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Ioan-Aurel Pop: 1918 Union – single country program we carried out
Friday, December 1, 2023

Ioan Aurel Pop, the president of the Romanian Academy, declared for Agerpres, that the National Day should be a reason for joy, pride and especially dignity, and the 1918 Union represents the “single country program we made and also carried out.” “On December 1, we celebrate the completion of a process and we also consider March 28/April 9 – the Union of Basarabia and November ...
New Chief of Defence Staff to continue to strengthen combat capability of Romanian Army
Friday, December 1, 2023

The new Chief of Defence Staff, General Gheorghita Vlad, said he will remain as dedicated to the Romanian Army and will continue to strengthen the combat capability and modernise military units."Thank you all for attending this important moment of the Defence Staff and, implicitly, for my career development as a soldier of the country (...) By taking over the Battle Flag I assume the honourable responsibility of fulfilling at the highest level of skills the ...
President Iohannis:Mandate of new Chief of Defence Staff, another step in strengthening Romania's defence capability
Friday, December 1, 2023
President Klaus Iohannis wished the new Chief of the Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Gheorghita Vlad, success in his work, underlining that the latter's mandate should constitute another step in strengthening Romania's defence capacity and increasing the prestige of the Army as a basic pillar of our society, the guarantor of the independence, sovereignty and unity of the state, of the territorial integrity of the country and of constitutional democracy.The ...
Turkish Air Force F-16 aircraft land in Romania
Friday, December 1, 2023
Turkish Air Force F-16 aircraft have landed in Romania to carry out NATO Air Policing missions, The Romanian Ministry of National Defence (MApN) announced Thursday.According to the source, four F-16 aircraft of the Turkish Air Force landed on Thursday, November 30, at the Romanian Air Force 86th Air Base Lieutenant Aviator Gheorghe Mociornita, Borcea.The detachment, consisting of about 80 militar (pilots and technical staff) and four F-16 ...
Romania and Serbia, cooperation at European level to increase emergency response capacity
Friday, December 1, 2023
A cross-border cooperation project between Romania and Serbia on emergency management has been signed by the authorities of the two countries and will be implemented for the benefit of local communities in the Romanian-Serbian border area, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI) informed on Thursday.Thus, on Wednesday, November 29, a financing contract was signed for the project "A more secure cross border area by enhancing the emergency response ...
The Guarantee-Return System (GRS) was launched in Romania on November 30
Friday, December 1, 2023
The Guarantee-Return System (GRS) officially launches in Romania on November 30, 2023, representing a cycle that packaging made of glass, plastic, or metal with volumes ranging from 0.1 liters to 3 liters will undergo. With the implementation of GRS, Romania will possess the second-largest system of its kind in Europe, after Germany, in terms of the number of processed packaging. In a ...
Small and medium-sized enterprises in Romania find green and digital transition expensive
Friday, December 1, 2023
Small and medium-sized enterprises in Romania are still struggling with the green transformation and the digital transition, which they consider expensive, the president of the National Council of Small and Medium-Sized Private Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR), Florin Jianu, told a specialist conference on Tuesday."I think we have to find together the European project and what we communicate to the next generations. I am glad to see that we are ...
Romania wants to speed up cooperation with Brazil in areas with potential for both countries
Friday, December 1, 2023

Romania wants to speed up cooperation with Brazil in areas with potential for both countries, namely agriculture, automotive industry, oil and gas industry, defence and aeronautics, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CCIR) Mihai Daraban said.Daraban welcomed, on Tuesday, Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil to Romania Ricardo Guerra de Araujo, who voiced special interest in identifying the common means meant to speed up ...
Gross income of full-time employees reaches 6,190 RON in October 2022
Friday, December 1, 2023
The gross income earned by employees who worked with a full-time employment contract and were paid for the entire month of October 2022 stood at 6,190 RON, over one fourth more than the gross basic salary (4,895 RON), the National Institute of Statistics (INS) announced on Wednesday.About 40% of employees who worked on a full-time contract and were paid for the entire month of October 2022 earned gross incomes ranging between 3,001 to 6,000 ...
St Andrew Fair and National Day events at “Dimitrie Gusti” Village Museum
Friday, December 1, 2023

“Dimitrie Gusti” Village Museum expects visitors until December 3 at St Andrew Fair and for the events organized on the occasion of Romania's National Day. On December 1, a series of events devoted to the National Day will be organized at the Village Museum . “On the National Day we invite you at 'Dimitrie Gusti' ...
ForMin Odobescu reiterates Romania's support for Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic path
Thursday, November 30, 2023

