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President Dan starts today a visit to France
Monday, December 8, 2025
President Nicusor Dan will be visiting France on Monday and Tuesday, where he will meet with the Romanian community in Paris and will be received by his counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysee Palace.On the evening of his first day in France, the head of state will have a dialogue with representatives of the Romanian community at the Embassy in Paris, according to the agenda published by the Presidential Administration.On Tuesday, Nicusor Dan ...
LocalBy-electionsBucharest2025/National Liberal Party's Ciprian Ciucu secures Bucharest mayor's office
Monday, December 8, 2025
Ciprian Ciucu, the National Liberal Party's candidate for Bucharest mayor, is the winner of the office with 36.17% of the votes, according to real-time data released by the Permanent Electoral Authority after centralising 1,288 minutes from the total of 1,289 polling stations (99.92%).Ciucu secured a 14.2% lead over runner-up Anca Alexandrescu - backed by the 'Justice for Bucharest' Electoral Alliance. Daniel Baluta of the Social Democratic Party placed ...
German Minister of Defense to visit 57th Air Base at Mihail Kogalniceanu
Monday, December 8, 2025
Germany's Federal Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius will pay a visit, on Tuesday, to the 57th Air Base "Captain Aviator Constantin Cantacuzino" in Mihail Kogalniceanu, Constanta County, where he will meet with the Secretary of State for Defense Policy, Planning and International Relations, Sorin Dan Moldovan.According to a press release from the Ministry of Defense sent on Friday, the discussions will focus on bilateral cooperation in the field of defense, ...
PM Bolojan: Romania and Hungary to sign MoU to expand power transmission capacity
Monday, December 8, 2025
The Romanian and Hungarian governments are set to sign a memorandum of understanding to boost the transmission capacity of their power lines, Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan announced on Friday.Following his recent visits to Budapest and Vienna, the prime minister emphasized the importance of regional market interconnection and integration, as well as collaboration among major operators in Romania, Hungary, and Austria."Interconnection and a single ...
PM Bolojan:17 state-owned companies - in first package subject to analysis for implementation of reform
Monday, December 8, 2025
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan announced on Friday that, regarding the reform of state-owned companies, the Government has established the roles of the institutions involved, noting that, in the first stage, 17 companies are in view, including Tarom, Metrorex, CFR Calatori, CFR SA, Societatea Electrocentrale Craiova and Electrocentrale Bucharest."As to the memorandum on the reform of state-owned companies, we have made an analysis in recent ...
Romania's economy grows by 08pct, gross series, 1.4pct, seasonally adjusted series, January through September
Monday, December 8, 2025
The Romanian economy grew, in the first nine months of the current year, by 0.8% as gross series and by 1.4% as series adjusted depending on the number of business days and seasonality, compared to the similar period in 2024, while in the third quarter of 2025 the Gross Domestic Product decreased by 0.2%, in real terms, compared to the previous quarter, according to provisional data (1) published on Friday by the National Institute of Statistics ...
Government Public Debt Management Strategy 2025-2027 – approved
Monday, December 8, 2025
The Government approved, on Friday, the memorandum on the Government Public Debt Management Strategy 2025-2027.According to a press release from the Executive, this strategy provides the Ministry of Finance's mode of action to improve the structure of the public debt portfolio and the principles that will underpin financing decisions."The objectives of the Ministry of Finance in managing the government public debt for the period ...
Fitch confims Banca Transilvania's long-term rating at
Monday, December 8, 2025
The financial rating agency Fitch Ratings confirmed on Thursday the long-term issuer rating of Banca Transilvania (BT) at "BBB-", as well as the bank's viability rating at "bbb-", according to a BT press release.At the same time, Fitch Ratings decided to maintain the "negative" outlook for the ratings confirmed on Thursday, in the context of Romania's country rating.Fitch motivated its decision to confirm Banca Transilvania's ratings by the ...
How the government could rapidly bring 20 billion euros into the budget
Monday, December 8, 2025
Financial expert Adrian Codirlasu has a quick solution for increasing budgetary resources – selling minority stakes in profitable state-owned companies. “This means that the state retains control, the state decides what happens. However, the Bucharest Stock Exchange already has governance codes that are fully compatible with those of the OECD. Those companies would be subject to those codes. It would be a listing condition on the stock ...
Foundation Conservation Carpathia leaders awarded Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit by German President
Monday, December 8, 2025
Barbara Promberger-Furpass and Christoph Promberger have been awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in recognition of their exceptional and tireless commitment to forest conservation in Romania.On the occasion of International Volunteer Day, celebrated this year under the motto "Germany in the World," the Federal president personally decorated the Prombergers at ...
