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Foreign Ministry welcomes Ukraine's ratifying ICC Rome Statute as commitment to international justice
Friday, August 23, 2024
Romania's Foreign Affairs Ministry welcomes the ratification on Wednesday, by Ukraine's Parliament Verkhovna Rada, of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and emphasizes that following this decision Ukraine will become the 125th state party to this international treaty that laid the foundations of the only permanent international criminal jurisdiction with universal vocation."This move is of particular importance, considering especially ...
Romania: EPPO charges four individuals and one company for misuse of funds
Friday, August 23, 2024
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Timi?oara and Bucharest (Romania) has accused four individuals and one company of subsidy fraud, involving a project funded by the Regional Operational Programme 2014–2020, with over €2.8 million of non-reimbursable funding from the EU and national sources, ...
Record investments of over 3.23 billion RON through Fidelis IV
Friday, August 23, 2024
The most recent issue of government bonds - Fidelis IV, from 2024, held between August 8-20, recorded a record value of subscriptions, over 3.23 billion RON, surpassing the previous record set in April, of over 3.197 billions of RON, informs the Ministry of Finance, in a press release sent on Thursday.According to the quoted source, the last edition is notable also due to the important results generated by the donors-investors, who joined the campaign ...
PM Ciolacu to meet employers on fiscal measures
Friday, August 23, 2024
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has announced that next Monday he will have a meeting with business executives on possible fiscal measures in 2025, as well as a technical discussion on the collection of arrears, currently amounting to RON 175 billion."I don't think we will come up with tax increase measures, as we did not come in 2024. I believe that through organisation and more honesty and through digital transformation and closing the sometimes-legal fiscal ...
116,685 people get employed between Jan - July thanks to active labor employment measures
Friday, August 23, 2024
A number of 116,685 people got employed in the first seven months of this year due to active labor employment measures implemented by the territorial branches of the National Employment Agency (ANOFM), the institution said in a release on Thursday.Of the total of persons hired as of July 31, 59,471 are aged over 45; 19,316 are aged 35 to 45; 9,263 are in the 30 - 35 age bracket; 8,997 are in the 25 - 30 age bracket; and 19,638 are young people under 25 ...
Exhibition dedicated to Romania and Bulgaria's recent historical past to open on Sep 2 in Sofia
Friday, August 23, 2024
The exhibition titled "Li-ber-ta-te! Svo-bo-da! Free-dom!" that raises to attention Romania and Bulgaria's recent historical past, against the backdrop of the approaching 35th anniversary of the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, will open on September 2 in Sofia, a release informs.The concept exhibition presents for the first time in Sofia about 20 established or young Romanian artists representative for various stages of contemporary Romanian art. The ...
Ed Sheeran brings his Mathematics Tour to Bucharest's National Arena on Saturday
Friday, August 23, 2024
Ed Sheeran's Mathematics Tour will arrive in Bucharest on Saturday with a new 360-degree stage concept which will allow spectators at the National Arena venue to see the dynamic content of the show from every seat in the house.Fellow British singer-songwriter Calum Scott is the special guest at the concert."'Mathematics' plays out on a central stage with a revolving rim allowing 360° visibility for (and of) Sheeran, and four platforms for ...
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, between September 24 - 29
Friday, August 23, 2024
The 14th edition of the Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival - BIEFF will take place between September 24 and 29, at Cinema Elvire Popesco, Cinema Union and Cinemateca Eforie in Bucharest, informs a press release sent on Thursday.The theme of this year's edition is "Serious Games".Among the screenings expected at the festival there are two Romanian films that had their world premiere this month at the Locarno International ...
Baneasa Airport to host Romania's biggest air show on August 31
Friday, August 23, 2024
Over 100 civil and military aircraft, as well as over 150 pilots and paratroopers from 13 nations will participate on Saturday, August 31, in the 14th edition of the Bucharest International Air Show & General Aviation Exhibition (BIAS) Romania's largest air show celebrating the 20th anniversary of Romania's NATO membership, the Bucharest National Airports Corporation (CNAB) reported on Wednesday.Hosting BIAS 2024 will be the Aurel Vlaicu Bucharest ...
Candlelight Castle series of concerts to kick off at Kalnoky Castle in Miclosoara
Friday, August 23, 2024
Kalnoky Castle in Miclosoara, the central Covasna County will launch, next month, a series of concerts dubbed Candlelight Castle, offering guests the opportunity to have dinner in a special architectural and historical setting, the organizers inform in a press release.So, starting with September 7, every two weeks, on Saturdays or Sundays, "spectators can choose between two options: Prosecco concert at 17:00 or concert with dinner included at 20:00. The ...