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luminita Odobescu, on Wednesday reiterated Romania's support for Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic path, along the lines decided at the NATO Summit in Bucharest in 2008, as well as our country's interest that the anniversary Summit in Washington next year marks a step forward in Kiev's relationship with NATO.The head of the Romanian diplomacy participated in the session of the NATO-Ukraine Council (NUC), which ended the meeting of ...
Predoiu: Schengen enlargement, not discussed because Dutch Government has not specified its position
Thursday, November 30, 2023
The enlargement of the Schengen Area has not been discussed at the JHA Council since the beginning of December, in which the Netherlands has not officially expressed its position towards Bulgaria after the elections that took place recently, but it is not excluded that the subject will be put on the agenda in another meeting in December, the Minister of the Interior, Catalin Predoiu, said in Arad, on Wednesday."The agenda of the future JHA Council is being ...
CCIR requests authorities in Vienna to expedite Romania's accession to Schengen in order to facilitate transport of goods
Thursday, November 30, 2023
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CCIR) requests the authorities in Vienna to expedite Romania's accession to Schengen to facilitate the transport of goods, in the conditions where its blockage at the borders brings huge losses, said the president of the institution, Mihai Daraban.The president of the CCIR received, on November 29, the visit of the new Economic counsellor from the Austrian Embassy in Romania, Christoph Grabmayr, visiting the ...
First three F-16 aircraft purchased by Romania from Norway land at Borcea airbase
Thursday, November 30, 2023

The first three F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft purchased by Romania from the Kingdom of Norway landed, on Wednesday, at the 86th "Locotenent aviator Gheorghe Mociornita" airbase in Borcea, reports the Ministry of Defence.The acquisition of the new batch of F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft and the related package of goods and services will ensure the increase of Romania's security by defending the national or NATO airspace, in peacetime and in crisis situations, ...
Vlad Gheorghita - appointed Chief of Defence Staff
Thursday, November 30, 2023
President Klaus Iohannis signed on Wednesday a decree appointing Lieutenant General Vlad Gheorghita, three-star lieutenant general of the Ministry of National Defence, as chief of the Defence Staff on 1 December, the Presidential Administration announced. The Head of State also ...
Romarm, Elbit conclude cooperation agreement for truck-mounted self-propelled howitzers
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Romarm National Company, through Uzina Automecanica Moreni (UAM), and Elbit Systems announce the conclusion of a cooperation agreement for the production of ATMOS advanced 155 mm computerized autonomous truck-mounted self-propelled howitzers.According to a press release sent on Wednesday by Elbit Systems, the parties will establish the Romanian Artillery Centre, open to the participation of local companies in order to increase the base of the domestic ...
JusMin Gorghiu: This year we brought back to Romania almost 700 fugitives
Thursday, November 30, 2023
This year we have managed to bring back to the country from abroad almost 700 convicted persons who were evading the execution of their sentences, the Minister of Justice, Alina Gorghiu, informs on Wednesday."I tell you that, up to this moment, since the beginning of the year, we have brought back to the country almost 700 people, while we have 1,800 people in the Romanian prison system who were extradited or handed over to the Romanian authorities and ...
French justice refuses the extradition to Bucharest of Paul Philippe of Romania
Thursday, November 30, 2023
The Paris Court of Appeal on Wednesday refused to extradite Paul Philippe from Romania to Bucharest. Paul Philippe, also known as Prince Paul of Romania, was definitively sentenced to three years and four months in prison for his involvement in the illegal restitution case of the Royal Farm of Baneasa. Paul Philippe of Romania claims that the extradition request was made for “political” ...
Senate's Law Committee greenlights DNA's request to start Florin Citu's prosecution
Thursday, November 30, 2023
The Senate's Law Committee on Wednesday unanimously issued a favorable opinion on the National Anticorruption Directorate's (DNA) request to start the criminal prosecution of former prime minister and current senator Florin Citu for abuse of office in the procurement of Covid vaccines.The Law Committee's point of view will enter the Senate plenary on the same day, with the debate and vote on the corruption watchdog's request scheduled as of ...
Law on public pension system, promulgated
Thursday, November 30, 2023
President Klaus Iohannis signed on Wednesday the decree for the promulgation of the Law on the public pension system.According to the law, the pension point will be increased by 13.8%, from 1,785 RON to 2,032 RON as of January 1, 2024, and pensions will be increased following recalculation based on the new formula as of September 1, 2024.The right to a pension is obtained after a minimum of 15 years of contributions, without taking into account ...