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MApN asks Parliament for prior approval to purchase 44 assault amphibious vehicles
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Romania's Defence Ministry (MApN) on Wednesday requested Parliament's prior approval for the initiation of the procedure for awarding a procurement contract for 44 AAV-7 assault amphibious vehicles.MApN has sent a letter to the leadership of the two chambers of Parliament in which it requests prior approval for the initiation of the procedure for awarding the contract for the procurement of 44 AAV-7 assault amphibious vehicles from the Marine ...
Romania suspends double tax avoidance agreement with Belarus
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The government on Wednesday approved the suspension of a double tax avoidance agreement between Romania and Belarus that also provided for the prevention of tax evasion with regard to income and capital taxes.According to the Romanian government, the new piece of legislation calls for the total suspension of the application of the provisions of the agreement and an annexed protocol signed in Bucharest on July 22, 1997 and ratified on May ...
Gov't approves bill ratifying Romania-Korea defence agreement
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The government approved on Wednesday a bill ratifying a defence cooperation agreement between the government of Romania and the government of Korea signed in Seoul in April 2024.According to the government, the draft agreement submitted for approval and ratification by the bill aims to create an overall legal framework to strengthen defence cooperation between the two countries in accordance with national legislation and international obligations, based on ...
India, Romania celebrate 75 years of diplomatic ties with release of commemorative stamps
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday released India-Romania joint commemorative stamps to mark 75 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, https://www.indianarrative.com/ reports. The stamps were released in the presence of Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Romanian Ambassador to India, Daniela-Mariana Sezonov in ...
PNL bill: President of Romania can run for parliamentary elections in last 3 months of term
Thursday, September 19, 2024
National Liberal Party (PNL) parliamentarians Daniel Fenechiu and Gabriel Andronache submitted on Wednesday to the Parliament the legislative proposal by which the President of Romania can run, in the last 3 months of the term, as an independent on the lists of a party or alliance in the parliamentary elections.The bill modifies, in this sense, article 52 of the law on the election of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies."The president of ...
Presidential elections 2024 / BEC: candidacy files and lists of supporters - submitted by October 5, midnight
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) for the elections of the President of Romania decided on Tuesday that, until October 5, 24:00 political parties, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, respectively political alliances, as well as independent candidates will submit their files candidacy for the presidential elections, together with lists of supporters that include at least 200,000 ...
PM Ciolacu: National Plan for Large Industry ready to launch
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The National Plan for Large Industry is the "most important" package to support the economy, worth around two billion euros, focused on three main pillars, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Wednesday."We decided yesterday, at the government coalition meeting, to strengthen the economic development model based on investments. Under the coordination of Deputy Prime Minister Marian Neacsu, together with the ministers of Finance and Economy, Mr. Bolos and ...
Fitch: The high budget deficit causes negative pressure on Romania's rating
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Romania should take measures to limit the growth of the budgetary deficit, which becomes the highest in the EU in order to avoid losing the rating in the category investment- grade (recommended for investments) according to the analysts of the financial evaluation agency Fitch Ratings, says Bloomberg. The state at the Black Sea with the lowest 'investment-grade' rating from all major financial rating ...
Coalition: The budget correction will be a positive one, based on the plus to budget revenues of 10.4 billion lei
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The leaders of the governing coalition established in Tuesday's meeting that the budget rectification project, which will be a positive one, will be based on an increase in revenues to the budget of 10.4 billion lei and will be put into decision-making transparency next week, they specified sources from the coalition. According to the same sources, there will be four large areas that will receive extra ...
Gov't approves IBRD investment loan agreement
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The government on Wednesday approved a bill ratifying an agreement between Romania and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) on an EUR 599 million loan to fund green investment projects in energy and transport."Securing financing for green investment in energy and transport is the subject of a bill passed today by the government. Under the bill, which was sent for debate and approval, in an emergency procedure to Parliament, the ...
