The largest city of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca, is trying to attract investors with the help of EU funds to become smarter, Emil Boc, the city’s mayor and former Romanian prime minister, told New Europe in Brussels.

Speaking on the sidelines of a conference on building smart cities and regions earlier in February, Boc described the Romanian city’s plans for sustainable transport and energy saving. Their goal is “to work everyday” to fulfil European Union’s low carbon requirements by 2020, incl...