RSS
Daily
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 ...
Volume of construction works down 5% in first 11 months of 2024
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The volume of construction works went down 5% in the first 11 months of 2024, as a gross series, compared to the period from January 1 to November 30, 2023, while as series adjusted for working days and seasonality it recorded a 3.9% decline, according to data published the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Monday.Thus, as gross series, decreases were recorded in maintenance and current repairs (-10.4%) and in new construction works (-4.5%). On ...
Net average monthly salary to increase by 6.2 pct, real earnings by 1.6 pct in 2025
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The net average monthly salary will increase in 2025 by 6.2%, up to 5,355 RON, and the real earnings will go up by 1.6%, according to the 2024-2028 Forecast, the autumn version, of the National Commission for Strategy and Prognosis.In 2026, the net average monthly salary will increase by 6.7% to 5,712 lei (+3.3% real earnings), in 2027 by 6.4% to 6,079 RON (+3.3% real earnings), and in 2027 it will increase by 6.1% to 6,449 RON (+3% real ...
PM Ciolacu: Romania not endangered by Russian drone whose remains fell in Plauru area
Monday, January 20, 2025
Romania was not endangered at any time by the Russian drone whose remains fell in the area of the town of Plauru in Tulcea County, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said.The PM made this statement on Friday in a press conference after a working visit to the Ministry of Agriculture, when asked if the Romanian authorities had taken additional measures after the incident involving the crash of debris from a Russian drone in the Plauru area."There was no ...
Twelve situations of fallen drone fragments in Romania, 11 in Tulcea County
Monday, January 20, 2025
The increase in the number of troops in the Romanian-Ukrainian border area on the territory of Tulcea County, as well as the location of several observation points and ground sensors explains the speed with which the Ministry of National Defense (MApN) identified on Friday, in Ceatalchioi commune, traces of a drone used in the war started by Russia against Ukraine.According to the data provided by MApN, from ...
ForMin Hurezeanu refers, in Lithuania, to violation of Romania's airspace following Russian attacks at border with Ukraine
Monday, January 20, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emil Hurezeanu, participated, on Thursday and Friday, in the informal Snow Meeting, held in Lithuania, on which occasion he referred to the latest violations of the national airspace after the attacks of the Russian Federation on the Ukrainian river infrastructure near the border, as a result of which the Romanian specialists found remains of drones in the Danube Delta.In his interventions, the minister ...
Ministry warns people mispresent themselves as reserves soldiers on online platforms
Monday, January 20, 2025
Romania's Defence Ministry (MApN) is reiterating the fact that, lately, disinformation and manipulation have proliferated on line in Romania, especially on digital communication platforms, through which some people who express different opinions misrepresent themselves as current or former MApN employees.The most recent situation of this kind, MApN says, is that of a person who manages accounts on the TikTok platform as "raisa 8283" and who is presented as a ...
Colombian arrested for attempted Russian-coordinated sabotage act was targeting critical infrastructure near Bucharest
Monday, January 20, 2025
Romanian police and the country's Intelligence Service presented on Friday details about the strategic infrastructure a Colombian man detained on charges of attempted diversion and sabotage intended to blow up at the behest of a Russian proxy - a recyclable waste deposit in Ilfov, two oil drilling wells and a gas regulation/metering station.According to the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), 34-year-old ...
Hundreds of vehicles head to Romania for first deployment of Nato's Allied Reaction Force
Monday, January 20, 2025
Hundreds of British military vehicles and personnel are on their way to Romania for Nato's Exercise Steadfast Dart in what is the first deployment of the alliance's Allied Reaction Force. If a Nato ally was invaded in Eastern Europe, ...