Romania’s National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering “Horia Hulubei” and the consortium led by “Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare” (Italy) today signed the procurement contract for the construction of the research infrastructure at ELI-NP in Romania. To be built in Romania (in Magurele, near Bucharest), ELI-NP will be one of the three pillars of the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI), along with other two facilities which will be developed in the Czech Republic and Hungary. The project is worth more than 850 million Euros coming from different “Operational Programmes” co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Once implemented, it will mark the most advanced research facility in the world, a pan European laboratory that will perform cutting edge research within a broad range of science fields.

Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații and Grayling (one of the largest communication and public affairs consultancies in the world) launch the first private information and analysis portal, offering politics, economy and legislation related commentaries and data - www.padigest.ro

Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații is looking to recruit 3rd year and 4th year students of the Faculty of Law. Launched under the "Your Career Is Not In Crisis This Summer" label, the firm's annual student recruitment program is coordinated by Cornel Popa, Partner at Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații. The summer internship program provides young students with the opportunity to integrate a dedicated team of lawyers and get an invaluable in-sight perspective on the firm`s legal advisory practice.

The Lawyer magazine has revealed the winners of The Lawyer European Awards 2014 at a ceremony held in London on February 20th. The list has also just been made public on www.thelawyer.com and includes Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații as a winner of the "Law Firm of the Year: Romania" award.

Global Arbitration Review (GAR), a publication launched in 2006 and which is currently "recognised as the leading resource on international arbitration news and community intelligence", has recently revealed its lists of winners at a ceremony held in Paris on February 12th. An article published on www.globalarbitrationreview.com says that Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații has won a GAR Award in the Boutique/Regional Practice that impressed category. According to the GAR editors, "The GAR team picked Romanian outfit Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații as the winner, on the back of its work successfully defending the Romanian government in a string of ICSID cases, as co-counsel with the likes of Freshfields and White & Case. Partner Cornel Popa collected the trophy on behalf of his firm".