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Incumbent Agriculture Commissioner advocates separate CAP budget
Thursday, November 7, 2024
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) needs a separate budget, and farmers must be sure that they will receive their money without further discussions about the rule of law or other requirements unrelated to the CAP, visiting European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski said on Wednesday in BucharestThe incumbent Agriculture Commissioner participated in the National Conference of the Romanian Farmers' Club, where he declared that his concern is the future ...
Romanian Commissioner pick clears controversy after secret hearing with MPs
Thursday, November 7, 2024
*USR representatives criticised the hearing as a “farce” organised just days before the European Parliament hearings, https://www.euractiv.com/ reads. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's nominee for Romanian Commissioner, Roxana Minzatu, appeared before the Romanian parliament on Tuesday, where she sought to clarify issues relating to the extension of her residence in ...
EduMin Ligia Deca meets with general director of OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
Thursday, November 7, 2024
The Minister of Education, Ligia Deca, met on Wednesday with the Director General of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the OECD, William D. Magwood, IV, with whom she discussed the importance of study programs in the field of nuclear engineering and the need to have more specialists in this sector."Today, I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. William D. Magwood, IV, Director General of the OECD's Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), with whom I discussed the importance of nuclear ...
Protocol for first Romanian drone development program, signed
Thursday, November 7, 2024
The Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism, Stefan-Radu Oprea, and the Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitalization, Bogdan-Gruia Ivan, signed on Tuesday a collaboration protocol in the field of scientific research and technological development, which lays the foundations for the first integrated program that will create the Romanian drone."Today we are laying the foundations of the first integrated program that will create the Romanian drone. The Ministry ...
European Court of Justice: Aid granted by Romania to TAROM airline is compatible with internal market
Thursday, November 7, 2024
The General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Wednesday rejected the action submitted by Wizz Air regarding the aid granted by Romania to the national airline TAROM as compensation for the damages suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and decided that the aid, which amounts to almost two million euros, is compatible with the internal market, informs a press release of the CJEU.On February 3, 2022, Romania notified the Commission of an ...
Romania and Pakistan need to get involved in joint-venture projects through export-import banks
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Indragra&Indagra Food, the largest event of the agricultural industry and the food industry in the Eastern Europe region, can represent a platform for Pakistani companies in the field to identify potential business partners, from Romania and Europe, said the chair of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce (CCIR), Mihai Daraban.The President of the CCIR had, on November 5, an official meeting with the new ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Romania, Muhammad ...
Romania among EU countries with biggest falls in industrial producer prices in September
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Prices of products leaving the factory gates registered, in September 2024 as compared to the previous month, a drop of 0.6% both in the EU and in the euro zone, but Romania is among the EU member states with the highest drops of the prices of industrial production, show the data published on Wednesday by Eurostat.According to these data, from month to month, the prices of the industrial production dropped in ...
Study: Three out of ten Romanians want to spend at least 1,000 lei on Black Friday
Thursday, November 7, 2024
A third of Romanians plan to spend at least 1,000 lei on Black Friday 2024, but more than 43% say they have no money set aside but rely on their salary or loans, according to a specialised study released on Wednesday. According to the data processed by TBI bank, almost 53% of the Romanians prepared to get into the fever of reduction of ‘Black Friday’. Although most plan to spend a significant sum (at least 500 lei) the value is comparable ...
Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation - Nedland Kultur, Norway to launch
Thursday, November 7, 2024
A project to support contemporary art and emerging artists will be launched on Thursday by the Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation, a cultural initiative developed in partnership with Nedland Kultur from Norway.''The Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation, as promoter, is launching "Talent 35 - Supporting and promoting emerging artists and contemporary art", a bilateral cultural initiative developed in partnership with Nedland Kultur from Norway. The initiative will ...
ForMin Odobescu, discussion with French counterpart regarding France's contribution to consolidate NATO's Eastern Flank
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luminita Odobescu, had, on Monday, in Paris, a meeting with the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Jean-Noel Barrot, on the sidelines of the working visit undertaken in the French capital by the Prime Minister of Romania, Marcel Ciolacu, MAE informs.According to the cited source, Luminita Odobescu highlighted the special relevance of the cooperation of the two countries in the field of Defense, reiterating the appreciation of ...
