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CONAF : Some migrants use Romania as a transit country
Friday, October 25, 2024
In Romania there is no regulation to protect the entrepreneur who invests in bringing workers to the country, whether skilled or unskilled, and who use Romania as a transit country to reach other countries, Cristina Chiriac, president of the National Confederation for Feminine Entrepreneurship (CONAF), told a Thursday's a specialized event."I know from the CONAF members, who bring a lot of labor from different countries, that they face a real problem - ...
Wholesale turnover in Romania, down 1.7pct eight months into 2024
Friday, October 25, 2024
Wholesale turnover, except of trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles in Romania decreased by 1.1% between January 1 and August 31, 2024, year-on-year seasonally adjusted , according to data published on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).On a monthly basis, the August 2024 wholesale turnover, except of trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles, declined 3.3% overall, seasonally adjustedY-o-y, the August 2024, the wholesale ...
Turnover in market services provided mainly to enterprises decreases in first eight months
Friday, October 25, 2024
Turnover in market services provided mainly to enterprises, gross series, decreased overall 1.7% in the first eight months of the year, compared to the same period in 2023, mainly due to the decrease in transportation activity, according to data of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) sent on Thursday.As a series adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality, the turnover of market services provided mainly to enterprises dropped ...
War in Ukraine/ Tulcea: RO-ALERT message for the population in the north of the county
Thursday, October 24, 2024
The National Defence Ministry (MApN) on Wednesday evening provided clarifications following the RO-ALERT message sent to the residents in the northeast of Tulcea County in the context of the war in Ukraine.According to MApN, on Wednesday, around 20:45, the Romanian Army's radar surveillance system indicated an air target in the vicinity of the border between Romania and Ukraine, in the Chilia Arm area, near the town of Chilia Veche, Tulcea County.According to ...
The government condemns the terrorist attack committed in Turkey
Thursday, October 24, 2024
The Romanian government strongly condemns the terrorisst attack committted on Wednesday in Turkey and declaes its solidarity with the Turkish people, stressing that 'violence cannot be the solution to any problem'. 'The Romanian government unequivocally condemns the terrorist attack committed today in Turkey and stands in solidarity with the Turkish people.Our thoughts and prayers are wtih the victims and their families. Violence cannot be the ...
Iohannis: Romania strongly supports EU enlargement process, Montenegro has made important steps in negotiation process
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Romania "strongly" supports the EU enlargement process with its partners in the Western Balkans and the candidate countries in the Eastern Neighborhood, President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday, noting that Montenegro has taken "important" steps in the negotiation process.The Romanian head of state is paying an official visit to Montenegro on Wednesday, at the invitation of his counterpart, Jakov Milatovic."We have had extensive discussions today on ...
President of Montenegro voices appreciation for Romania's continued support in the European integration process
Thursday, October 24, 2024
President of Montenegro Jakov Milatovic thanked Romania, at the end of an official meeting with President Klaus Iohannis, for its support in the European integration process."I would like to express my sincere thanks for his visit to Montenegro just a few months after my official visit to Bucharest. This visit is of great importance, as it is the first official visit of a Romanian President to Montenegro since the restoration of independence, thus being a strong sign of ...
Romanian, Bulgarian IntMins determined to keep cooperating for dismantling migrant smuggling networks
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Romania and Bulgaria will keep cooperating for dismantling migrant smuggling networks, Minister of the Interior Catalin Predoiu said after having a strategic meeting on the Schengen topic with his Bulgarian counterpart at the ongoing Salzburg Forum Conference.At the Salzburg Forum Ministerial Conference organized by the Bulgarian Presidency on October 23 - 24 in Sofia, Romanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Catalin Predoiu had a bilateral meeting with ...
MAE: Romanian-Ukrainian meeting in Bucharest, respect for rights of national minorities on the agenda
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Secretary of State for Strategic Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) Ana Tinca met with the chairman of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience, Viktor Yelensky, who is visiting Bucharest, with the two officials exchanging views concerning cooperation on respect for the rights of persons belonging to national minorities in the two countries, with emphasis on the right to education and the exercise of religious freedom, MAE announced ...
INSCOP Poll: PSD - 30.2%, AUR - 21.4%, PNL - 13.2%, USR 12.7% of voting intentions
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Social-democratic party (PSD – at rule) is in first place in voting intention for the parliamentary elections with 30.2%, followed by the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR-opposition) with 21.4%,the National Liberal Party (PNL – partner în ruling coalition ) with 13.2%, and the Save Romania Union (USR - opposition), with 12.7%, according to an INSCOP opinion poll conducted between October 11 and ...
