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Unemployment rate in September stands at 3.14 pct
Thursday, October 31, 2024
The unemployment rate recorded at national level was 3.14% at the end of September 2024, and the total number of unemployed people was 250,305, the National Agency for Employment (ANOFM) informed on Wednesday.The institution mentions that the unemployment rate recorded in September was calculated using the data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on the civilian labor force as of January 1, 2024, information that is provided every year, usually after ...
DefMin Tilvar: Norway's contribution to Romania's Patriot system acquisition proves its commitment to NATO
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Norway's contribution of USD 127 million towards the purchase of a Patriot system for Romania demonstrates "not only its firm support for Romania, but also its commitment to allied security," Romania's Defence Minister Angel Tilvar said on Tuesday.The Norwegian government's decision to contribute significantly toward this acquisition was announced at the Meeting of the Council of Nordic States in Reykjavik, which takes place until Thursday, according ...
Reuters: Romania planning law to shoot down drones breaching airspace
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Romania could shoot down drones illegally breaching its airspace, based on threat levels and risks to human life and property, a draft law published by the Defence Ministry showed, https://www.reuters.com/ reads. Romania, ...
POLITICO: Romania’s election extravaganza awakens ghosts of fascist past
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
* A far-right former football hooligan is polling strongly in the presidential race in a mega voting year for Romanians, https://www.politico.eu/ reads. Romania is gearing up for presidential and ...
INSCOP Poll: Over 83% Romanians consider debates among presidential candidates are important
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Over 83% of Romanians consider important that debates among candidates should be organized before presidential elections, according to data of an INSCOP Research opinion poll. Thus, 83.5% of Romanians think it is very important or important enough that debates should be organized among candidates before presidential elections (56.1% of Romanians consider it is very important that debates among the main ...
Lasconi proposes single presidential candidate of right wing parties established after three opinion polls
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
USR president Elena Lasconi suggested on Tuesday, that a single candidate of right wing forces be established for presidential elections. Present a the meeting setting up the new General Council of Bucharest Municipality, Lasconi mentioned that this candidate could be established following three opinion polls made by polling institutes established by Nicusor Dan, the geneal mayor of Bucharest. In her ...
950 polling stations proposed for out-of-country voting in presidential and parliamentary elections
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
The Foreign Affairs Ministry sent the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) the proposals for the locations of 950 polling stations organized for Romania's upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, a list drafted based on the information received from Romania's diplomatic missions and consular offices, the Ministry said in a release.Compared to the June 9 European Parliament election, for which 915 polling stations were organized, 35 additional ...
CCR: Law providing extra sentence for fugitives absconding justice declared constitu?ional
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Justice Minister Alina Gorghiu said on Tuesday that convicts fleeing a prison sentence will be handed an additional term behind bars between six months and three years, now that the Constitutional Court (CCR) ruled that the Fugitives Law is constitutional."Good news for the Romanian state, bad news for fugitives! The law providing an extra sentence for fugitives, for absconding the law, is constitutional! This means that a sentence between 6 ...
AIPROM : Draft law on capping of markups to generate far too harsh intervention in commercial policies of economic agents
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
The implementation of the draft law on the capping of markups for a wide range of agri-food products and agricultural inputs will generate a far too harsh intervention in the commercial policies of economic agents and a major interference in the business models of each actor, consider the representatives of the Romanian Crop Protection Association (AIPROM)."The Romanian Crop Protection Association (AIPROM) expresses its concern about the draft Emergency ...
U.S. Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec: Romania has become a leader in Europe in reducing its carbon dependence
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
October 29, 2024 As prepared for delivery Thank you for the invitation to join you today. This is an excellent opportunity to discuss the significant role that clean energy plays in bolstering energy security and fostering a prosperous future. In the United States, ...
OMV head: Neptun Deep gas project - important for EU as a whole, not just Romania
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
OMV Group has made intense efforts in recent years to find alternatives to gas imports from Russia and, in this sense, the Neptun Deep project in Romania's territorial waters is on the right track, the group's CEO Alfred Stern told news agency APA on Tuesday."The goal is for us to start drilling in the first quarter of next year. The Transocean drilling rig is already on its way to the Black Sea and production should start by 2027," said ...
