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Spanish PM Sanchez: Spain will send 130 troops and eight military aircraft to participate in operations in the Black Sea region
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Spain has a clear commitment to security on NATO's eastern flank, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday, as he announced that his country will send 130 troops and eight military aircraft to participate in operations in the Black Sea region."We have a very clear element on the eastern flank in Europe, therefore we will deploy 130 troops and eight military aircraft to conduct operations in the Black Sea region. So ...
PM Ciuca invites new Romania-Spain joint gov't meeting in 2023 in Romania
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca extended to his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez the official invitation to hold a new joint meeting of the Romanian and Spanish governments next year in Bucharest or another Romanian location.The head of the Bucharest Executive emphasized the importance of continuing the approaches begun by today's signing of several memoranda of understanding."I also pointed out that follow-ups will take place in ...
Joint declaration: Romania and Spain advocate for relevant EU role, in complementarity with NATO
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Romania and Spain are advocating for a European Union that is more capable, responsible and capable of providing support, that will play a relevant role through the implementation of the Strategic Compass and in full complementarity with NATO and by avoiding overlaps, including in the current security context marked by Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, shows the joint statement signed, on Wednesday, by the heads of the Romanian and Spanish ...
Romanian, Spanish Foreign Ministers decide quick start of negotiations on dual citizenship
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu and his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares held political consultations on Wednesday, deciding that negotiations should start as soon as possible for the conclusion of the bilateral agreement on maintaining dual citizenship for the members of the Romanian community in Spain, and the members of the Spanish community in Romania, respectively, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.In this ...
DefMin Tilvar, Spanish counterpart Robles Fernandez address Defence sector cooperation
Thursday, November 24, 2022
The Minister of National Defense, Angel Tilvar, participated on Wednesday, in Castellon de la Plana, in the first joint meeting of the governments of the Kingdom of Spain and Romania, on which occasion he had a bilateral meeting with his Spanish counterpart, Margarita Robles Fernandez, the sides' discussions aiming at the cooperation in the field of Defence of the two countries.According to a press release from the Ministry of ...
Leader of Social Democratic Party, Marcel Ciolacu, to pay visit to Madrid
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Leader of the Social Democratic Party , Marcel Ciolacu, on Thursday and Friday is paying a visit to Madrid, Spain.On Thursday, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies will meet Mrs Meritxell Batet Lamana, the President of the Spanish Congress of Deputies.On Friday, Ciolacu will participate in the Congress of the Socialist International, where they will vote the leadership of this ...
Fact finding mission certifies Romania meeting all conditions applying Schengen acquis
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) says that the recent complementary voluntary fact-finding mission to Romania by European experts certifies that Romania continues to meet all the necessary conditions for the full application of the Schengen acquis, including in terms of visa policy and data protection.In a press statement released on Wednesday, MAE welcomes the report of the complementary voluntary fact-finding mission to Romania on ...
IntMin Bode meets with his Austrian counterpart; presents updated data on management of migration challenges
Thursday, November 24, 2022
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Lucian Bode, met on Wednesday with his Austrian counterpart, Gerhard Karner, to whom he presented updated data on how Romania continues to ensure the protection of external borders in the context of migratory flows on the Western Balkans route."Romania's accession to the Schengen area will be a plus for European security, not a danger for the member states. I had a meeting today with my Austrian counterpart, ...
Reuters: NATO allies test air defence system in Romania with simulated attack
Thursday, November 24, 2022
NATO allies on Wednesday conducted a military exercise to test air and missile defences in Romania, about a week after a stray missile crashed in Poland and cast a spotlight on gaps in the alliance's shield for the skies, Reuters informs. A French air defence system deployed to Romania repelled a simulated attack by allied fighter jets, NATO's Allied Air Command in ...
Parliament informed about additional deployment of allied structures in Romania
Thursday, November 24, 2022
The plenary reunion of the Parliament took note, on Wednesday, of the letter of the President Klaus Iohannis in which he informs the senators and deputies about the approval of the additional deployment of some allied structures in Romania, the mandate of the Minister of National Defense to undertake the steps to supplement the military forces and the prepositioning of equipment, as well as initiating the necessary measures for the stationing, ...
