Minister of Foreign Affairs Lumini?a Odobescu had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Mélanie Joly, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, on the margins of the NATO Summit in Washington. The two senior officials reviewed the excellent state of relations between Romania and Canada, focusing on cooperation within NATO and in the field of civil nuclear energy. The Romanian Minister expressed her interest in coordinating the efforts of the two countries to strengthen the transatlantic relationship, which is essential for the solidity of the rules-based international order. In this context, she mentioned the priority given by Romania to joint efforts to strengthen NATO's deterrence and defense posture on the Eastern Flank, particularly in the Black Sea region. The Romanian Minister also referred to the need to continue the coordinated approach to substantial and long-term assistance to Ukraine and Moldova. The two ministers agreed to intensify bilateral cooperation for the reconstruction of Ukraine and to counter hybrid threats to Moldova. The Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs commended the traditional Romanian-Canadian collaboration in the field of civil nuclear energy and expressed the interest in continuing it in a mutually beneficial way, through the modernization of Unit 1 and the construction of Units 3 and 4 of the Cernavod? Nuclear Power Plant. On the occasion of the meeting, the two ministers signed the Joint Declaration of Enhanced Partnership between Romania and Canada. The main objectives of the document are to promote economic growth based on sustainable development and clean energy, a secure Euro-Atlantic area (including the Black Sea region) and a strong transatlantic relationship. To implement the Declaration, a Roadmap is planned, a working document that will facilitate cooperation between Romanian and Canadian ministries. The text of the Joint DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF ROMANIA AND CANADA ON THE ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ROMANIA AND CANADA is available here: https://www.mae.ro/node/65123.
Plastic surgeon Tiberiu Paul Neagu, head of the Burns Center at Floreasca Hospital, one of the major hospitals in Bucharest, was dismissed on Monday, August 4, after a patient was transferred to Belgium following multiple multi-resistant hospital-acquired infections. The scandal broke out when a patient with burns over 70% of her body, who had been […]
The Buzău Land/Ținutul Buzăului UNESCO Global Geopark has received high praise from evaluators following a three-day official visit aimed at assessing its progress and determining whether the site will retain its UNESCO geopark status. The visit, conducted in June by Goran Radonic (Croatia) and Iván Cortijo Sánchez (Spain), concluded with positive feedback for the geopark […]
One United Properties (BVB: ONE), a publicly listed developer that has so far been focused on Bucharest, announced the signing of a promissory sale and purchase agreement for land located in a prime central area of Sibiu. The site, located on the former FLARO industrial platform, offers significant potential for urban regeneration, according to company […]
Romania’s General Prosecutor’s Office announced the reclassification of the charges brought against former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu from instigator to accomplice in the “commission of actions against the constitutional order.” The statement published Monday, August 4, by the General Prosecutor’s Office does not name Georgescu directly, but refers both to the case in which the […]
Roughly 130,000 cartridges prepared for delivery were destroyed after a fire broke out at a warehouse part of the Cugir Mechanical Plant, in central Romania, on Saturday, August 2. No victims were reported, and an investigation is currently ongoing. The fire started around 2 AM, initially over an area of 300 square meters, which later […]
Uber and Bolt, the two alternative transportation platforms that dominate the Romanian market, have together registered over 100,000 affiliated drivers by the end of May 2025, according to official data from the Romanian Road Authority (ARR) reported at the request of Ziarul Financiar. The drivers who...
