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Romania has signed Treaty of the High Seas
Friday, September 22, 2023
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luminita Odobescu, signed the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, also known as the Treaty of the High Seas, as part of her participation in the high-level segment of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.According to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE), sent on Thursday, the political significance of the ...
Iohannis: Russia expected weak international community; it was a wrong calculation
Friday, September 22, 2023
Russian drones are not attacking Romania, but the fact that their debris fall on the territory of our country creates a "real problem" and an "unacceptable" situation, President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday.The head of state participated in the World Leaders Forum event with the theme "Romania's perspective on the war against Ukraine and its impact on security at the Black Sea", at Columbia University in New York and answered students' ...
Constanta port operators increase cereal manipulation capacities
Friday, September 22, 2023
Constanta port operators make investments in increasing cereal manipulation capacities while Ukraine boost exports through Romania, Viorel Panait, general manager of Comvex SA port operator told Reuters. The Romanian government announced it wanted to double transit capacities for Ukraining cereals through Constanta port, to 4 million tons per month, from a level close to zero before the Russian invesion ...
Egypt bought 120,000 tons of wheat from Romania
Friday, September 22, 2023
GASC, the General Supply Authority from Egypt, an entity in charge with the strategic purchase of wheat on behalf of the Egyptian state, annunced on Wednesday that it had bought 120,000 tons of wheat from Romania at an international auction, according to Reuters. According to traders, wheat was purchased by Viterra and ADM companies at a price of 255.91 dollars per FOB ton and 272 dollars ...
Romanian-Austrian agreement for simplifying process of applications for taking over or taking back asylum seekers
Friday, September 22, 2023
The government approved, on Wednesday, an administrative agreement between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Romania and the Federal Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Austria aimed at simplifying and reducing the duration of the processing of applications for taking over or readmission of asylum seekers.The agreement facilitates the application of Regulation (EU) no. 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 26, 2013 ...
FinMin: Romania risks losing 75 billion euros if necessary measures to reduce budget deficit are not taken
Friday, September 22, 2023
Romania risks losing 75 billion euros if it does not implement the package of measures to reduce the budget deficit, 46 billion euros from the Cohesion Policy and 29.3 billion euros from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), said on Wednesday evening, the minister of Finance, Marcel Bolos, in a press briefing at Victoria Palace.He presented the draft law on some fiscal and budgetary measures, for which the Government will assume responsibility, ...
Foreign Investors Council: New fiscal measures package puts investments under question mark
Friday, September 22, 2023
The Foreign Investors Council (FIC) has warned on the recent proposals for tax changes, which not only substantially change the tax legislation and introduce a series of new taxes or increases, but also cancel the fundamental principle of the Tax Code that granted a 6-month period needed for businesses to adjust to the new rules.According to an FIC press statement released on Thursday, for many of the new fiscal measures it is impossible to estimate the ...
The Bread Fair, at the Village Museum in Bucharest this weekend
Friday, September 22, 2023
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) and the National Museum of the Dimitrie Gusti Village are organizing, between September 22-24, 2023, the third edition of the Bread Fair, where Bucharest residents are expected to taste over 100 certified traditional Romanian agri-food products.The event will mark the Day of the Romanian Village, which is celebrated since 2020 on the last Sunday of September."The products and dishes ...
Meeting between Iohannis - Zelenski - von der Leyen and Bulgarian Deputy PM, in New York
Thursday, September 21, 2023
President Klaus Iohannis had on Wednesday a meeting with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenski, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and the Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister, Mariya Gabriel.The meeting took place in the context of their participation in the UN General ...
President Iohannis: Black Sea region must be protected against the effects of the war in Ukraine
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Our region, the wider Black Sea area, must be protected against the effects of Russia's war against Ukraine and its hybrid war and malign interference, the Romanian head of state, Klaus Iohannis, told the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization.He recalled that "since the day one of the war, Romania has acted in full solidarity with the brave Ukrainian people.""We will continue to provide safe haven and protect refugees coming ...
