the main sponsor of the 96th Lisbon Book Fair (May 27 – June 14, 2026) in a three-year partnership with APEL. The partnership centers on health literacy and the connection between reading and health. Lusíadas Saúde will manage the medical post at the fair, name the central auditorium, and participate as premier sponsor of the Book 2.0 event in September 2026.
The article explores a new wave of European fintech companies moving beyond sleek user interfaces to build integrated financial operating systems for small and medium-sized businesses. Wamo, founded in 2021, exemplifies this shift by focusing on connecting banking, invoicing, payroll, and other financial tools into one seamless platform. The company aims to reach 100,000 companies across Europe and €50m ARR by 2027, leveraging AI for underwriting, risk assessment, and personalized services rather than using AI merely as a chatbot feature.
UiPath Foundation, the non-profit organization of Romanian-American software robotics company UiPath, reported that in 2025 it provided over 67,000 hours of educational activities to children from vulnerable communities in Romania. The foundation launched the AI Generation curriculum in collaboration with MIT App Inventor Foundation and UNESCO, trained approximately 10,000 education professionals, and expanded long-term programs supporting 1,135 high school students (Caleidoscop), 228 children aged 11-15 (Salt Către Viitor), and distributed 14,570 scholarships.
KickstartAI, founded in 2019 by Ahold Delhaize, ING, KLM and NS, extended its partnership agreement with these founding members until 2029. The organization focuses on accelerating AI adoption in practice across various sectors, with successful implementations including baggage detection for NS, package volume prediction for Bol, digital financial guidance for ING, and food waste reduction planning for KLM. The new phase aims to broaden the partner network to additional sectors and organizations.
Qivalis, a consortium of European banks based in Amsterdam, has expanded to 37 member institutions from 15 countries to develop a euro-denominated stablecoin as an alternative to dollar-dominated stablecoins. The initiative plans to launch a regulated stablecoin in the second half of 2024, subject to regulatory approval. Portuguese banks are notably absent from the project so far, though it includes major banks from Spain, France, Italy, and Nordic countries.
Limenet, a startup developing decarbonization technologies for hard-to-abate industries, partnered with Italian building materials group Fassa Bortolo on a 5 million euro co-development project for an electric kiln that reduces lime production emissions by approximately 22% compared to traditional fossil fuel methods. The deal follows a 7 million euro equity investment in Limenet by CDP Venture Capital and Fassa Bortolo in December 2025.