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Iohannis, at COP28: Romania is an increasingly attractive host for green technologies manufacturing
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
President Klaus Iohannis, attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) on Monday, said that Romania is interested to develop, to deploy, but also to manufacture green technologies and contribute in this way to international green value chains.The president stressed, during the "Sustainable Innovation Forum 2023" in Dubai, that in effectively responding to climate change, governments need to develop a strong partnership with businesses, financial ...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III had a meeting with Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and Minister of Defense Angel Tilvar
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu met, on Monday, in the context of his working visit to the USA, with the American secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin, with the head of the Romanian Government affirming that we need increased cooperation in the field of security with the United States, but also a strong economic commitment, Agerpres correspondent reports.According to a Government's release, the two officials emphasized the privileged relationship ...
Establishing minimum norms for protection of crime victims, on agenda of discussions at JHA Council
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Establishing minimum norms regarding the rights, support and protection of victims of crime was among the topics discussed at the meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council configuration (JHA), in which the Minister of Justice, Alina Gorghiu took part on Monday, informs a press release from the Ministry of Justice sent on Monday."An important point addressed during the JHA Council meeting was the debate on the proposal to amend Directive ...
MEP Tomac: We have failed to join Schengen this year, next year there is almost no chance
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Romania has failed to join Schengen again, and next year there is almost no chance, because member states have as priority the elections for the European Parliament and then the election of a new European Commission, MEP Eugen Tomac said in a Facebook post on Monday, accusing the Romanian state and its top representatives of a series of mistakes.The MEP from the European People's Party group in the European Parliament (EP) brings to mind that the provisional agenda of the ...
PM Ciolacu on Schengen: We are waiting for the decision of the Netherlands on Bulgaria before taking a step
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Romania is currently waiting to find out whether the Netherlands will support Bulgaria's accession to the European free movement area or not, before making its own decision in the Schengen file, the prime minister, Marcel Ciolacu, said on Monday.The Council for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA), which will meet on December 4 and 5, does not have the topic of Romania's and Bulgaria's accession to Schengen on its agenda."The Netherlands had elections on November 22. ...
ForMin Odobescu: Communication with Austria on the Schengen file has improved lately
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Communication with Austria on the Schengen file has improved lately, Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu said on Monday.The head of Romanian diplomacy is part of the delegation of Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, who is on a working visit to the United States."Communication with Austria has improved lately. There is a dialogue not only at the level of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but also at the level of the Ministry of Interior and we are continuing all these ...
PNL's Ciuca: We are and we shall remain in the gov't, as we can't afford political crisis
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
National Liberal Party (PNL) Chairman Nicolae Ciuca said on Monday that the Liberals will remain in the Government because they cannot afford to provoke a crisis, given that whenever there has been dissension within the coalition, the importance of political stability has been invoked.The remarks were made at the conference on the re-launch of the Institute of Popular Studies, after the former prime minister was asked how he would approach next year's election campaigns. ...
INSCOP poll - Intentions to vote in parliament: PSD - 30.2%, PNL - 20.1%, AUR - 19.5%
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
According to the latest INSCOP poll commissioned by news.ro, if parliamentary elections were held on Sunday, PSD would secure 30.2% of the votes, followed by PNL with 20.1% and AUR with 19.5%. Additionally, S.O.S., Diana Sosoaca’s party, would surpass the 5% threshold required for entry into Parliament. Two-thirds of interviewed Romanians are pessimistic about Romania’s trajectory, with optimism more ...
Draft law on 2024 state budget, social security budget in Parliament on December 18, vote on December 22
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
The draft law on the 2024 state budget and social security budget will come to Parliament on December 18, with the final vote in the legislature expected on December 22, National Liberal Party (PNL) deputy Florin Roman said on Monday, after the meeting of finance minister Marcel Bolos with the Liberal parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies."We had a meeting at the level of the National Liberal Party's parliamentary group with the Liberal finance minister, Marcel ...
FinMin: Increase of pensions and teachers' wages included in 2024 budget blueprint
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Finance Minister Marcel Bolos announced on Monday that he discussed with the Liberal deputies the outlines of the 2024 public budget, noting that the expenditure envelope includes the necessary amounts for increasing pensions, teachers' wages, as well as investments under the Anghel Saligny program, and that there will be no tax and fee increases whatsoever."The first budget element is that related to pension expenses, so as to accommodate both the component related ...
