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FinMin Barna: Romania receives signal of confidence from EU Council on gradual fiscal consolidation
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Romania has received a signal of confidence from the EU Council on the gradual fiscal consolidation it needs and the draft budget to be adopted by the end of the month will reflect an approach by which we undertake the reforms and the investments foreseen in the budget-structural plan for the medium term, the Minister of Finance, Tanczos Barna said in a press release.Romania's Budget-Structural Plan and the corrective trajectory within the ...
Romania to have fish farms at Black Sea for the first time
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
The Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forestry Mircea Fechet declared on Tuesday, in Constanta, that from this year, as a first for Romania, fish farms will operate at the Black Sea, with certain concessions perimeters having already been awarded for carrying out this activity.Fechet said he was looking forward to eating shellfish or fish "from our fish farms off the Black Sea, and not imported from thousands of kilometers ...
Emigration intention of young people from Romania and other South- East European countries
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

• Social Monitor Infograph – a project of Friedrich-Ebert – Stiftung Foundation Romania More than half of young people in Romania want to emigrate for more than 6 months in another country, 8% of them having a very strong will, 11% a strong will, while 32% a moderate emigration wish, according to the Study on South-East European youths, made by Friedrich-Ebert ...
Romanian PM invites Netanyahu in Bucharest despite ICC warrant
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
*As signatory of the ICC Rome Statute, Romania is obliged to arrest Netanyahu if he sets foot in the country. Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu's announcement of a meeting between the governments of Romania and Israel in Bucharest and his invitation to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signals they could be the next country to defy the ICC international ...
ForMin Hurezeanu, Qatari minister of state Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi have a phone conversation
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Minister of foreign affairs Emil Hurezeanu had a phone conversation on Sunday with Qatari minister of state Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi regarding the situation in the Middle East."Good exchange of ideas, today, with His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, minister of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, regarding the situation in the Middle East, in the context of the ...
Iohannis congratulates Trump on his inauguration: We need a strong, vibrant transatlantic link
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Romania's President Klaus Iohannis on Monday congratulated his American counterpart Donald Trump,on his inauguration, mentioning a need for a strong and vibrant transatlantic link."Congratulations to President Donald Trump for the inauguration! Romania, a close strategic partner of the US, wishes you the best of success for this important new mandate. We need a strong and vibrant transatlantic link, to the ...
Cristian Pirvulescu: Donald Trump's second term - a radical change of direction
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

The political analyst Cristian Pirvulescu states that Donald Trump’s second term which he starts on Monday means a radical change of direction.He says that through his statements, Donald Trump seems to ‘validate Russian and Chinese neo-imperialism, trying to drag the United States into a global whirlwind from which it can emerge victorious’. On the one hand, says the analyst, Trum has announced ...
Radu Magdin: Romania's foreign policy should not be affected by Trump's new mandate
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The foreign policy of Romania must not be affected very much by the new Trump mandate and many of the Trump positions favor directly and indirectly the interests of our country, such as its energy policy, cooperation for military endowment, support for nuclear energy, the policy of the bases in Eastern Europe, political analyst Radu Magdin said on Monday.He believes that Romania may lose political capital in its ...
AUR leader George Simion attending Donald Trump's presidential inauguration as ECR vice-president
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) Chairman George Simion is in Washington, where he participated in the events marking Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, AUR said in a release, adding that Simion was invited to the U.S. in his capacity as vice-president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR) and AUR leader."Allegations about money having paid for the participation in these events are false, and are part of a ...
Avangarde presidential election poll: Calin Georgescu - 38 pct; Crin Antonescu - 25 pct, Nicusor Dan - 17 pct
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Former independent candidate Calin Georgescu is expected to get 38% in the first round of the presidential elections, if they were held next Sunday, followed by Crin Antonescu (supported by the National Liberal Party - PNL, the Social Democratic Party - PSD, the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania - UDMR) with 25%, Nicusor Dan (independent candidate) - 17%, George Simion (the Alliance for the Union of Romanians - AUR) and Elena Lasconi (Save Romania Union - USR) - 6% ...
