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President Iohannis to participate in European Council meeting, Euro Summit Thursday to Friday
Thursday, March 23, 2023
President Klaus Iohannis will participate, on Thursday and Friday, in the Spring European Council meeting and in the Euro Summit in an enlarged format, which will take place in Brussels, the Presidential Administration informed.The European Council meeting will start with a working lunch with the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, during which the situation in Ukraine, in particular food security and the reconstruction process, climate change ...
Premier Ciuca, Thursday in Moldova to meet president Sandu, counterpart Recean and Parliament head Grosu
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Prime minister Nicolae Ciuca announced that on Thursday he will make an official visit to the Republic of Moldova, together with a governmental team, where he will have meetings with president Maia Sandu, prime minister Dorin Recean and the head of the Chisinau Parliament, Igor Grosu."It is a visit through which we reconfirm the consolidation of bilateral relations and, of course, it is a visit through which we reconfirm the support Romania will continue to ...
ForMin Aurescu on a two-day visit to the UK at invitation of British Foreign Secretary Cleverly
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu is starting on March 22 a two-day official visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at the invitation of his counterpart, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs James Cleverly, the Foreign Ministry informs.The Romanian and the British top diplomats will sign the updated Joint Declaration of the Strategic Partnership between Romania and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern ...
Romania and the United Kingdom inaugurate joint NATO Contact Point Embassy mandate in Georgia
Thursday, March 23, 2023
The Permanent Representatives of Romania and the United Kingdom to NATO, Dan Neculaescu and David Quarrey respectively, inaugurated the joint NATO Contact Point Embassy (CPE) mandate in Georgia during a visit to the country on March 20-21.Romania holds, together with the United Kingdom, the NATO Contact Point Embassy mandate in Georgia for a two-year period.At the public event for the presentation of NATO Contact Point Embassies' objectives, held in ...
US Ambassador in Bucharest - received by Patriarch Daniel; migration phenomenon - on agenda of talks
Thursday, March 23, 2023
The Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Daniel, received, on Wednesday, the ambassador of the United States of America to Romania, Kathleen Kavalec, on a presentation visit, with the phenomenon of migration being on the agenda of the discussions."The Patriarch of Romania referred to the phenomenon of migration, which, in the case of Romania, generates, in addition to the possibility of real opportunities for achievement on a personal level, also ...
Gov't approves draft on intergovernmental agreement between Romania, North Macedonia on corruption combat
Thursday, March 23, 2023
The Government approved in Wednesday's meeting a draft law for the ratification of the Agreement between the Governments of Romania and North Macedonia on strengthening cooperation in the area of internal control and the prevention and combating of corruption, signed on September 15, 2022, in Bucharest.According to a press release issued by the Executive, this agreement creates the necessary bilateral legal framework for strengthening cooperation in the area ...
Minister Bolos: Romania has until April 30 to submit to Brussels the final documents on the modification of the PNRR
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Romania has until April 30 to send to the European Commission the final documents regarding the modification of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), stated on Wednesday the minister of investments and European Funds, Marcel Bolos.‘30 April is the deadline for sending the final documents. We have the four things we have mentioned- the reduction of grant, the adjustment of the ...
PSD's Ciolacu: Defence, interior, justice ministries to be depopulated if commitments under PNRR on pensions, taken literally
Thursday, March 23, 2023
If Romania's commitments under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) are applied literally, the Ministries of Defence, Internal Affairs and Justice will be "depopulated", chairman of the Social Democratic Party ( ruling party) Marcel Ciolacu, told private radio broadcaster Europa FM on Wednesday evening."There is a big discrepancy between the practice in the European Union - I'm talking about magistrates' pensions, I'm talking about defence, ...
Gov't repeals decision postponing closure of some energy capacities operating on lignite
Thursday, March 23, 2023
The Government decided on Wednesday to repeal the decision to postpone the closure of some energy capacities operating on lignite and their related mining operations."The repeal of Decision no. 1573/2022 regarding the approval of the postponement of the closure of some energy capacities operating on lignite and their related mining operations is a consequence of the amendments brought to Emergency Ordinance no. 108/2022 on the decarbonization of the energy ...
Gov't gives Oltenia Energy Complex a state aid worth 449 million RON
Thursday, March 23, 2023
The Oltenia Energy Complex (CE) will receive a state aid worth 449 million RON for this year in order to finance expenses with greenhouse gas emission certificates, according to a Decision approved in Wednesday's Government meeting.The state aid for restructuring in the form of grants is fully granted from the state budget, through the budget of the Ministry of Energy, a release of the Government mentions.The allocated funds will be used for the ...
