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PM Orban participated in the receipt ceremony of the first Patriot missile system
Friday, September 18, 2020
Prime Minister Ludovic Orban on Thursday, on the occasion of his visit to the Capu Midia military base, where he participated in the receipt ceremony of the first Patriot missile system, stated that Romania is going to be safer with these missiles on its territory and the Romanian citizens better defended."I am honoured to be here today, in a historic moment, as I see it, the moment when the first Patriot missile system arrives in Romania. This is a moment ...
Romania recommends 10 delegated prosecutors, 20 support specialists for EPPO
Friday, September 18, 2020
Romania's Justice Ministry (MJ) provided clarifications on Wednesday on the procedure of nominating the country's delegated prosecutors to the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), emphasising that the information and statements publicly carried that Romania would block the process of establishing the number of European prosecutors is not grounded in reality."The procedure for establishing the number of Romanian prosecutors delegated to the European ...
Coronavirus: Germany updated list of risk areas in Romania
Friday, September 18, 2020
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) informs that the Germany authorities have updated the list of risk areas in Romania, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which lists includes now 11 counties and the Capital City Bucharest.According to the MAE, the new entries to the list are the Neamt and Caras-Severin counties, while the Arges and Dambovita counties disappeared from the list.At this point, besides the Bucharest Municipality, there are ...
Eurostat: Romania, among EU member countries with highest inflation rates in August
Friday, September 18, 2020
Romania was among the member countries with the highest inflation rates in August, a month in which restrictions imposed to control the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) continued to rise, the data published on Thursday by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) show.In August, the annual inflation rate in the Eurozone fell to minus 0.2% from 0.4% in the previous month, while in the European Union it fell to 0.4% from 0.9% in the previous month. This is the ...
Start of construction works at subsea pipeline under Midia-MGD natural gas project
Friday, September 18, 2020
Prime Minister Ludovic Orban on Thursday attended in the Corbu rural town in Constanta County the start of the construction works at the subsea pipeline that makes the object of the Midia-MGD natural gas project developed by Black Sea Oil and Gas company, part of the Carlyle Energy Group.The head of the Executive stated that the project, worth a total of 400 million US dollars, is an extremely important one, with this being the first offshore natural gas ...
CCIB President: Industrial and IT fields and agriculture offer significant opportunities to develop Romanian-Pakistani cooperation
Friday, September 18, 2020
The industrial, IT sectors and agriculture are offering significant opportunities for the development of Romanian-Pakistani cooperation, says the president of Bucharest Chamber of Trade and Industry (CCIB), Costica Mustata. He had a meeting with Zafar Iqbal, the ambassador of Pakistan in Romania where Zhakaib Rafique, first secretary of the Embassy also participated. According to a CCIB press release, the head of Bucharest ...
Renault Groupe Romania reaches online record sales of 30 cars daily
Friday, September 18, 2020
Renault Groupe Romania registered record sales of 30 cars daily on the two e-Commerce websites launched two years ago, according to a company press release on Thursday. Some of the customers chose home delivery, an optional service offered to those who want to reduce physical interaction or the effort of going to a showroom. “We ...
Blue Air introduces seven international routes for winter holidays
Friday, September 18, 2020
Blue Air will introduce over December 18, 2020 – January 10, 2021, 49 new weekly flights to seven travel destinations dear to Romanians during winter holidays, a press release issued on Thursday by the company shows. Blue Air anticipates a significant increase of passenger flights during winter holidays and introduces seven new international routes from Bucharest airport. The seven new ...
President Iohannis, on conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean: We need to consider the whole range of issues
Thursday, September 17, 2020
President Klaus Iohannis told a press conference at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace on Wednesday that "the whole range of issues" must be taken into account as regards the Eastern Mediterranean conflict and the fact that sanctions "are not an end in themselves."The head of state will attend the European Council on September 24 and 25. In this regard, he spoke about our country's position on the conflict between Greece and Turkey."If we are ...
Parliament: Budget Committees approve increase of pensions by 40 pct
Thursday, September 17, 2020
The MPs in the Budget Committees of Parliament eliminated, on Wednesday, on the proposal of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the article of the budget revision according to which the pension point will be increased by 14 pct, thus leaving in force the law of the public pension system which provides for a 40 pct increase.The article according to which the pension point will increase by 14 pct has been removed, thus the MPs decided to "maintain the value of ...
