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Declassified documents from CSAT/Romania - target of Russian hybrid actions, Georgescu's campaign – financed
Thursday, December 5, 2024
President Klaus Iohannis has agreed to the declassification, according to the law, at the request of the issuing institutions, of the information presented by the Romanian Intelligence Service, the Foreign Intelligence Service and the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the meeting of the Supreme Council of National Defence (CSAT) on November 28, the Presidential Administration announced on Wednesday.According to the cited source, the decision adopted by the ...
Statement on Romania's Presidential Elections - United States Department of State
Thursday, December 5, 2024
We have been closely following the elections in Romania. It is the choice of the Romanian people whom they elect, and the United States does not interfere with that choice or process. We are concerned by the Romanian Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT)’s report of Russian involvement in malign cyber activity designed to influence the integrity of the Romanian electoral process. ...
PSD, PNL, USR, UDMR, national minorities agree to form coalition, document signed at Palace of Parliament
Thursday, December 5, 2024
National Liberal Party (PNL) interim chair Ilie Bolojan announced on Wednesday that the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR), the Save Romania Union (USR) and the national minorities, as pro-European political parties, have agreed to form a coalition, aimed stability and , as part of a joint resolution."We, the Social Democratic Party, the National Liberal Party, the Save Romania Union, the Hungarian Democratic ...
Memorandum on Romania becoming regional hub for EBRD, approved by Government
Thursday, December 5, 2024
The Romanian government approved on Wednesday a memorandum on Romania's transformation into a regional hub for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).Romania will become a regional hub of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, providing an efficient platform for the expansion of EBRD operations in Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Greece and, if appropriate, the Republic of Moldova) and strengthening the strategic role of ...
Bucharest stocks affected by political wind, brokers expect volatility to settle as soon as election result is known
Thursday, December 5, 2024
The Bucharest stocks on Wednesday were still bearing the brunt of the political situation in the country, despite Monday's positive evolution, and brokers expect the volatility to last until the end of the presidential runoff."The local stock market has seen a significant correction phase in recent sessions following the results of the first presidential round. Most companies in the BET index, as well as the ETF that tracks this index, have wiped off almost ...
Gov't approves new regulations for carbon dioxide geological storage facilities
Thursday, December 5, 2024
The government approved on Wednesday the amendment and completion of Government Emergency Ordinance No. 64/2011 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide, setting measures in place for the rapid development of the necessary infrastructure in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.According to a government release, "the new regulations approved by the government will facilitate the rapid and efficient development of the infrastructure needed for the ...
Report: Romania's energy sector - the most exposed to cyberattacks
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Over 14 million cyberattacks are being recorded every month by the Business Internet Security (BIS) service, the most frequent occurrences being ransomware, DDoS and phishing incidents, shows data centralized in the Business Internet Security 2025 report released on Tuesday.According to the 7th edition of the survey conducted by Orange Business, the energy sector remains the most exposed, being the target of 31% of the recorded cyberattacks. It is followed by public ...
Almost half of the Romanians believe that giving up gas-based heating systems is a wrong decisions
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Two-thirds (66%) of the Romanians believe that prosumers contribute to a cleaner environment, while almost half (45%) say that giving up gas-fired heating systems is not a good decision, according to the results of a study published on Thursday.According to data centralized by the despre-energie.ro platform, a project of the companies E.ON and Delgaz Grid, over half of the respondents (55%) stated that firm measures must be taken to reduce pollution and agree with the ...
NATO SecGen: Interception of Russian drones straying into Moldova, a Romania-Moldova bilateral question
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Tuesday avoided answering directly the question of whether Romania could intercept Russian drones crashing into Moldovan airspace, stating that this is a problem that falls rather within the competence of the Romanian authorities, the Moldovan portal NewsMaker reports.Speaking at a press conference in Brussels, ahead of the meeting of NATO foreign ministers on December 3 and 4, Rutte said that Moldova is very much on ...
The President of Georgia draws a parallel between the elections in Georgia and those in Romania and the Republic of Moldova
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
In a post on the social network X, the President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, warns about Calin Georgescu. She says that he is yet another satellite of Russia, who makes the same campaign promises, referring to the statement of the candidate for Cotroceni related to the disappearance of political parties, if he becomes president. The message from the Georgian president comes in the context of people having been on the streets ...