PM Ciolacu, working visit to Brussels, discussions with head of EC, Ursula von der Leyen
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced that on Wednesday and Thursday he will pay a working visit to Brussels, where he will meet, among others, with the President of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, among the topics of discussion being the state of Romania's National Recovery and Resilience Program (PNRR) implementation and Romania's portfolio in the future European Commission."I will leave in the afternoon for Brussels for tomorrow's meeting with the ...
ForMins Odobescu, Landsbergis say firm committed to support Ukraine, Moldova
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Romania's Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu on Wednesday had a telephone conversation with her Lithuanian counterpart Gabrielius Landsbergis amid the 100th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties between Romania and Lithuania."Firm committed to further enhance bilateral ties, our coordination withing EU, NATO, regional formats, international fora and continue support for Ukraine and Moldova," the head of Romanian diplomacy wrote in a social media ...
Albanian Defence minister thanks Romanian military who helped put out fires in his country
Thursday, August 22, 2024
The C-27 J Spartan and C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Romanian Air Force, which have been operating in Albania in support of the country's intervention forces to extinguish forest fires, have completed their mission, and the Albanian Minister of Defense, Pirro Vengu, thanked them in a ceremony.During the seven days in which they operated in the areas affected by the fires, the aircraft went out 24 times and transported and dropped 122 containers of water ...
Romania, Austria sign agreement on war graves, memorials
Thursday, August 22, 2024
At a meeting on Wednesday, the Romanian government passed a memorandum approving the negotiation of an intergovernmental agreement with Austria on war graves and memorials."The draft intergovernmental agreement regulates bilateral cooperation in the field of war graves and memorials. It contains provisions regarding the forms of cooperation, the arrangement / restoration / maintenance of war graves and memorials, the exhumation / reburial of the remains of ...
The calendar, organization and expenses related to the parliamentary elections, approved by the Government
Thursday, August 22, 2024
The spokesperson of the government, Mihai Constantin, presented the calendar of the December 1 parliamentary elections on Wednesday. October 17 is the deadline by which political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances or organizations of citizens belonging to national minorities can submit their lists of candidates and independent candidacies in the country’s electoral constituencies. The electoral campaign ...
26 August - PNL called for the National Political Bureau to designate the candidate for presidential elections
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Ionut Stroe, the spokeperson of the National Liberal Party, stated on Wednesday that the party will organise a meeting of the National Political Bureau (BNP) on 26th August to call for the leading structure which will designate the candidate for the presidential election, saying that the National Council will officially announce Nicolae Ciuca as presidential candidate, most likely on 7th ...
AUR unveils gov't list of 11 ministers, two deputy prime ministers, 50 senior officials
Thursday, August 22, 2024
At an informal meeting on Wednesday, national leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) George Simion put forth a list of picks for an AUR government led by the alliance's first deputy chairman Dorin Lulea."AUR proposes a government composed of 11 ministers and two deputy prime ministers instead of 18 portfolios as there are currently, and 50 senior state officials. We are witnessing a drastic decrease in the number of senior state officials, ...
PSD, USR counter each other on nepotism, rudeness
Thursday, August 22, 2024
The Social Democrats (PSD, ruling party) claim that the "presidential candidate" Elena Lasconi "takes USR (Save Romania Union -opposition) hypocrisy to the superlative", because "she hired her husband at the party, on public money." In reply, the USR leaders claim that "PSD members are scared that Elena Lasconi is breathing down Marcel Ciolacu's neck."In a press release, PSD on Wednesday accused "the ridiculous demagoguery of USR Chairwoman Elena Lasconi who ...
Government will be able to attract funds, under advantageous conditions, through Foreign Military Financing mechanism
Thursday, August 22, 2024
The Executive will have the possibility to diversify the financing instruments made available by governments and governmental entities for projects of national strategic interest, including national defense and security, such as accessing funds, under advantageous financial conditions, through the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) mechanism offered by the US administration to the governments of other states."Under the FMF mechanism, funds of up to USD 4 ...
Romania's natural population growth stays negative in June 2024
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Romania's natural population growth stayed negative in June 2024, the number of deceased persons being 1.7 times higher than that of live births, according to the data published on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS)."In June 2024, the birth of 10,707 children was registered, down by 798 (-6.9%) compared to May 2024. The number of deaths registered in June 2024 was 18,037 (9,396 male and 8,641 female), with 1,497 fewer deaths compared to ...