Eurostat: Romania had the highest annual inflation rate in the EU in August as well
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The annual inflation rate in the European Union decreased in August to 2.4%, from a level of 2.8% in July, and Romania is, for the sixth month in a row, the country with the highest inflation in the bloc community, with an annual price advance of 5.3%, according to the data published on Wednesday by Eurostat. In August, the EU member states with the lowest annual inflation rates were Lithuania ...
Volume of construction works decreases overall by 2.7 pct in first seven months of the year
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The volume of construction works, as unadjusted series, decreased overall by 2.7% in the first seven months of the year, compared to the same period last year, on account of the decline in maintenance and current repairs (-7.2%) and new construction works (-2.1%), according to data published on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).Between January 1 and July 31, 2024, capital repair works increased by 3.5%.By construction ...
INSCOP Poll: 68.1% of Romanians consider an opportunity immigrants coming to work in Romania
Thursday, September 19, 2024
An opinion poll by INSCOP Research shows that most Romanians consider that immigrants who come to Romania to find a job are an opportunity for the country because they help the economy by taking over those jobs not taken by Romanians, while a much smaller percentage view them as a threat to employment.As many as 68.1% of the respondents say that immigrants who come to Romania to find a job are an opportunity for the country because they help the ...
Man who set fire at the Parliament Palace, placed in preventive custody
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The man who set fire to a room in the Palace of the Parliament was placed in preventive custody on Wednesday for 30 days.He was detected and detained on Tuesday night, after the police appealed to the public to find him and published images of the man.He risks a prison sentence of up to 7 years for committing the crime of "destroying, degrading or rendering an asset unusable, committed by arson, explosion or any other such means ...
River Danube flow expected to double in coming days
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The flow of the Danube River upon entering Romania on the Bazias section will increase significantly in the coming days, up to 8,000 cubic metres/second, well above the multiannual average of September, according to a latest forecast published by the National Institute of Hydrology and Watercourse Management (INHGA).According to hydrologists, the multiannual average for September is 3,800 cubic metres/second.Until September 24, at 07:00hrs, ...
Ukraine's Sybiha to visit Romania in first official trip as Foreign Minister
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Andrii Sybiha, will visit Romania on Sept. 18, paying his first official visit to a foreign state since entering office earlier this month, Ukraine's foreign ministry announced quoted by https://kyivindependent.com/. Sybiha, a career diplomat, replaced Dmytro Kuleba as Foreign Minister on Sept. 5, amid a large-scale reshuffle of the ...
B9 Defence Ministers meeting in Bucharest, regional security, strengthening NATO's deterrence and defence posture, on agenda
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
The B9 Defence Ministers meeting will take place on Wednesday at the Palace of Parliament, according to an announcement made by the Ministry of National Defense.According to the cited source, the agenda of the meeting will cover the regional security situation in the context of the Russian Federation's war of aggression against Ukraine, the implications of this conflict on Euro-Atlantic security, NATO and EU support for the Black Sea region, as well as ...
Romanian, Bulgarian defense ministers discuss on strengthening deterrence, defense posture on Eastern Flank
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
The Minister of National Defense, Angel Tilvar, had a meeting on Tuesday with his Bulgarian counterpart, Atanas Zapryanov, who is present in Bucharest in the context of the Meeting of Defense Ministers of B9 states, co-chaired by Romania and Poland.According to a release sent by the Defense Ministry (MApN), the Romanian minister sent his condolences to his Bulgarian counterpart for the two pilots who lost their lives in the air tragedy at Graf ...
Iohannis: Romania's role in promoting transparency, integrity at international level is today more relevant than ever
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Romania's role in promoting transparency and integrity at the international level is today more relevant than ever, President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday, at the decoration ceremony of the Comptroller General of the United States of America and head of the US Government Accountability Office, Gene Dodaro, and the President of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions, Bruno Dantas.The head of state emphasized that the decoration takes ...
Tilvar: Ensuring security in Black Sea area still a priority for Romania
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Angel Tilvar, the defense minister, declared on Tuusday, when meeting Giles Matther Portman, the British ambassador to Romania, that Romania remains a priority in ensuring security in the Black Sea area, especially in the context of evolutions in the aggression war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. According to a Defense Ministry press release, the discussion agenda focused on the theme ...