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President Iohannis: I welcome President Biden's explicit announcement on supplementing US troops in Romania
Friday, January 21, 2022
President Klaus Iohannis welcomes the announcement made by his American counterpart, Joe Biden, regarding the increase of the American military presence in Romania, on the eastern flank of NATO, "if the security situation deteriorates.""I welcome the explicit announcement of President Joe Biden to increase the US military presence in Romania, on the Eastern Flank, if the security situation deteriorates further. RO-US Strategic Partnership and NATO solidarity ...
ForMin Aurescu had phone consultations with US national security adviser Sullivan, Bucharest Nine officials
Friday, January 21, 2022
Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu had Thursday evening a round of phone calls with Jake Sullivan, national security adviser to the US President, and with Foreign Ministers and other senior officials of the Bucharest Nine (B9) format."Today's discussion focused on the complex developments in NATO's eastern neighborhood and the Black Sea, following recent diplomatic efforts to ease security tensions on the Ukrainian border, as well as further ...
PM Ciuca: France's readiness to contribute with NATO troops in Romania a proof of fraternity
Friday, January 21, 2022
Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca "warmly" welcomes the announcement made by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, regarding the readiness of this country to contribute with NATO troops on the Romanian territory and appreciates that this represents a proof of fraternity in the context of the strategic partnership existing between the two states."The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, announces his country's readiness to strengthen NATO's eastern flank in ...
BNR: Economic activity has considerably slowed its growth in Q3
Friday, January 21, 2022
Economic activity slowed its growth considerably in Q3 - to 0.4%, from 1.5% in Q2 -, contrary to expectations, according to the minutes of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Romania monetary policy meeting from January 10, 2022."As regards the cyclical position of the economy, the members of the Council showed that the economic activity slowed down considerably in the third quarter - to 0.4%, from 1.5% in the second quarter -, contrary to ...
Eurostat: Romania among EU countries with highest inflation in December
Friday, January 21, 2022
The annual EU inflation rate grew in December 2021 to 5.3% , to 5.2% in November 2021, member countries with the highest rates being Estonia (12%), Lithuania (10.7%), Poland (8%), Latvia (7.9%), Hungary (7.4%) and Romania (6.7%), according to data released by Eurostat on Thursday. The annual inflation rate grew in December 2021, compared to November 2021, in 18 member states, it dropped in another 7 ...
OLAF discovered a group with ramifications in Romania and Italy which embezzled hundreds of thousands of euros from EU funds
Friday, January 21, 2022
A criminal group will be accounted for embezzling hundreds of thousand euros from EU funds for agriculture, growing tomatoes, the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF)announced on Wednesday. OLAF says the group which “had no intention to grow tomatoes”, embezzled 850,000 euros from EU funds for agriculture. Also, according to Olaf, “No penny of this money was spent on agriculture or in ...
Fight against human trafficking, a priority for Government
Friday, January 21, 2022
PM Nicolae Ciuca highlighted on Thursday, during a work meeting at Victoria Palace, with the Minister of Internal Affairs Lucian Bode and other officials in the field, the fact that the fight against human trafficking represents a priority for the Government and talked about the strategic importance of tackling this phenomenon on the three levels of intervention: prevention, combating, protection.According to a press release sent by the Government, the ...
Government approved the Memorandum granting technical and financial assistance to Republic of Moldova
Thursday, January 20, 2022
The government approved the memorandum under which Romania will be able to continue providing technical and financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova in several areas, to support its European path, said Government spokesperson Dan Carbunaru."The memorandum approving the negotiation and signing of the agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Republic of Moldova on the implementation of the technical and financial assistance ...
Defense Minister, Israeli ambassador discuss bilateral military cooperation
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Defense Minister Vasile Dincu had a meeting on Wednesday with Israeli ambassador David Saranga with whom he discussed the highlights of bilateral military cooperation and ways to step up military ties, as well as topical subjects on the current security agenda of the Middle East and Black Sea region, the Defense Ministry informs.Minister Dincu expressed his appreciation for the two states' constant defense cooperation, including the modernization of the ...
Gov't orders energy suppliers to redo wrong bills within 15 days
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Under an Emergency Ordinance adopted by the government on Wednesday, the suppliers are required to recalculate within 15 days the wrong energy bills where the capping and offsetting mechanisms were not applied, Energy Minister Virgil Popescu announced at a briefing at the end of the government meeting."As promised, the government introduced today the suppliers' obligation to redo the wrong bills, that is those where the capping and ...
