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Survey:Almost half Romanian students positive about professional future
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Almost half of the Romanian students surveyed in a study conducted by Save the Children Romania and the Bucharest City Educational Resources and Assistance Centre (CMBRAE) have an optimistic view of their professional future (45.2%), while the majority of the others (46.4% of the sample) fall into a category of uncertainty or moderate optimism.According to a press release from Save the Children sent on Tuesday, just over five percent (5.4%) are pessimistic ...
DIICOT: Vicol-Ciorba couple, luxury and pleasure expenses: 5 million euros spent on cars and 1.5 million on flights
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Prosecutors say that Laura Vicol and Vladimir Ciorba have made luxury and pleasure expenses with the people's money cheated by Nordis Company. For example, they paid 1.5 million euros on private plane or helicopter flights to holiday destinations in the country and abroad- Nice, Mykonos, Madrid, Paris, the Danube Delta. They also bought luxury cars – Ferrari, Bentley, Rolls Royce for which they paid 5 million ...
Enescu Festival: 27 concerts featuring 16 prestigious orchestras from Romania and worldwide, at Palace Hall
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
The Artistic Director of the George Enescu International Festival, Maestro Cristian Macelaru, has proposed a series of 27 concerts at the Palace Hall, featuring 16 prestigious orchestras from Romania and around the world. This edition will mark 70 years since the passing of the great Romanian composer and musician George Enescu, according to an Arteximpress release sent on Tuesday.The 27th edition ...
President Iohannis: Europe must take greater responsibility for its own defense
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Europe must assume greater responsibility for its own defense in order to strengthen our strategic resilience, President Klaus Iohannis said on Monday. The head of state is taking part in informal meeting of EU leaders. The leaders discuss military capabilities and the European defense industry.In this sense, Iohannis evoked the need for adequate financing seen not only as the allocation of more money, but also as the efficient use of the tools we already ...
Parliament held a joint sitting to set up the SRI, SIE and revolutionaries committees
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
The Deputies’ Chamber and the Senate held a joint sitting to set up the committees for SRI, SIE and the revolutionaries.The Standing Bureaus of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate decided on Saturday to give the parliamentary groups until Monday at 16:00 to submit nominal proposals for the Joint Commission for the exercise of parliamentary control over the activity of the Romanian Intelligence Service, the Parliamentary Commission for the control of ...
Parliament rejected the proposal to suspend President Klaus Iohannis
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
The joint permanent offices of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate rejected, on Saturday, the proposal to suspend President Klaus Iohannis. The members of the Joint Standing Bureau considered that the proposal to suspend the president did not comply with the submission procedure as provided for in the Common Regulation of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, namely, it was not simultaneously submitted to the Permanent Offices of the Parliament ...
Romanian, Bulgarian interior ministers meet at launch of four-nation joint guard patrols on Bulgarian-Turkish border
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Minister of the Interior Catalin Predoiu had an official meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart Daniel Mitov on the occasion of the official ceremony for the launch of joint patrols conducted at the Bulgarian-Turkish border by a contingent of agents from Bulgaria, Austria, Romania and Hungary. The Bulgarian and Hungarian interior ministers, as well as representatives of the leadership of Austria's Federal Ministry of the Interior also attended the ...
Romanian IntMin has talks with Hungarian counterpart, references Romania's illegal migration countering measures
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Minister of the Interior Catalin Predoiu referenced during a meeting on Monday with his Hungarian counterpart Sandor Pinter the countering measures implemented by the Romanian side in the border area to prevent and combat illegal migration and cross-border crime.The talks took place on the occasion of the official ceremony for the launch of joint Romania - Hungary - Austria - Bulgaria guard patrols at the Bulgarian - Turkish border, organized on Monday in ...
Marcel Ciolacu, talks with Roxana Minzatu, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
The executive shows that drawing European funds for the financing of the social projects for the benefit of the Romanian citizens, the protection of rights and increase of competence of the workers in Romania are issues which the meeting of today approached – meeting of prime-minister Marcel Ciolacu and the executive vice-president of the European Commission, responsible for social rights, skills, quality workplaces and training, Roxana ...
Solid partnership between Romania, World Bank will continue to help with economic development
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Romania's long-standing partnership with the World Bank Group continues to play an important role, especially in the current geopolitical context, which requires constant efforts for an efficient mobilisation of available resources and assistance.The latest developments in the relationship between the two entities, including the release in October 2024 of the Country Partnership Framework 2025-2029, were analysed during a meeting on Monday of the Minister of ...
