At a plenary sitting on Tuesday, the Chamber of Deputies adopted a bill under which mining royalties derived from mineral water exploitation may become revenues of the local governments.The bill is designed to attract financial resources at the level of local administrations allowing spa resorts in Romania to make offers suitable to the needs of tourists in terms of accommodation establishments, healthcare centres, related affordable service packages.By way of derogation from Article 307(2) of Government Emergency Ordinance 57/2019 regarding the Administrative Code, as subsequently amended and supplemented, the mining royalty derived by concession from activities of exploitation of surface resources, carbonated or non-carbonated natural mineral water, therapeutic mineral water and thermomineral water should become income as follows: 35% to the local budget of the county on whose territory the exploitation is carried out, 45% to the local budget of the small towns, towns or cities , as the case may be, on whose territory there is such exploitation, 20% to the national budget.The bill was also adopted by the Senate, with the Chamber of Deputies being the decision-making body in this case.
In the context in which agri-food systems are responsible for almost one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, Auchan Romania assumes an active role in the transition of its supply chain toward a more sustainable model. At the second edition of the Climate Supplier Event, organized under the aegis of the Climate Change Summit, the […]
Janiva Magness, the winner of seven Blues Music Awards following 26 nominations, and nominated for a Grammy for a career spanning 17 albums, is set to perform at the 14th edition of the Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival, which will take place between August 14–16, 2026. Magness is one of the most valuable and influential […]
Auction house Artmark announced a major auction for this winter featuring an engraving created by Francisco Goya, the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Romania's late communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu received this gift from King Juan Carlos I as a gesture of diplomacy. The engraving entitled “The Engagement – Capricho […]
Authorities managing Romania's Bicaz Gorges–Hășmaș National Park has built a fish ladder system on the Bicaz River, which will allow protected species to migrate and reproduce. There are several bridges and small bridge structures in the Bicaz River that have a “bottom sill,” meaning small waterfalls. Fish that do not jump like the trout cannot […]
The far-right opposition parties in the Romanian Parliament are set to file a motion of no confidence against the government headed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The motion, authored by senator Ninel Peia of the Peace – Romania First group, is specifically aimed at the reformist party Save Romania Union (USR), and is entitled “Romania […]
Romania's iconic rock singer Adrian Pleșca, known as “Artan,” died on Tuesday, December 2, after a fatal stroke, at the age of 64. The artist founded the well-known band “Timpuri Noi” in 1982 and “Partizan” in 2001, and was popular on the Romanian rock scene. Over the years, he left and returned to the two bands. Several […]