Parliament briefed about deployment to Romania of two radar systems
Thursday, November 24, 2022
The senators and deputies gathered on Wednesday in a joint sitting were briefed about President Klaus Iohannis's decision regarding the deployment to Romania of two radar systems, for the fulfillment of specific missions amid the Russian Federation's ongoing actions in the vicinity of the North Atlantic Alliance and the intensification of Russian attacks on certain Ukrainian targets."The Russian Federation continued its actions in the proximity ...
Parliament informed about increase of Romania's participation in Bosnia and Herzegovina theater of operations
Thursday, November 24, 2022
The plenary of the Parliament took note, on Wednesday, of the letter of President Klaus Iohannis by which he informs the senators and deputies about the increase of Romania's participation in an EUFOR Althea operation, in the Bosnia and Herzegovina theater of operations.According to the letter of the head of state, Romania participates, from October 2022, with a force of up to 150 soldiers, respectively with a maneuver company and soldiers ...
Ordinance 119/2022 on energy, adopted by Deputies Chamber with modifications proposed by governing coalition
Thursday, November 24, 2022
The Chamber of Deputies adopted, on Wednesday, the draft approval of the Government Emergency Ordinance No. 119/2022 on energy, with the modifications proposed by the governing coalition included and a maximum electricity price of 1.3 lei /kWh for all consumers, regardless of consumption level.There were 177 votes cast "in favour", 75 "against" and 11 abstentions when the draft was voted upon.According to the PNL (National ...
Foreigner not having lived in Romania can get Romanian citizenship if married to Romanians for 10 years
Thursday, November 24, 2022
The Chamber of Deputies adopted, on Wednesday, by 253 votes in favour, a bill according to which Romanian citizenship can be granted to foreigners who have been married to Romanian citizens for at least 10 years, even if they do not reside in Romania.In this sense, the draft law completes art. 8 paragraph (1) of the Romanian Citizenship Law no. 21/1991, so that the person married to a Romanian citizen and who has lived with them abroad for at ...
More than half of active enterprises have market services as their main activity
Thursday, November 24, 2022
- 50.1% of the total active enterprises had as main activity market services - The highest average number of employees was registered in the market services sector, representing 36.8% of total More than 50pct of the total number of active enterprises, respectively 50.1pct, had market services as ...
Romania's and Spain's Gov'ts, in a joint meeting, in Castellon de la Plana
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca will participate, on Wednesday, alongside several members of the Cabinet, in the first joint meeting of the Governments of Romania and the Kingdom of Spain, hosted in Castellon de la Plana.According to a Government release, alongside the head of the Executive, Romania will be represented in the joint meeting by Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu, National Defence Minister Angel Tilvar, Minister of Development, Public Works ...
President Iohannis starts today official visits to Latvia and Lithuania
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
President Iohannis will pay an official visit on Wednesday to the Republic of Latvia, followed by an official visit to the Republic of Lithuania, scheduled on Thursday, and the President's participation in the international symposium called The Idea of Europe, in Kaunas (Lithuania), on Friday, as well as in the meeting of the heads of state of Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Romania.According to the Presidential Administration, within the visit to Riga ...
NATO2022Bucharest: Next week's reunion, a message related to preserving Alliance's unity
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
The foreign ministers' reunion in Bucharest next week sends a message related to the preservation of the unity of the North Atlantic Alliance, NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said on Tuesday."What we saw throughout this crisis was that the allies stood together like never before. There was an extremely close unity between the allies and I think that was an unexpected thing for Russia. (Russia) thought that we will collapse, that everyone will go their own ...
NATO Deputy SecGen Geoana: We do not see conditions for minimum ground for Russia-Ukraine negotiations
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Mircea Geoana, declared, on Tuesday, in Brussels, that, currently, there are no "conditions for a minimum ground" for peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine."We have to say that, from a political point of view, this time, we do not see the conditions for a negotiation between the two sides in the near future, for a reason that is obvious. (...) The positions are so different and so massively far from each other, so ...
European Commission: Romania meets commitments under Cooperation&Verification Mechanism, CVM can be lifted
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
The progress made by Romania is sufficient to fulfill the commitments under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism assumed upon joining the European Union, and all benchmarks can be satisfactorily closed, it is shown in the latest CVM report, presented on Tuesday by the European Commission, which states that from now on, it will no longer monitor Romania within the CVM, the evaluation being to continue annually through the general mechanism at the EU level ...