Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as large enterprises have until May 8 to apply for grants under the ConstructPLUS programme for establishing and/or developing production facilities for construction materials, the Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism (MEAT) reported on Monday in a social media post."MEAT is opening registrations with the #ConstructPLUS programme! More specifically, starting today and throughout Wednesday, May 8, SMEs and large enterprises will be able to apply for grants in order to establish and/or develop production facilities for construction materials (...) When processing the applications for financing agreements and the documentation attached to them, financial statements for the years 2020 - 2022 will be taken into account. The obligation to disclose financial statements does not apply to newly financed enterprises, as defined in Article 3 (19) of OUG 68/2023. The applications for financing agreements, accompanied by the supporting documents, will be submitted the applicants to the MEAT Registry, with the following mention being required on the envelope: Directorate of Industrial Policies and Financing for Industry - O.U.G. nr. 68/2023."Grants under the programme are capped at RON 50 million euros, not exceeding 75% of the total eligible costs of the investment project or the intensity provided in the regional aid map authorised by the European Commission and approved at national level under HG 311/2022, as subsequently amended and supplemented.The budget allocated to the ConstructPlus programme for this year is the equivalent in lei (RON) of EUR 149 million.
Participation in cultural education activities continues to be limited, with the main barriers being difficult access, insufficient knowledge, and cost, the recently released Cultural Consumption Barometer 2024 shows. The report showed that many Romanians still associate culture with entertainment rather than with personal development or furthering their knowledge. The need for relaxation dominates in cultural […]
Roughly 84% of Romanians say that the pace of the state’s digitalization is slow or very slow, according to an Edge Institute & AtlasIntel study presented at the Digital Governance Summit 2025, which took place on Tuesday, November 25, at the presidential palace in Bucharest. The survey aims to capture the way citizens relate to […]
Romania’s Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) issued a negative opinion on the new bill regarding magistrates’ pensions. The move is only the latest development concerning a heated issue that led to tensions between the executive and the judiciary branch. CSM’s opinion is consultative, and the government led by Ilie Bolojan can still take responsibility for […]
Romania took the presidency of the Central European Initiative (or CEI) on Wednesday, November 26, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The organization is a regional intergovernmental forum established in 1989, following the fall of the Berlin Wall. It gathers 17 Member States in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe […]
Trade between Romania and Poland continues to grow, with annual bilateral exchanges in goods now valued at more than EUR 12 billion, according to figures presented by the Polish-Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PRBCC). The data was released during a reception in Bucharest marking Poland’s Independence Day and Romania’s National Day. Polish investments […]
As Romania moves closer to implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, local employers are preparing for one of the most consequential shifts in workplace regulation in over a decade. The directive, set for transposition by June 2026, introduces strict new rules on salary disclosure, pay reporting, and equal-pay verification, aiming to close persistent gender gaps […]
