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ForMin Toiu: I discuss with Rubio importance that Romania attaches to presence of U.S. military troops
Friday, October 10, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oana Toiu, told Agerpres on Thursday that she had discussed with her American counterpart, Marco Rubio, in Washington, inclusively on the presence of U.S. troops in Romania, which could have, "over time, a permanent component"."In the conversation with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, I also addressed the importance that Romania attaches to the presence of US military troops on Romanian territory in an allied format, as well ...
Romania's Black Sea Maritime Security Hub, already planning concrete actions
Friday, October 10, 2025
Romania's Black Sea Maritime Security Hub is already setting out concrete actions to strengthen security, both in terms of defence and critical infrastructure, Minister of Investments and European Projects Dragos Pislaru said on Thursday.He took part in the closing session of the international conference "From Strategy to Action: Implementing the EU Black Sea Strategic Approach" at Victoria Palace."As you know, Romania has called on the European ...
DefMin Mosteanu discusses with ambassador of Netherlands about security situation and
Friday, October 10, 2025
The Minister of National Defense, Ionut Mosteanu, met on Thursday, at the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense, with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bucharest, Willemijn van Haaften, in which context they discussed, among other things, the security situation in the Black Sea and the initiative regarding the creation of the "Drone Wall".According to a press release from the Ministry of National Defense, the discussions aimed at ...
Australian Speaker Milton Dick to visit Bucharest
Friday, October 10, 2025
The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Australian Parliament, Milton Dick, will pay a visit to Bucharest October 12-15, 2025, at the head of a delegation made up of five representatives of the Federal Parliament. This is the highest level visit from Australia to Romania in recent decades, according to the Romanian Embassy in Canberra.In preparation for the visit, the Romanian ambassador to Australia, Radu Gabriel Safta, had a meeting on ...
EP President confirms receiving request to lift Diana Sosoaca's parliamentary immunity
Friday, October 10, 2025
Roberst Metsola, the president of the European Parliament, announced on Thursday, in the plenum of the EU legislative in Strasbourg, that Romanian authorities sent her a request to lift the parliamentary immunity for European deputy Diana Sosoaca. “Competent authorities in Romania sent me a request to lift the immunity of Diana Iovanovici-?o?oac?. This request will be sent to Juridical ...
EIB Advisory to provide support for integrated urban mobility in Romania's Jiu Valley
Friday, October 10, 2025
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Romania's Ministry of European Investment and Projects (MIPE) have formalised a new EIB Advisory support assignment for integrated urban mobility in the Jiu Valley, reinforcing their shared commitment to accelerate the region's just transition and sustainable growth.According to an EIB press release, the assignment, supported by the JASPERS (Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions) advisory initiative, ...
Chesnoiu: EC proposal regarding post-2028 Common Agricultural Policy, unacceptable for Romanian farmers
Friday, October 10, 2025
The European Commission's proposal regarding the post-2028 Common Agricultural Policy for Romanian farmers, from my point of view, is unacceptable, because we have a proverb: we don't give a sparrow in the hand to a crow on the fence, said on Thursday the general director of the Agency for Financing Rural Investments (AFIR), Adrian Chesnoiu, at the National Conference AGRI4FUTURE Romania - Objective 2035."Two difficult years are ahead for what we all love, ...
Infringement for neonicotinoids is necessary step for Romania's full alignment with European legislation
Friday, October 10, 2025
The European Commission's decision to initiate an infringement procedure against Romania for repeatedly granting derogations to the use of neonicotinoid pesticides represents a necessary step for our country's full alignment with European legislation on the protection of health, the environment and biodiversity, argues the vice-president of the Federation of Beekeeping Associations of Romania - ROMAPIS, Constantin Dobrescu.The European Commission decided on ...
Brussels urges Romania to correctly transpose EU road infrastructure safety rules
Friday, October 10, 2025
The European Commission decided to start procedures of finding failure to fulfill obligations by sending letters of formal notice to France and Romania, asking them to bring their national legislation fully into line with EU road infrastructure safety legislation, a press release from the EU executive informs.This letter of putting in default represents, in fact, the formal starting of the infringement procedure.Directive ...