Israel-Hamas/WHO will evacuate 100 patients from Gaza Strip. 30 to be transferred to Romania
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced its intention to evacuate over 100 patients from Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the first similar operation in five weeks in Palestine devastated by the war between Israel and Hamas. 30 patients will be transferred to Romania, dpa informed on Tuesday. The evacuated people include the wounded in Gaza war and patients with chronic diseases, WHO informed. Initially, patients will be taken to ...
PM Marcel Ciolacu, meeting with Japanese delegation
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu declared on Tuesday that Romania's role as a factor of stability in Europe and in the region, as well as its geostrategic, economic and political advantages qualify our country as a destination for investors.The Head of Government had, at the Victoria Palace, a meeting with a delegation of Japanese investors from the fields of energy, research and technology, industry, infrastructure and banking, led by the Japanese Deputy Minister of Economy, ...
Law on referendum regulations promulgated by president Klaus Iohannis
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
The law according to which electors will be able to vote at the same polling station for referendum and parliamentary, presidential or europarliamentary elections was promulgated on Tuesday by president Klaus Iohannis. The law amends and completes electoral laws in order to make activities of involved infrastructure more efficient and orderly, to eliminate possible disfunctionalities and remove regulation voids about the carrying out of election and ...
European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski to come to Romania on Wednesday
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, will travel to Romania for an official visit on Wednesday, November 6, the European Commission has announced.The commissioner will participate in the National Conference of Romanian Farmers' Club, with the theme "Multi-sectoral Pact for an Integrated Agricultural Policy of Romania - objective 2035".During the event, the high-ranking official is a special guest in the interactive EU-Romania Dialogue ...
Romania: EPPO charges seven individuals and two companies for misuse of agricultural funds
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Timisoara (Romania) has accused seven individuals and two companies of subsidy fraud and forgery, involving three projects regarding the development of fruit harvesting and processing, with a value of over €1.4 million. According to the investigation, between February 2019 and June 2024, the suspects, including a mayor, successfully applied in the name of two ...
Roxana Minzatu receives favorable opinion in specialised committees: I will be a voice in the College of Commissioners
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
The Parliamentary Committees for Foreign Policy and European Affairs gave a favorable opinion on Tuesday, with 35 votes in favor and six against, granting Parliament's confidence to Roxana Minzatu, Romania's nominee for European Commissioner."It was an extremely professional hearing. (...) It was an extremely professional development, with professional answers and a consolidated European vision and the result is not a surprise. I would like to congratulate ...
Luca Niculescu: Romania should join ORCD in 2026
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
If things carry on at the current, highly dynamic pace, Romania will join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2026, Secretary of State with the Foreign Affairs Ministry and national coordinator for Romania's OECD accession process Luca Niculescu declared on Tuesday."We have no delay, so far we are going according to plan. There is a political consensus that helps us a lot. There are 26 chapters we have to complete. At the end of this ...
Investors in opened funds exceed 755,000 in quarter 3, 2024
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Over 755,000 people are investors in opened investment funds in Romania, in quarter 3, 2024, 200,000 more than in the same period of 2023, while active stock reached 26 billion lei, said Horia Gusta, the president of the Association of Fund Administrators (AAF). In his turn, Jan Pricop, AAF CEO, pointed out the investment fund market in Romania had grown in quarter 3, 2024 compared to the same period of 2023, to 46 billion ...
Retail and finance banking sectors top ranking of the best employers of 2024
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
The retail and the finance banking sectors top the ranking of the best employers of 2024, as the IT&C sectors plunges, with companies such as Jysk, Phillip Morris, Deichmann, dm drogerie markt and Starbucks being the most appreciated by their own employees, according to a ranking made by the Undelucram.ro platform.According to a press release of this company sent on Tuesday, the position in the ranking is established according to the general grade ...
Study: Success of organizations in Romania largely depends on leaders' adaptation to labour market changes
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
The success of organizations in Romania largely depends on the adaptation of leaders to the ever-changing labour market (81%), with more than half of the organizations (57%) saying that they are not prepared in this sense, according to the results of Deloitte 2024 Global Human Capital Trends for Romania, published on Tuesday.The main barriers that hold back the initiatives related to the preparation of leaders for the changes in the labour market are related to the ...