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PM Ciolacu: 10% of Romania's exports are provided by Dacia, one of Romania's economic engines
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Wednesday in Mioveni that the lcoal Dacia plant is one of Romania's economic engines, providing 10% of the country's exports."I for one was impressed by what I saw, by the level of technology, by the level of organisation. (...) All that remains is to congratulate the almost 12,500 people who work in shifts on this industrial platform. Another 1,500 companies are in business thanks to the orders given by Dacia. We are ...
ELCEN signs agreement in Washington on geothermal energy feasibility study
Thursday, February 8, 2024
ELCEN Director General Claudiu Cretu has signed an agreement in Washington to carry out a feasibility study on the use of geothermal energy for communal heating in Bucharest, with support from the US Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja wrote in a social media post.He continued meetings with American officials, discussing a project for units 3 and 4 at the Cernavoda nuclear-power plant, a project of small modular reactors, offshore wind energy, the ...
Labour minister meets WB experts on pensions, labour and social protection
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity Simona Bucura Oprescu met with World Bank experts in the area of pensions, labour and social protection, social assistance, informs the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity (MMSS) in a press release posted on its Facebook page."We worked very well together in key areas such as the reform of the public pension system or the minimum inclusion income. The partnership continues, with priority areas such as employment and vocational ...
Romania needs a strategy for Made in Romania production aligned with Made in Europe agenda
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Articulating a strategy for Made in Romania production aligned with the Made in Europe agenda and public investments to help less competitive regions improve their performance and recover the gap, are among the recommendations of a study presented on Wednesday at an event organized by the European Institute in Romania (IER)."What is important is that this activity is closely correlated with the industrial policy of the European Union and with the sectoral strategies: solar, ...
Allianz Trade: Country Risk Analysis 2024
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Made by Allianz Trade, the global leader in commercial credit insurance and credit management, Country Risk Analysis provides comprehensive insights into the economic, political and business environment as well as the sustainability factors that influence default risk for companies in 84 countries. The analysis is based on the risk assessment model, updated quarterly with the latest economic developments and based on Allianz Trade’s global insolvency and business environment ...
PM Ciolacu: Romania will continue to support Chisinau in EU accession negotiation process
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Romania will continue to support the Republic of Moldova in its EU accession negotiation process, prime minister Marcel Ciolacu said during his meeting with the Moldovan deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, Mihai Poposoi, who is currently paying an working visit to Bucharest."I've had an excellent meeting with the deputy PM and minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Moldova. I wish Mihai Popsoi good luck. Romania will continue to ...
ForMin Odobescu: Republic of Moldova is in front line of hybrid war orchestrated by Kremlin
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
The Republic of Moldova is "in the front line of the hybrid war orchestrated by the Kremlin," stated, on Tuesday, the minister of Foreign Affairs, Luminita Odobescu, in a joint press statement with her counterpart from Chisinau, Mihai Popsoi, visiting Bucharest."The Republic of Moldova is in the front line of the hybrid war orchestrated by the Kremlin. The last two years have been extremely difficult for the administration in Chisinau, faced with an ...
Mihai Popsoi: Continuing strategic relations with Romania is a priority for the Republic of Moldova
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Continuing and strengthening strategic relations with Romania in all areas represent a priority for the Republic of Moldova, which will use this openness and strategic partnership to get closer to Romania and thus to the European Union, said the new Moldovan Foreign Minister, Deputy Prime Minister Mihai Popsoi, in an interview to Agerpres on Tuesday.In Bucharest on his first official foreign visit since taking office, the new head of diplomacy in ...
EU and Moldova launch top level dialogue about transports
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
EU and Moldova launched on Tuesday a high level dialogue about transports to strengthen relations amng all transport means and making progress together in obtaining durable and digital changes. “EU-Moldova summit dialogue about transports will be important for the European project and for the pan-European connectivity. All that will deepen relations between EU and Moldova, as we make efforts in aaligning Moldova's and EU's transport efforts. By ...
Georgia accuses Ukraine of trying to expand war by carrying explosives to Russia through Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Georgia's appointed premier, Iralki Kobahidze accused Ukraine on Tuesday of trying to extend the war with Russia to his country, after having finding an explosive transport at the border, Reuters informs. The Georgian security service announced on Monday that it had captured a clandestine transport to the Russian town of Voronej. The material coming from Ukraine was hidden in a transport of car batteries which had crossed Romania, Bulgaria and ...