Ministry of Finance attracts over 1.3 billion RON from banks, on Monday
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
The Ministry of Finance (MF) borrowed, on Monday, 1.334 billion RON from the banks, through an issue of benchmark state bonds, with a residual maturity of 42 months and an average yield of 6.57% per year, according to data published by the National Bank of Romania (BNR).The nominal value of Monday's issue was 500 million RON, and the banks subscribed 1.649 billion RON.An additional auction is scheduled for Tuesday, through which the state wants to ...
Almost €34 million in European Solidarity Funds awarded to Romania to repair damages caused by severe drought in 2022
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira said: “This is EU solidarity in action! We promised, and we delivered: €33.9 million in financial support will help Romania rebuild and restore what was destroyed to the drought and wildfires in 2022. The EU Solidarity Fund is a tangible way to show our solidarity and support and is paramount in the face of unrelenting climate ...
Romania's end-November forex reserves advance to 58.894 billion euros
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
As of end-November, the forex reserves of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) stood at 58.186 billion euros, 1.2 pct up from 58.186 billion euros at the end of this October, the central bank announced in a release.Inflows recorded in November amounted to 2.961 billion euros, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the accounts of the Ministry of Public Finance, other.Outflows stood at 2.253 ...
Price of gold reaches historical maximum on Monday, of 303.8212 RON/gram
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
The price for a gram of gold rose on Monday by 6.9502 RON (2.34%), reaching 303.8212 RON, from 296.8710 RON, as announced on Wednesday by the National Bank of Romania (BNR), once again recording a record value.The national currency appreciated on Monday in relation to the euro, which was calculated by the National Bank of Romania (BNR) at 4.9678 RON, down by 0.48 bani (-0.10%) compared to the previous quotation of 4,9726 RON.Compared to the dollar, the value of ...
Romanian Customs Authority announces no imports of cereals from Ukraine have been registered in last 6 months
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
The Romanian Customs Authority announced on Monday that, according to data held by the institution, no customs import operations from Ukraine were registered in the last 6 months for the categories of agricultural products wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower."As a result of the information published in the media regarding the alleged imports into Romania of some categories of cereals originating in Ukraine, namely wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower, the Romanian Customs ...
The unemployment rate in October 2023 was 5.4%, decreasing by 0.1 percentage points
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Romania's unemployment rate stood at 5.4% in October, 0.1 percentage points lower than the value recorded a month earlier, the statistical office said on Monday, quoting provisional data. Compared to October 2022, Romania's jobless rate was 0.3 percentage points lower, the statistical office said in a monthly report. Registered unemployed in Romania numbered 446,500 in October, compared to 448,700 in ...
National Academy awards ceremony to honor 2021's most valuable scientific and artistic creations
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
The Romanian Academy will be awarding on Thursday the prizes for 2021's most valuable scientific and artistic creations, with actress Rodica Mandache, professor and literary critic Mircea Mihaies, historian Ilie Schipor and Byzantinologist Petre-Radu Guran among the honorees.The event will take place at the Grand Hall of the Academy, starting at 10:00, in the presence of the members of the General Assembly, the Communication Office of the scholarly organization ...
The Royal Choir Christmas Concert, 11th December at the Saint Joseph's Cathedral in Bucharest
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
The Royal Choir, a youth ensemble under the High Patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Radu of Romania and decorated by Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown, will perform the Royal Christmas Concert at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St.Joseph in Bucharest. According to a press release sent on Monday, the event will take place on December 11, starting at 8:00 p.m. in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St.Joseph in ...
COP28: World leaders for tripling nuke capacity to net zero by 2050
Monday, December 4, 2023
In an unprecedented gathering in the midst of COP28, leaders from around the world joined in committing to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050 as part of the transition to net zero, https://tradearabia.com/ reports. The Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050 has been endorsed by the Heads of State of nine countries at the ceremony, with ...
Klaus Iohannis: Romania's energy security will increase through its accession to International Solar Alliance
Monday, December 4, 2023
Romania's energy security will increase due to the fact that our country joined the International Solar Alliance, president Klaus Iohannis declared on Sunday.Iohannis stated, at the event during which Romania joined the International Solar Alliance, that this shows the firm commitment of our country to become neutral from the point of view of carbon emissions and through the use of renewable energy sources.The president expressed his conviction ...