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Draft law on airspace control - adopted by Senate as decision-making body
Thursday, February 27, 2025
The Senate plenary adopted on Wednesday, as a decision-making body, the draft legislation on airspace control.There were 79 votes 'in favor', 11 'against' and two abstentions.The legislative initiative aims to regulate a series of measures to control the use of national airspace, establishing the authorities and institutions that have powers to take measures to prevent and counteract the use of national airspace by aircraft, ...
Draft regulating conduct of military missions and operations at peacetime adopted by the Senate
Thursday, February 27, 2025
The Senate adopted, on Wednesday, as the decisional legislative body, the bill regulating the conduct of military missions and operations on the territory of the Romanian state during peacetime, when a state of emergency, siege, mobilisation, or war is not declared.There were 81 votes "in favour," 12 "against," and two abstentions.According to the legislative act, the designated structures of the Romanian Army, depending on operational ...
CFA Society Romania's Macroeconomic Confidence Index, up 2.3 points in Jan 2025
Thursday, February 27, 2025
CFA Society Romania's Macroeconomic Confidence Index increased by 2.3 points in January 2025, to 40.4 points, and the inflation rate in the next 12 months is anticipated at 4.97%."Also this year, the main challenges of the Romanian economy will be the a wide government deficit, economic growth below potential, as well as inflation. Thus, the participants in the survey are expecting the deficit to narrow by only one percentage point, economic ...
Turnover from market services provided to enterprises down 3.5pct in 2024
Thursday, February 27, 2025
The turnover from market services provided mainly to enterprises decreased last year by 3.5%, as gross series, compared to 2023, according to data published on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).According to the same source, in 2024, compared to the previous year, the turnover from market services provided mainly to enterprises, gross series, decreased as a result of the decrease recorded in transport activities (-7.3%), ...
Wholesale trade turnover, down 3 percent in 2024
Thursday, February 27, 2025
The wholesale trade turnover (excluding trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles), gross series, recorded a 3% decrease in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to data published the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Wednesday.This decrease was due to a reduction in the turnover from wholesale trade in raw agricultural products and live animals (-27.8%), wholesale trade in consumer goods other than food (-6.4%), wholesale trade intermediaries ...
Romania - Hungary cross-border geothermal energy project launched in Oradea
Thursday, February 27, 2025
The Bihor County Council is a partner in a cross-border project with Hungarian local entities for the construction of a renewable energy installation at the future multi-purpose cultural center in Oradea.The cross-border project was launched on Wednesday at the Oradea Science and Technology Park, in the presence of representatives from Hungary's Hajdu-Bihar County, the Bihor County Council, as well as from the management of the Romania-Hungary ...
Survey: 55% of Employees in Romania Expect a Salary Increase in 2025
Thursday, February 27, 2025
55% of employees who participated in the latest eJobs Romania survey say they expect a salary increase this year at their current job. This aligns with the findings of a survey conducted at the end of last year on professional plans for 2025, where most respondents indicated that a higher salary was one of their main goals for the upcoming year. Meanwhile, 28% do not believe they will receive a raise in 2025, and 17% are ...
President Bolojan has phone conversation with Antonio Costa
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Acting President Ilie Bolojan had a telephone conversation on Tuesday with the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, in which he highlighted Romania's priorities on the EU agenda, with a special focus on regional security and defense, as well as on support for Ukraine."Very good phone conversation today with Antonio Costa, President of the European Council. I highlighted Romania's priorities on the EU agenda, with a special focus on regional ...
Interim President Ilie Bolojan to participate in videoconference organised by European Council president
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Interim President Ilie Bolojan will participate on Wednesday in the videoconference organised by European Council President Antonio Costa.According to the agenda, Ilie Bolojan will join the videoconference starting at 11:00 AM.The videoconference precedes the extraordinary European Council meeting, which will take place on March 6.Also on Wednesday, Interim President Ilie Bolojan invited the leaders of the political parties and ...
Bolojan: Adoption of measures by Romania may be required after special European Council on March 6
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Interim President Ilie Bolojan said in a message on Tuesday that he has invited the parties to consultations because decisions may be made at special European Council on March 6 with direct consequences on European foreign and defence policy which might require the adoption of certain measures by Romania."Why I have invited the parties to the consultations: next week there will be a European Council meeting, which has important security ...