Romania, Ukraine sign memorandum of understanding on elections, referenda
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Romania's Standing Electoral Authority (AEP) and Ukraine's Central Election Commission (CEC) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to further and deepen bilateral co-operation in the administration of elections and referenda.According to AEP, a memorandum signing ceremony took place in Bucharest at its headquarters, with the document being signed by the chairs of the two institutions, Toni Grebla (AEP) and Oleh Didenko (CEC)."I am convinced that the ...
Ministry of Defence presents status of procurements, priorities for 2024 during meeting with defence committees
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
The senators and deputies members of the committees for defence, public order and national security of the Romanian Parliament met, on Tuesday, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, with the leadership of the ministry, for a presentation of the current status of the main procurement programmes and priorities for the current year."The meetings that we organize, periodically, in this extended format are very important, first of all for us, because we have the ...
DefMin Tilvar: Mandatory military service, out of the question, Romania is not in danger of war
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Mandatory military service is highly unlikely, but there is a concern at the Ministry of National Defence (MApN) for voluntary military service, the minister of National Defense, Angel Tilvar, said on Monday."Mandatory military service is out of the question. There is no discussion about this at the moment. Regarding voluntary military service (...) there is a need for a reserve, every army poses the problem of reserve. There was a period when, on contractual basis, ...
Men and women aged between 18 and 35 may apply for voluntary military service
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
The Defence Ministry is currently working on a bill under which men and women in Romania aged between 18 and 35 years qualify for four-month voluntary military service training, and there will be certain incentives, Chairman of the Defence Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, Laurentiu Leoreanu said on Tuesday.Parliament's two defence committees on Tuesday met Defence Minister Angel Tilvar."Three legislative lines were discussed: ...
INSCOP Survey: 49.4% of Romanians believe that the 2024 elections should be organized separately
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Almost half of Romanians (49.4%) believe that the 2024 elections should be organized separately, while 46.6% are in favor of combining some of the ballots, according to the data of a survey conducted by INSCOP commissioned by News.ro. Combining the first round of presidential elections with parliamentary elections has the most supporters, 82.9%. The percentage of those who believe that the first round of the presidential elections should be held ...
PSD and PNL discuss merging European with local elections
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
The PSD and PNL leaders would have agreed to combine the local elections with the European parliamentary elections and organize them in June, political sources told Europa Libera. Local elections were usually held in September. Also, the debates tackled the possibility of merging other two elections: the first round of presidential election with the general parliamentary election. Other liberal ...
Bulgaria, Romania Devising Framework for Joint Energy Projects
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
The energy ministries of Bulgaria and Romania are working on a general framework for joint energy projects, Bulgarian Deputy Energy Minister Nikolai Nikolov said in Bucharest on Tuesda, https://www.bta.bg/ reports. He was speaking at Energy Week Black Sea, an international conference on investing in renewable energy sources, which is underway on February 6 and 7. Nikolov said: "We are cooperating very well ...
AgriMin Barbu is glad EC president decides to withdraw provisions on limiting plant protection products
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
The Minister of Agriculture, Florin Barbu, appreciates the decision announced by the head of the European Commission, to withdraw the bill on the reduction in pesticide consumption, which put Romanian farmers at a disadvantage."I am glad that the president of the European Commission came to the conclusion that the SUR Regulation was totally wrong and took the decision to withdraw the provisions regarding the limitation of plant protection products. I have argued in ...
Romania's retail turnover up 1.9 pct in 2023
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Romania's 2023 retail turnover (except for trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles) was up 1.9 percent in unadjusted terms compared to 2022, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) announced.The recorded growth was the result of the advance in retail volumes of consumer goods other than food (+3.8 percent), and sales of food, beverages and tobacco (+3.6 percent). Retail volumes of motor fuels sold in specialized stores decreased by 4.4 ...
ForMin Odobescu in Sofia: We are coordinating to achieve common goal of joining Schengen with land borders
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Romania and Bulgaria are coordinating to achieve, "as soon as possible," the common goal of having their land border controls lifted in the European free movement area, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luminita Odobescu, said on Monday in Sofia.She had a joint press conference with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Mariya Gabriel."We agreed to maintain close cooperation and coordination, in the context in which we continue the steps regarding the ...