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In Brussels, ForMin Hurezeanu insists on advancing European accession process of Ukraine and Republic of Moldova
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emil Hurezeanu, insisted on Monday, during the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council, on advancing the European accession process of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova.The head of Romanian diplomacy participated in the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the EU member states (Foreign Affairs Council/FAC), held in Brussels, where the officials discussed Russia's aggression against Ukraine, developments in the Middle East and ...
New HQ of Consular Section of Romanian Embassy in Brussels
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emil Hurezeanu, participated on Sunday, in Brussels, in an anniversary event organized by the Romanian Embassy to mark 145 years of bilateral diplomatic relations between Romania and the Kingdom of Belgium.In this context, the Romanian minister inaugurated the new headquarters of the Consular Section of the Romanian Embassy and participated in the opening of the "Belgium" exhibition, according to a Romanian Foreign Ministry ...
PresidentialElection2025/Inter-institutional working group will coordinate and supervise compliance with the legislation
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The Presidential Administration informs on Monday that at the meeting of the interim president Ilie Bolojan with the representatives of the institutions and public authorities responsible for organizing the presidential elections in May, logistical aspects were addressed, noting that the preparations are on schedule both in terms of the internal and external components."The aim is to consolidate the institutions in order to ensure the application of the ...
Presidential Election2025/ BEC certifies 12 presidential bids
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) on Monday registered four more candidates for the May presidential election, with a total of 12 candidates having so far been certified.BEC on Monday considered the latest bids submitted for the presidential election.It agreed to register the candidacies submitted by: Anamaria Gavrila (Young People's Party - POT), Silviu Predoiu (National Action League Party), Daniel Funeriu (independent), Sebastian Constantin ...
Diana Sosoaca banned from Ukraine for 3 years
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The Ukraine Security Service (SBU) banned the leader of the party S.O.S. Romania, the MEP Diana Sosoaca from entering the Ukrainian territory, announced SBU officially on Monday 17 March in a press release published on its site, says www.hotnews.ro. "The SBU has banned the head of the Romanian party "SOS Romania" Diana Iovanovici-Soshoca for three years," the Ukrainian ...
AtlasIntel Poll: Who would win the second round of the presidential election?
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The candidate of the self-proclaimed sovereignist movement, whether it be George Simion or Anamaria Gavrila, would win the first round of the presidential elections, according to data from an opinion poll conducted between March 13-15, 2025 by the AtlasIntel institute and obtained by Hotnews. However, in the second round, the situation would reverse. According to the research, in the first round, ...
OSCE delegation assessed the electoral process în Romania ahead of the presidential elections
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
A delegation of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) paid a visit to Romania ahead of the presidential elections which will be repeated on 4th May, in preparation of the monitoring mission for this event, and issued recommendations, shows the report of the visit published by OSCE.During the visit, made at the invitation of the Romanian authorities and undergone between 3 and 5 ...
The shock of the first round of the presidential elections produced net outflows of foreign investors of RON 5billion in government securities
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The shock result of the first round of the 2024 presidential elections produced net outflows by non-resident investors in lei-denominated government securities issued on the domestic market of around RON 4billion, according to Finance Ministry data consulted by https://cursdeguvernare.ro/. In November 2024, month when these capital outflows ...
Names of three Romanian MEPs named in Huawei investigation - Gate in the European Parliament
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The name of former MEPs Cristian Busoi and Tudor Ciuhodaru, as well as of the present MEP Daniel Buda are mentioned in the investigation of several Belgian publications about the scandal connected to lobby Huawei in the European Parliament, after the three signed in 2021 a letter of support for the Chinese company through they required the EU executive to modify the restrictive legislation which made access for the firm to 5G networks in the EU difficult, shows the ...
Fugitives' law - promulgated by interim president
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The interim president, Ilie Bolojan promulgated on Friday the law according to which the act of persons sentenced to imprisonment of failing to present themselves to the police in order to execute the warrant shall also be considered as escape.This amendment to the Criminal Code aims to toughen the penalties for escaping from custodial sentences, which is assimilated to escape if the convicted person fails to report to ...