Petre Daea requested the review of the amount allocated to Romania to support farmers affected by the influx of grain from Ukraine
Thursday, March 23, 2023
The amount of 10 million euros allocated to Romania to support farmers affected by the influx of grain from Ukraine is ridiculous, said the Minister of Agriculture, Petre Daea, who added that he asked the Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, to reanalyze the calculation formulaThe minister reiterated that the method of distribution of the calculation formula belongs to those who deal with the technical part, and the decision regarding the ...
Romania is the second big wheat export in the EU in 2022 – 2023 with 2.77 million tons
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Exports of soft wheat of the EU in 2022/23 which started on 1 July 2022 reached on 19th March the current year at 22.23 million tons, up by 8% against the 20.52 million tons of wheat exported in the same period of the season 2021/22, show the data published on Tuesday by the European Commission, informs Reuters.According to these data, France was the biggest export of wheat in the EU in this season, with 8.69 million ...
Minister Grindeanu: Ukraine is willing to take measurements on Chilia branch, Bystroye Canal using Ukrainian ships, experts
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Ukraine has informed Romania that it is willing to take measurements on the portion between km 11 and km 22 of the Danube's Chilia branch and on the Bystroye Canal using Ukrainian ships and experts, and on board the ships it will receive two Romanian experts, but so far it has not revealed a date when the measurements will start, Romanian Transport Minister Sorin Grindeanu wrote in a social media post on Wednesday."So that there are no more erroneous ...
Barometer: Businesspersons predict a stagnation of the Romanian economy this year
Thursday, March 23, 2023
The Romanian economy will stagnate this year, in which concerns regarding the uncertainties associated with macro-economic conditions will be in the foreground, show the conclusions of the 5th edition of the Moneycorp Barometer on the state of the Romanian economy.According to the research, 32% of the surveyed managers expect economic stagnation in 2023, while another 28% see marginal economic growth. An ...
Survey: 43% of large companies in Romania foresee increase in the number of employees in 2023
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Over 43% of managers and human resources experts in large companies predict an increase in recruitment in business and technology in 2023, and 54% estimate an increase in the number of opportunities for professionals, shows a survey into the labor market, which includes the predictions of 222 HR specialists from large companies operating on the Romanian market."The generous volume of jobs, both for professionals and for juniors, we observe not only following ...
Turnover of market services to enterprises advances 19.4 pct this January
Thursday, March 23, 2023
The turnover of market services provided mainly to businesses was 19.4 percent up in January 2023 in unadjusted nominal terms compared to the same period of 2022, shows data released on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics.Adjusted for working days and seasonality, the turnover of market services provided mainly to enterprises was 21.9 percent compared to the year-ago period.This advance was the result of growth in the turnover of ...
President Iohannis meets Emirati PM on Romania-UAE development, education co-operation
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
On an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday, Romania's President Klaus Iohannis had talks with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the vice-president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, ruler of the Emirate of Dubai.According to a press statement released by the Romanian Presidential Administration, Iohannis reconfirmed the importance and excellent ties with the United Arab Emirates, highlighting the solidity of the ...
US Department of State: 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Romania
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Romania is a constitutional republic with a democratic, multiparty parliamentary system. The bicameral parliament consists of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, both elected by popular vote. Observers considered the November 2019 presidential election and December 2020 parliamentary elections to have been generally free and ...
Remarks by U.S. Chargé d’Affaires David Muniz at “Common Challenges and New Perspectives in Trafficking in Persons” Conference
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Romanian Parliament, Senate Plenary Hall (As prepared for delivery ) March 21, 2023 Good afternoon, Senate President Gorghiu, State Counselor Turza, Distinguished ...
MApN: Strengthening defence and deterrence posture on Eastern Flank, discussed with delegation of Latvian Saeima
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
The Secretary of State for the relation with Parliament and the quality of life of the staff within the National Defence Ministry (MApN), Eduard Bachide, met on Tuesday at the headquarters of the ministry with a delegation led by Latvian Speaker of the Saeima Edvards Smiltens, who is on a visit to Romania.According to the MApN, within the meeting there was an exchange of view on topical issues, with an emphasis on the security situation provoked by the war ...