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Ukrainian ambassador: Ceasefire agreement with Russia won't work, credible security guarantees are needed
Friday, February 28, 2025
Ukraine wants a fair, lasting peace and not just a ceasefire agreement with Russia, which, according to previous experience, will not work anyway, Kyiv's ambassador in Bucharest Ihor Prokopchuk declared on Thursday at a meeting with Romanian journalists.A ceasefire agreement will not work, we must make efforts for a fair and lasting peace. And this means that Ukraine needs security guarantees to prevent a new Russian aggression, the diplomat ...
Defence cooperation agreement with the UK to be referred to Parliament for debate and ratification
Friday, February 28, 2025
The government approved on Thursday sending the Agreement with the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on defence cooperation to Parliament, for debate and ratification.The agreement signed in London on November 13 last year by National Defence Minister Angel Tilvar and British Secretary of Defence John Healey sets the general legal framework in place for strengthening defence cooperation between the two ...
EPP president,Manfred Weber, supports Romania
Friday, February 28, 2025
German European MP Manfred Weber, the president of the European People's Party (EPP), sent on Thursday a message backing Romanian authorities when the General Prosecution opened three cases against Calin Georgescu. “I followed evolutions in Romania and I want to convey a clear confidence message for its democracy and institutions. Legality and observing the rule of law are essential and I am sure they ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Romanian justice system is independent and no one is above the law
Friday, February 28, 2025
The Romanian judiciary is independent and no one is above the law, and there should be no pressure in this area, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE), Andrei Tarnea, said on Thursday on the X platform."The Romanian judiciary is independent and no one is above the law. The justice system must operate free from pressure and interference. Romania is a democracy, a state governed by the rule of law, and the Romanian authorities ...
PM Ciolacu: I am only interested in the law being applied correctly
Friday, February 28, 2025
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu reiterated on Thursday that he is interested in the law being correctly applied in the case involving Calin Georgescu.He stressed that, in this context, the "reaction of the financial markets after yesterday" is also relevant."Regarding the most discussed subject at the moment, I want to be very clear: I am only interested in the law being applied correctly. It is essential that the authorities ...
Gov't spokesman: No reason for me to assume Tate brothers' departure is due to foreign pressure
Friday, February 28, 2025
Government spokesman Mihai Constantin said on Thursday that the Tate brothers' departure from Romania had "a legal basis" and that they are still under judicial control, and that he has no reason whatsoever to say that the lifting of the travel ban on the two British-American influencers was the result "of pressure from a foreign entity.""First of all, from what I documented this morning, the Tate brothers left Romania on a legal basis, ...
Result of searches at mercenary Potra: lethal weapons, grenade launchers, ammunition, 25 kg of gold, 3.3 million USD
Friday, February 28, 2025
The police found in the home of mercenary Horatiu Potra and his relatives more than 40 gun chargers (from lethal weapons of different caliber), 51 grenades (military, offensive/defensive), 44 pieces of caliber strikes, 21 lethal pistols (mostly 9x19mm caliber), 7 lethal pistols/light machine guns (7.62mm and 7.65mm caliber), over 20 boxes/packs/bags/bags of lethal ammunition, 6 gun parts, 4 explosive materials, two grenade launchers, one detonating fuse and ...
Defence minister says analysis underway on military personnel said to have engaged in mercenary activities
Friday, February 28, 2025
Defence Minister Angel Tilvar on Thursday said that an analysis is underway at the Ministry of National Defence (MApN) regarding the number of Romanian military personnel who may have engaged in mercenary activities.He was asked by journalists at the Victoria Palace about the measures to be taken concerning Romanian soldiers who took leave to work as "mercenaries" abroad in "private armies," following information that surfaced in the public ...
Censorship motion presented by AUR, SOS and POT against Ciolacu Government, debated and voted by Parliament on Friday
Friday, February 28, 2025
The censorship motion against Ciolacu Government, initiated by the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), SOS Romania and the Young People's Party (POT) will be debated and voted in the joint Parliament plenum, on Friday, 11:00 a.m. The majority vote – 232 favorable votes are needed for the adoption of the motion. According to the decision of the joint permanent bureaus, parliamentary groups have ...