President Bolojan meets OMV Petrom management to discuss Neptun Deep and future investment projects
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Acting president Ilie Bolojan met on Monday, at the Cotroceni Palace, with a delegation from OMV Petrom, with whom he discussed the stage of implementation of the Neptun Deep project and the company's future investments."OMV Petrom representatives presented the evolution of this project and emphasized the good collaboration with the partner Romgaz, noting that its implementation is proceeding according to plan, respecting both the initial calendar and ...
Current account deficit widens by 16pct to EUT 1.64 billion in January 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
In January 2025, Romania's balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 1,646 million, compared with EUR 1,420 million in January 2024, the National Bank of Romania (BNR) reported on Monday.A breakdown shows that the deficit in trade in goods widened by EUR 719 million, the surplus on services fell by EUR 87 million, the primary income balance made a positive contribution of EUR 654 million, while the secondary income surplus decreased ...
Public debt hits 54.6% of GDP at end-2024 after EUR 5.5 bln leap in December
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Romania’s public debt increased by 22.9% y/y to RON 964.3 billion (EUR 193.9 billion) at the end of December, after it surged by EUR 36.2 billion during the year. The public debt leaped by RON 27.4 billion (EUR 5.5 billion) in December, although the Treasury has not issued any FX bond – the increase was driven by a balanced combination of bills and bonds issued on the local market, ...
FDI in Romania down 53pct in January 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Non-residents' direct investment in Romania totalled EUR 543 million (compared with EUR 1,148 million in January 2024), of which equity (including the estimated reinvestment of earnings) and intercompany lending recorded net values of EUR 581 million and EUR -38 million, respectively, according to the National Bank of Romania (BNR).In January 2025, the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 1,646 million, as against EUR ...
Ensuring the Long-term Competitiveness of Romania’s Steel Industry
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
In recent years, Romanian steelmakers have faced the significant challenges felt by all EU industries, grappling with rising energy costs, increased competition from non-EU producers, and fluctuating demand, all of which have put immense pressure on the industry’s operations and competitiveness, is shown in an analysis carried out by the Energy Policy Group (EPG). Romania is one of the last ...
Conference on opportunities for investments in rebuilding Ukraine for Romanian, European companies due in Bucharest, in April
Monday, March 17, 2025
The conference "Rebuilding Ukraine in the New Transatlantic Paradigm: Challenges for the European Business Environment in the Trump 2.0 Era" will take place on April 7, in Bucharest, organized by the Romania - Ukraine Bilateral Chamber of Commerce (CCBRU).According to a press release, the event brings together members of the diplomatic corps, political leaders, government officials, business decision-makers, as well as experts in the field of ...
Bolojan: I stressed Romania's commitment to continuing support for Ukraine and ensuring lasting and just peace
Monday, March 17, 2025
Acting President Ilie Bolojan on Saturday participated in the online meeting convened by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in which context he pointed out Romania's commitment to continue supporting Ukraine and the efforts to ensure a lasting and just peace."Our close coordination in this process remains essential. I stressed Romania's commitment to continuing support for UA & for the efforts to ensure a lasting and just peace. An ...
Ilie Bolojan to discuss with Gov't representatives topics on agenda of next European Council meeting
Monday, March 17, 2025
Acting President Ilie Bolojan announced that he will meet on Monday with government representatives to agree on the topics to be discussed at the next European Council meeting."As a principle, I believe that when a European Council meeting is ahead with topics on the agenda that commit Romania in the long term or are mainly related to the governmental component, a consultation between the Presidency and the government is mandatory, so that our ...
Acting President Bolojan: What we have at the moment - military presence, NATO defense plans - is enough
Monday, March 17, 2025
Acting President Ilie Bolojan declared on Friday, when asked whether Romania is considering requesting that the U.S. install nuclear weapons on Romanian territory, that what currently exists is sufficient, namely military presence and NATO defense plans."I believe that for each country security is important, its safety. What has been done from this point of view in these years in Romania I consider it to be a good thing and the fact that ...
CSAT meeting to be convened most likely for last week of March
Monday, March 17, 2025
Acting President Ilie Bolojan announced on Friday that a meeting of the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) will probably be convened in the last week of March, adding that the agenda will be released a few days before the meeting for everyone to see what topics will be discussed. Mainly, there will be issues related to military and defense activities, Bolojan told a press conference at the Cotroceni Palace in reply to a question whether he had ...