Survey:Monthly wage means survival for most Romanians, rarely a chance to save or invest
Friday, October 10, 2025
Lack of money, fear of risk and educational gaps keep Romanians away from the investment market and make them vulnerable to financial fraud, according to two exclusive surveys conducted at the request of XTB Romania."For most people, a monthly wage means survival from paycheck to paycheck and can rarely represent a chance to save or invest. Lack of money, fear of risk and educational gaps keep Romanians away from the investment market and make ...
Study: Today's youth are self-confident but vulnerable in social media
Friday, October 10, 2025
Today's young people are confident in their powers but vulnerable in social media. Three out of four young people show fake self-confidence but 64% find confidence in the community, according to a study made by the Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR). BCR launches an ample declaration of confidence in young people in Romania, in the biggest study about the way in which generation Z is building self ...
ForMin Toiu, US Secretary of State Rubio meet in Washington: Strategic Partnership - main discussion topic
Thursday, October 9, 2025
The consolidation of the Strategic Partnership between Romania and the United States of America, as well as the identification of opportunities to extend this partnership, were the main topics of the political and diplomatic discussions the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Oana Toiu held in Washington with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio."This is the first bilateral meeting between the two officials and took place at the invitation of Secretary of ...
ForMin Oana Toiu meets representatives of the American-Romanian Business Council in Washington
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Minister of foreign affairs Oana Toiu, who is currently paying a visit to Washington, had a meeting on Wednesday with representatives of member companies of the American-Romanian Business Council (AMRO).The meeting, hosted by AMRO president Eric Stewart, brought together companies from various fields of activity such as defence, energy, technology, communications, health, and financial services, informs the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a press release ...
PM Bolojan:Constitutional Court's decisions allow us to implement reforms of state-owned companies and of healthcare system
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Wednesday's decisions of the Constitutional Court (CCR) allow the implementation of two more important reforms - that of state-owned companies and that of the health system, for which the Government has undertaken its responsibility through the 2nd Package of reforms, Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan said."These two decisions are added to last month's decision of the CCR regarding the law on self-financed authorities, so that three of the five ...
AUR files simple motion against Economy minister; debate and voting on Monday
Thursday, October 9, 2025
The leader of the Alliance for Romanians' Union (AUR) senators, Petrisor Peiu, announced on Wednesday, during the Senate plenary session, the submission of a simple motion against the Minister of Economy, Radu Miruta.'We have prepared a motion which I am handing over, supported by 39 senators, titled: ?Minister Radu Daniel Miruta - living proof that USR [Save Romania Union] and PSD [Social Democratic Party] - PNL [National Liberal ...
FinMin Nazare signs 500M euros worth financing agreement with EIB to extend motorway
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Finance minister Alexandru Nazare signed the financing agreement worth 500 million euros with the European Investment Bank (EIB), intended for the construction of the A1 Sibiu-Pitesti Motorway, the Ministry of Finance informs on Wednesday.This is Romania's most important road infrastructure project and the first motorway to cross the Carpathian Mountains.The project is part of the core trans-European transport network (TEN-T) ...
DefMin Mosteanu discusses with EIB representatives opportunities for cooperation in defense industry
Thursday, October 9, 2025
The Minister of National Defense, Ionut Mosteanu, met on Wednesday, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense (MApN), with representatives of the European Investment Bank to discuss cooperation opportunities in the field of defense industry.The discussions were attended by Robert de Groot, Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), and Ioannis Tsakiris, EIB Vice President, responsible for Romania.According to a ...
PM Bolojan had a meeting with Christophe Hansen, the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan underscored the need to consolidate the production and processing of agricultural products in Romania during a Wednesday's meeting with Christophe Hansen, the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, at the Government's seat.According to a Government's press release, the visit of the European official takes place in the context of negotiations on the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Multiannual ...
Annual inflation rate could reach a plateau at end of third quarter
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Current assessments reveal the prospect of the annual inflation rate reaching a plateau at the end of the third quarter and of its very slow decrease in the following three months, amid the transitory effects beyond expectations exerted by the expiration on July 1 of the electricity price cap scheme and the increase, starting with August 1, of VAT and excise duty rates, according to the National Bank of Romania.BNR mentions that the ...
The Central Bank kept the key interest rate at 6.50% per year
Thursday, October 9, 2025
The Board of Directors of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) decided on Wednesday to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 6.50% per annum, the central bank announced in a statement. Similarly, the BNR Board decided to keep the interest rate for Lombard (credit facility) at 7.50% per year and interest rate at deposit facility at 5.50% per year, as well as ...