The Ocean and Human Rights
Friday, February 28, 2025
By Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, Dr. Ion I. Jinga Motto: “We all came from the sea. All of us have in our blood the ...
Budget deficit reaches 0.58% of GDP in first month of 2025
Friday, February 28, 2025
The budget deficit rose to 0.58% of the GDP in the first month of this year, compared to 0.45% of GDP in the same period last year, according to data the Finance Ministry released on Thursday."The execution of the consolidated general budget for January 2025 ended with a deficit of 11.01 billion lei, or 0.58% of the GDP, compared to the deficit of 7.89 billion lei, or 0.45% of the GDP for January 2024," the document from the Finance ...
EBRD's 2025 economic growth forecast for Romania revised downwards to 1.8 pct
Friday, February 28, 2025
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has significantly revised its estimates on the evolution of the Romanian economy both in 2024 and 2025, forecasting that the growth rate will rebound close to its potential only in 2026, according to the latest regional economic prospects report released on Thursday by the international financial institution.According to the EBRD's latest forecasts, Romania's GDP advanced just 0.7 ...
EIU Democracy Index 2024: Romania downgraded to 'hybrid regime'
Friday, February 28, 2025
Romania’s score was downgraded after a “shaky decision” by the Constitutional Court to annul the elections, following allegations of Russian interference, illegal social media tactics and campaign finance violations, according to a study by ...
BNR's Lazea: If U.S. really levies 25% tariffs on all goods, Romania to be affected too
Friday, February 28, 2025
Romania has not been affected so far by the customs duties imposed by the U.S. on steel and aluminum, but the application of a 25% customs tariff on all goods would affect us, says the chief economist of the National Bank of Romania (BNR), Valentin Lazea."So far, the tariffs that have been applied to steel and aluminum have not affected us very much, because out of our exports to the U.S. worth about 2.3 billion [euros], only about 0.4 billion ...
Minister announces extension of energy price capping scheme
Friday, February 28, 2025
The government approved on Thursday the extension of the energy price capping & offsetting scheme, Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja told a briefing at the end of the government meeting, explaining that the scheme's extension for electricity stays in force until July 1, and that for gas the cap will stay in place for another 12 months. "The government's zero priority is to protect the Romanians. This is the motivation for this decision," said the ...
Unemployment rate rises to 3.38% in January 2025
Friday, February 28, 2025
The unemployment rate registered at the national level at the end of January 2025 was 3.38%, with the total number of unemployed being 269,165 people, informs the National Employment Agency (ANOFM).In December 2024, the unemployment rate at the national level was 3.28%.Of the total registered unemployed, 60,507 were unemployed with benefits and 208,658 without. The number of ...
Interim president, Ilie Bolojan, expected on Saturday for official visit to Chisinau
Thursday, February 27, 2025
The interim president of Romania, Ilie Bolojan, is expected on Saturday on an official visit to the Republic of Moldova, where he is scheduled to meet with the Moldovan president Maia Sandu, a press release from the presidency in Chisinau informs.The meeting will reconfirm the special relationship between the Republic of Moldova and Romania, based on a community of language, history and culture, and will underline the common commitment to deepen bilateral ...
Romania's response to current security challenges - the topic discussed by Bolojan with the parties
Thursday, February 27, 2025
The representatives of the parliamentary parties were received on Wednesday at Cotroceni by the interim president, Ilie Bolojan who convened consultations in which they presented their strategies regarding the most important issues of foreign policy.The respective meetings took place before Bolojan’s participation in the European Council in Brussels on 6 March and approached especially Romania’s answer to the present security ...
Calin Georgescu under judicial control, banned from traveling abroad
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Prosecutors with the General Prosecutor's Office put former presidential frontrunner Calin Georgescu under judicial control for 60 days, placing him also under multiple bans, including leaving the country without the approval of the judicial authorities, and posting on social media content of a legionary, fascist, anti-Semitic, racist or xenophobic nature.Georgescu is required to not leave the country; to inform the authorities in case he changes residence; ...
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, ...