Reuters: Romanian leftists ahead in parliamentary race, poll shows, coalition partner slides
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Romania's ruling leftist Social Democrats would get most votes in a Dec. 1 parliamentary election, with a far right opposition party leapfrogging the centre-right Liberals into second place, a survey showed on Wednesday. European Union and NATO member Romania holds a two-round presidential contest on Nov. 24 and Dec. 8, with a parliamentary election scheduled in between, on Dec. 1. The survey conducted by pollster INSCOP on ...
Gov't approves raise of public debt ceiling to 53 pct of GDP as of end-2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
The government approved on Wednesday an emergency ordinance that raises the public debt ceiling, calculated by the EU methodology, to 53 percent of GDP for the end of 2024, the Executive said in a release.This amendment is intended to ensure flexibility in attracting the necessary financial resources for covering the 2024 financing plan, but also to pre-finance the needs for 2025, and maintain the State Treasury's foreign exchange reserve at a comfortable ...
Deposits of non-government customers rise 0.6pct in September
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Deposits of non-government resident customers rose 0.6 percent month on month to RON 595,015.0 million, while the annual growth rate was 8.6 percent (3.8 percent in real terms), according to the National Bank of Romania (BNR) data published on Wednesday.RON-denominated deposits of residents, representing 70.8 percent of deposits of non government customers, picked up by 0.7 percent to RON 421,120.3 million month on month. In year-on-year comparison, they advanced 11.8 ...
Non-government loans in Romania, up 1.3pct in September 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
At end-September 2024, loans to non-government sector granted by credit institutions increased 1.3% (1.0% in real terms) from August 2024 to RON 413,220.0 million, the National Bank of Romania (BNR) reported on Wednesday.RON-denominated loans, representing 69.8% of total volume of loans to non-government sector, grew by 1.5%, while foreign currency-denominated loans, holding 30.2% of total loans to non-government sector, rose by 0.9% when stated in RON (1.0 percent when ...
Current building tax, land tax calculation system to be maintained until start-2026
Thursday, October 24, 2024
The Government decided on Wednesday, through an emergency ordinance, that the current system of calculating the tax on buildings and the tax on land will be maintained until the beginning of 2026.Thus, the Government approved the extension of the entry into force of the provisions relating to the tax on buildings and the tax on land provided by OG no. 16/2022 for the amendment and completion of Law no. 227/2015 on the Fiscal Code, the repeal of some normative acts and ...
Romania: Three charged with €1.2 million fraud involving irrigation systems
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Last week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) charged three individuals with fraud, following an investigation into projects for the modernisation of irrigation systems, supported by the EU, https://www.eppo.europa.eu/ informs. The suspects, who are accused of unduly receiving an advance of €1.2 million, were ...
Romanians over 45 apply the least for new jobs
Thursday, October 24, 2024
People in the 45+ age class are forming the professional category with the lowest level of activity in terms of applications and intention to change careers, with just over 100,000 applications per month, according to an online recruitment platform.In comparison, candidates between 25 and 35 years old together send almost 400,000 applications per month, those between 18 and 24 years old 350,000 applications, and those between 36 and 45 years old almost 200,000 applications, ...
Report:Value of minimum expenditure basket in Romania, up almost 5pct in 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
The value of the minimum expenditure basket for a decent living in Romania for a family of two adults and two children has increased in 2024 by 4.7% as against 2023, from RON 9,978 a month to RON 10,450 a month, according to a report by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Romania and Sydex Romania that takes September 2024 value of the minimum expenditure basket into account.The value of the basket for a family of two adults and one child is RON 8,586 per month, for a family of ...
Brasov city, Via Transilvanica listed among National Geographic's top 25 not-to-miss world destinations in 2025
Thursday, October 24, 2024
The Via Transilvanica long-distance hiking trail is listed along with Brasov city among the National Geographic's 25 best destinations in the world to travel to in 2025, the Tasuleasa Social Association announced on Wednesday."The latest ranking by National Geographic magazine with the world's top 25 unmissable destinations for 2025 includes, among extraordinary locations in Guatemala, Mexico or Thailand, a city from Romania! Brasov is on the list and shares the place with ...
President Klaus Iohannis to pay a visit to Montenegro on Wednesday
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
President Klaus Iohannis will pay an official visit to Montenegro on Wednesday, at the invitation of his counterpart Jakov Milatovic.According to a press release of the Presidential Administration sent to AGERPRES on Tuesday, the official visit of the president of Romania, the first at the head of state level since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, marks a landmark moment in bilateral terms and takes place in the context of ...