Last Mile Brief 07/03/2023: Nova Poshta reportedly set to expand to Romania

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Today’s headline story: Nova Poshta reportedly set to expand to Romania

Romanian business website profit.ro claims that Nova Poshta has registered a company in Romania with an address in the country’s capital, Bucharest.

Nova Poshta has already expanded to Poland and Moldova. Moreover, last month, the company officially announced it would be opening a branch in Lithuania in the middle of March.

In addition to this, the profit.ro report speculates that Nova Poshta are eyeing branches in Germany and the Czech Republic.

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