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President Iohannis, Spanish Interior minister Gomez address Romania's accession to Schengen area
Friday, March 31, 2023

Romania's accession to the Schengen area was among the topics addressed by president Klaus Iohannis and the minister of Interior of the Spanish government Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gomez, who was on an official visit to Bucharest, the Presidential Administration informs.According to the source, the visit to Romania of the Spanish Interior minister takes place in the context of the "excellent" cooperation relationship between the two countries, with the goal ...
DefMin Tilvar starts a visit to the US
Friday, March 31, 2023
National Defence Minister Angel Tilvar is starting, as of Thursday, a visit to the United States of America, alongside the Chief of Defence Staff, General Daniel Petrescu, and other officials, Romania's Embassy to the US informed.According to the same source, the National Defence Ministry's (MApN) delegation will have meetings in Washington D.C. with Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, General Mark Milley, who serves as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...
Secretary of state Luca Niculescu -appointed in Steering Committee of new OECD Regional Center in Istanbul
Friday, March 31, 2023

Luca Niculescu, the secretary of state for the process of Romania's accession to OECD participated in the inauguration of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Regional Center in Istanbul on Wednesday, when the Steering Committee of the Regional Center met for the first time. Niculescu, recently appointed by OECD leaders as member of the Steering Committee, welcomed the ...
PM Ciuca, representatives of the German-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, about development of microelectronics
Friday, March 31, 2023

The Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on Microelectronics and Communications Technologies (IPCEI ME/CT) was the focus of discussions between prime minister Nicolae Ciuca and representatives of the German-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, AHK, at a meeting held at the Victoria Palace, informs the government in a press release.The meeting was also a good opportunity to reconfirm Romania's commitment to developing a microelectronics ...
OTP analysis: Romania faces slowing down of economic growth and inflation gets into decline
Friday, March 31, 2023
The growth of Romanian economy will slow down during the first quarter of the year following the reduction of households expenses, reduction of estimated investments and compression of growth rate of exports, say the analysis of OTP Bank.According to the quoted source, the trend gets on the same line with the recent issues in the global banking sector, which indicate dropping risks of the economic activity.‘Even if it will slow down over ...
Eurostat: Bulgaria and Romania, the lowest hourly labor costs in the EU, last year
Friday, March 31, 2023

In 2022, the average hourly labour costs in the whole economy (see methodological note) were estimated to be €30.5 in ...
Documents for Buzau Babic registration presented by producers with European Commission
Friday, March 31, 2023

Several producers in the food industry will present the European Commission documents for the registration of Buzau Babic (a regional speciality very spicy sausage ) as a product with protected geographic name and indication. According to them, the action will grant protection to Buzau ...
Romania gets European recognition for “Dobrogea Pie”
Friday, March 31, 2023

Romania obtained European recognition with Protected Geographic Indication for “Dobrogea Pie”, the European Commission informs. Romania's request for the registration of “Dobrogea Pie”as protected geographic indication was published on March 29, 2023 in the EC Official Journal. On April 27, 2021, the Commission ...
ForMin Aurescu, ambassadors of EU states, about high-level Conference on Black Sea Security
Thursday, March 30, 2023

The minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, participated on Wednesday in a working lunch with the ambassadors of the European Union member states in Bucharest, context in which the head of Romanian diplomacy presented the objectives of the first high-level Conference on the Security of the Black Sea (under the auspices of the International Crimea Platform) which will be organized in April this year, in Bucharest.The conference will be hosted by the ...
Scandal in the Senate regarding the threshold of 250,000 lei for abuse of office
Thursday, March 30, 2023
A draft amendment submitted by the Government to the Criminal Code adopted by the Senate on Wednesday establishes a new value threshold for abuse of office and neglect of duty. More precisely, if the damage is less than 250,000 lei, i.e. 50,000 euros, then it is not considered anymore a crime for which prison sentence is required. The PSD-PNL-UDMR ruling coalition is thus proceeding the same as the ...