Study: Europeans' purchase power went up to 18,768 euros in 2024
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
The Europeans' purchase power went up to 18,768 euros in 2024 but the amount available to consumers for expenses and saving varies a lot from one country to another and also depends on the way in which consumer prices evolve, according to the NIQ Gfk Purchasing Power Europe 2024 study. People from Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Luxembourg have a net income higher ...
Indagra & Indagra Food kicks off at Romexpo, with over 500 companies from 25 countries
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
The best-known event in the agricultural and food industry in Romania - Indagra & Indagra Food - opens on Wednesday at the Romexpo Exhibition Center, and over 500 companies from 25 countries will participate and over 150 innovations and new products will be presented.Indagra & Indagra Food represents a benchmark networking concept for professionals in the agricultural and food industry and will bring together, between October 30 and November 3, 2024, ...
Romania's full Schengen membership is in Hungary's national interest, says Szijjarto
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Romania’s accession to Schengen (land borders) as soon as possible is in Hungary’s national interest, stated the head of diplomacy in Budapest, Peter Szijjarto on Monday in front of the commission for national cohesion of the parliament adding that the government he is part of hopes that this will happen before the end of the Hungarian presidency of the EU Council (31st December), says the Hungarian news agency ...
DefMin Tilvar and Jordanian Armed Forces' head discuss situation in Middle East
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
The Minister of National Defense, Angel Tilvar, had a meeting with the president of the Joint Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces, Major General Yousef Ahmed Al-Hunaity, at the headquarters of the Romanian Ministry of Defense (MapN) on Monday.According to a MApN press release, the discussions focused on the status and perspectives of bilateral cooperation relations in the field of defense in the context of developments in the global security ...
Minister Oprea: Romania is positioned as a perfect logistic hub for Ukraine's reconstruction
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Romania is positioned as a perfect logistic hub for the reconstruction of Ukraine, being in close proximity, the Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism, Stefan-Radu Oprea, said on Monday, while answering a question from the entrepreneurs attending a specialized event regarding a possible peace plan and the reconstruction of the neighbouring country."It is probably one of the few moments in Romania's history when geography is our friend. We are no longer on the ...
LabMin Bucura-Oprescu meets U.S. State Department's special representative for Holocaust issues Ellen Germain
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
The progress made in terms of the recognition of the status of Holocaust victims both in Romania and in the United States of America were discussed on Monday by the Minister of Labor, Simona Bucura-Oprescu, with the U.S. State Department's special representative for Holocaust issues, Ellen Germain, informs the relevant ministry in a post on its Facebook account."A major concern of the Ciolacu Government is to take care of all Romanians, wherever they are. We have the ...
INSCOP opinion poll: 65.7pct of Romanians would prefer an experienced, pro-Western president
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
More than 67% of Romanians would prefer the future president of the country to be a pro-Western candidate, according to an INSCOP opinion poll conducted between October 11 and 18.At the same time, more than 70.6% of the interviewees declared that they would rather prefer a candidate with experience, while 44.5% of the survey participants would prefer that the future president be someone independent of the parties, according to Inscop Research."The vast majority ...
Ciuca: PNL is the second political force in Romania; we enter the second round and win the elections
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
The National Liberal Party (PNL) is the second political body in Romania, stated on Sunday in Drobeta-Turnu Severin the PNL chairman, Nicolae Ciuca who added that he will get in the second round of presidential elections that he will also win.Ciuca accused the social-democrats (PSD) that ‘they scarify everything to take their candidate in the second round with the AUR leader, George Simion’.‘We are ...
Ciolacu: I would like to enter the second round of the presidential elections with Mr Ciuca
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
The social-democrat candidate (PSD) for presidency, premier Marcel Ciolacu stated in Slobozia where he paid a visit to the Emergency Reception Unit of the Emergency County Hospital that he wanted to have as counter candidate in the second round of the presidential voting the liberal leader (PNL), Nicolae Ciuca.‘With Mr.Ciuca’ Ciolacu said, when asked who he would like to get into the second round of the presidential ...