Presidential candidate Crin Antonescu: Romania should not send troops to Ukraine
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
The Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) candidate in the presidential elections, Crin Antonescu, says Romania should not send troops to Ukraine."Romania should not send troops to Ukraine. Neither soldiers nor peacekeeping troops. I said this three years ago, I haven't changed my opinion at all," Antonescu wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday.He emphasized that, if ...
ForMin Hurezeanu: Romania condemns repeated violations of its airspace by Russia
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Romania condemns the repeated violations of its airspace by Russia, in the context of the war near the border, Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu said on Monday.He sent a video message to the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in consolidated format, convened by Finland, the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office (CIO), to mark three years since the start of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine."The humanitarian situation in Ukraine has gradually ...
Defense Ministry planning to acquire sea patrol vessels, drones and tugboats for Romanian Navy
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
The National Defense Ministry intends to acquire sea patrol vessels, drones and tugboats for the Romanian Navy, Ministry representatives said on Tuesday, adding that Navy equipment and modernization programs will enjoy special attention this year, both in the deep-sea and river components.Thus, the National Defense Ministry intends to continue the ''Mine Hunter'' program and is considering the purchase of maritime patrol vessels, fast ...
Former President Klaus Iohannis sent three letters to joint Permanent Parliament Bureaus
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Joint permenent Parliament bureaus received three letters in which former president Klaus Iohannis inform the Parliament about a series of activities referring to Romania's partnership with NATO and certain military operations and missions for 2025. In his first letter, Klaus Iohannis informs the Parliament that he had approved, after consulting ...
Parliament sends AEP request for presentation of report on November 2024 presidential elections
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
The joint permanent bureaus of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies decided on Tuesday to send to the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) the request on presenting the report on the organization and conduct of the presidential elections of November 2024, according to the law in force.The request was formulated by the USR and submitted to the joint permanent bureaus."The Permanent Electoral Authority must present, within a maximum of three ...
AtlasIntel Poll: Calin Georgescu Nears 40% in Presidential Race
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
If the presidential elections were held next Sunday, independent candidate Calin Georgescu would get 38.4%, followed by Nicusor Dan with 25.4% and Crin Antonescu with 15.8%, according to a poll conducted by AtlasIntel at the behest of Nicusor Dan, who published it on his personal Facebook page on Tuesday. The poll was conducted on 2,947 respondents through random digital recruitment between February 21 ...
Opposition's motion of censure: Ciolacu II government has already accumulated shameful record of abuses and failures
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
The signatories of the motion of censure "Prime Minister NORDIS must go, Romanians are tired of humiliation", tabled with the Chamber of Deputies by opposition Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), S.O.S. Romania, the Party of Young People (POT), maintain that the current government is "illegitimate" and, although it has been in office for only two months, has accumulated "a shameful record of abuses and failures"."Premier Marcel Ciolacu was imposed by ...
USR will not vote for censure motion
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Save Romania Union (USR - opposition) Senator Cristian Ghinea on Tuesday said that the parliamentarians of the Save Romania Union will not vote for the censure motion and have not signed it.Asked at the Parliament Palace whether USR maintains its decision not to sign or vote for the censure motion submitted by the opposition against the Government, Cristian Ghinea replied: "Absolutely. It's not the right moment; it's a gift that Simion is giving to ...
Deposits of non-government resident customers decline 1.2 percent in January
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Deposits of non-government resident customers declined by 1.2 percent in January compared to the previous month th to RON 624,836.6 million, while the annual growth rate was 9.0 percent (3.8 percent in real terms), the National Bank of Romania (BNR) informs in a press release on Tuesday.RON-denominated deposits of residents, representing 69.9 percent of deposits of non government customers, went down 1.6 percent to RON 436,866.0 million month on month. In ...
Loans to Romania's non-government sector decrease by 0.6pct in Jan 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
At end-January 2025, loans to non-government sector granted by credit institutions decreased 0.6% (-1.5% in real terms) from December 2024 to RON 418,630.2 million, according to data released on Tuesday by the National Bank of Romania (BNR).RON-denominated loans, representing 69.8% of total volume of loans to non-government sector, declined 0.9%, while foreign currency-denominated loans, making up 30.2% of total loans to the non-government sector, advanced ...