Senate President Bolojan meets German Ambassador Gebauer: Germany, Romania's most important trading partner
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Senate President Ilie Bolojan had a meeting on Monday with Ambassador of Germany to Romania Peer Gebauer. The discussions focused on the current political situation in both countries, as well as the common challenges and opportunities in the European context."The discussions focused on the current political situation in Romania and Germany, assessing common challenges and opportunities in the European context. The two officials also addressed the topic ...
Romanian, Hungarian foreign ministers discuss adding substance to Romania - Hungary Strategic Partneship
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu met on Monday with visiting Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto, on the occasion of the Hungarian top diplomat's participation in an international energy conference organized in Bucharest.At the meeting, the two ministers voiced appreciation for the high dynamics of the Romanian-Hungarian bilateral dialogue and tackled topics related to the stage and prospects of bilateral cooperation, as well ...
Hungarian ForMin: More Hungary-Romania border crossings planned
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The governments of Hungary and Romania are planning to increase the number of border crossing points between the two countries in order to put an end to long waiting times, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto declared in Bucharest on Monday, adding that both sides are committed to further developing mutually beneficial cooperation, news agency MTI reports.After talks with several members of the newly inaugurated Romanian Cabinet, ...
Romanian transport minister, Hungarian foreign minister discuss enhancing Romania - Hungary transport ties
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Ease of access to the Port of Constanta for the Hungarian industry is even better now, Romanian and Hungarian economies are growing stronger as both countries are getting increasingly attractive to investors, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Sorin Grindeanu wrote on Facebook on Monday after a new meeting in Bucharest with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto."We discussed cooperation between Romania and ...
Senate's Bolojan meets representatives of Lockheed Martin company
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The President of the Senate, Ilie Bolojan, had a meeting with the representatives of the American company Lockheed Martin, one of the world leaders in the defense industry and aerospace technology."The discussions focused on topics of common interest, in particular technology sharing and economic partnerships. The meeting confirmed the mutual commitment to support innovation and research. The two delegations discussed the investment that Lockheed ...
Electoral competitors can now collect support signatures for May 4 presidential election
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The Standing Electoral Authority (AEP) on Monday announced that, given the adoption of Government Decision 4/2025 according to which the presidential election will take place on May 4, electoral competitors can now start collecting signatures in support of candidacies.The signatures of support can only be collected in physical format, according to an established form.The list of supporters must include the date of the election, the first name and ...
Senate head on move to suspend Iohannis: Political game with little chance to be put forward in Parliament
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Senate head and interim Chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL) Ilie Bolojan termed on Monday the opposition's move toward suspending President Klaus Iohannis from office as a "political game" which most likely won't get to be voted on in Parliament."There are three aspects here. The first one is this being a political game. After ten years in office, President Iohannis's level of confidence has indeed plunged, and as such anyone who criticizes ...
Analysis: War in Ukraine affected Romania's GDP by 1.6pct
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Romania's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2022 would have been 1.6% points higher in the absence of the war in Ukraine, while prices would have increased by nearly 1% less than observed, according to the findings of a recent study called "Macroeconomic Consequences of the War in Ukraine on Central and Eastern European Economies: A SVAR Analysis" by Daniel Daianu, Tudor Grosu, Andrei Neacsu, Andrei Tanase and Radu Vranceanu.The analysis focuses on the ...
Burduja: We will not leave Europe's energy security in the hands of those using energy to blackmail
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Europe must be fair in terms of energy prices, and that is why each of the European Union member states must fulfil its obligations regarding interconnections, as Romania has done, according to Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja.On Monday he welcomed Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Peter Szijjarto, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Energy."We will never again leave Europe's energy security in the hands of those ...
Eurostat: Romania sees EU's largest annual construction output fall in Nov
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Romania posted the sharpest annual decline in construction output among EU countries, for which data is available, in November, at 9.5%, while Slovenia came in third with 4.2%, the bloc's statistical office said on Monday. During the same month, Bulgaria recorded the EU's second-highest year-on-year increase in construction production, at 8.6%, preceded only by Spain with 9.8%, Eurostat said in a ...