Gold prices hit a new all-time high of 437.1590 lei/gram
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
The gram of gold rose on Monday by 6.2546 lei (1.45%) to 437.1590 lei, from 430.9044 lei, as announced on Friday by the National Bank of Romania (NBR), reaching a record high. The national currency appreciated on Monday by comparison to the euro which was calculated by the National Bank of Romania (BNR) at 4.9766 lei, dropping by 0.01 bani against the previous quotation, of 4.9767 lei.On the ...
European Commission's DG REFORM supporting Romanian Court of Accounts' digital transformation
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
The Romanian Court of Accounts receives digital transformation and data governance support from the European Commission, through the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM), the supreme audit institution said on Monday in a release, following a meeting between government officials and members of the teams involved in the project.DG REFORM provides technical support for the implementation of the project "Digital transformation for ...
Central bank's forex reserves reached EUR 60,837 million in January
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
On January 31, 2025, the National Bank of Romania's (BNR) foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 60,837 million, as against EUR 62,135 million on December 31, 2024, BNR reported on Monday.During the month, there were EUR 2,716 million worth of inflows representing changes in credit institutions' foreign currency-denominated required reserves with the NBR; inflows into the Ministry of Finance's accounts; inflows into the European Commission's account ...
Organised crime prosecutors hear Nordis real estate fraud heavyweights Laura Vicol, Vladimir Ciorba
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Vladimir Ciorba, major shareholder of real estate developer Nordis, and his wife Laura Vicol - former head of the Chamber of Deputies' Law Committee, were brought on Monday by police to the headquarters of the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism to be questioned in the fraud case involving the company. None of the two answered the journalists' questions upon entering the DIICOT seat.On Monday morning, prosecutors carried out dozens of ...
Romanian Patriarchate centennial anniversary honored with liturgical events at Patriarchal Cathedral
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
The centennial anniversary of the adoption by the Holy Synod of the decision to elevate the Romanian Orthodox Church to the rank of Patriarchate will be marked on Tuesday through a series of liturgical events organized at the Patriarchal Cathedral.Starting at 7:00 a.m., the holy relics from the Patriarchal Cathedral and those of the Holy Apostle Andrew from the Patriarchal Residence will be carried in procession and then placed under the Canopy of the Saints ...
President Iohannis to discuss European defence, transatlantic relationship at EU informal meeting
Monday, February 3, 2025
President Klaus Iohannis will participate on Monday in an informal European Union leaders' retreat on defence issues, which will take place in Brussels, where he is also scheduled to discuss European defence and the transatlantic relationship.According to the Romanian Presidential Administration, in his remarks, Iohannis will voice support for the need for the European Union to take up increased responsibility for its own defence, "efficiently, ...
ForMin Hurezeanu, in Chisinau: Energy crisis and influence of democratic elections are hostile actions by Russia
Monday, February 3, 2025
The energy crisis and the influence of democratic elections have a "common denominator" - the hostile actions of the Russian Federation, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emil Hurezeanu declared, on Friday, in the Republic of Moldova.The head of Romanian diplomacy was on a working visit to Chisinau, in the context of the energy crisis that the neighboring country is facing at this time, as well as to discuss the broader framework of bilateral cooperation, the ...
ForMin Hurezeanu, received by President Maia Sandu
Monday, February 3, 2025
Romania has and will continue to stand by the Republic of Moldova, helping it increase its energy resilience and progress along its European path, Romanian Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu assured on Friday during his first official visit in this capacity to Chisinau, where he was received by President Maia Sandu and had meetings with his Moldovan counterpart Mihai Popsoi and with Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu, news portal Deschide.md and Chisinau newspaper Ziarul ...
Justice minister: Sufficient evidence-collecting instruments to prove Russia's war crimes
Monday, February 3, 2025
Justice Minister Radu Marinescu participated on Friday in Warsaw in the informal meeting of the EU justice ministers, which tackled topical issues such as mutual cooperation on justice, the consequences of Russia's war crimes in Ukraine, and the future of justice - figuring out new perspectives.During the working session titled "The Consequences of Russia's War Crimes in Ukraine", Radu Marinescu said with regard to a tentative increased efficiency of ...
15th Bucharest Model NATO Conference to take place Feb 27 - March 2
Monday, February 3, 2025
The 15th edition of the Bucharest Model NATO (BMNATO) conference aimed at facilitating the European youth's understanding of the role of the North Atlantic organization and the development of their communication skills, by emulating official NATO debates, will take place February 27 - March 2 at the Palace of Parliament."The project is an academic simulation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization debates, conducted in English and having as ...