Romania's Minister of Home Affairs Catalin Predoiu and Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto on Tuesday signed an agreement amending a previous agreement between Romania and Hungary, initially signed in Szeged on October 21, 2008, regarding co-operation between the two countries in preventing and combatting cross-border crime."The new agreement will strengthen police co-operation between Romania and Hungary, supplementing the provisions of the 2008 agreement, which is already a very useful tool for specialists from both countries. The new rules provide for more frequent meetings between representatives of the two countries as part of a Joint committee established by the 2008 agreement, in order to respond quickly to the new needs and trends in the fight against crime, including amidst Romania's accession to the Schengen area," Romania's Ministry of Home Affairs reports.Szijjarto was on a visit to Bucharest to participate in a ministerial meeting of the quadrilateral Romania-Hungary-Azerbaijan-Georgia co-operation on a strategic partnership in the area of green energy development and transmission.Predoiu highlighted an active dialogue between the two ministries in charge with home affairs in Romania and Hungary, as well as the fact that he and his Hungarian counterpart Sandor Pinter are sharing the same points of view regarding the very efficient co-operation between the two ministries."The two dignitaries stressed that the objective of eliminating controls at internal land borders remains a priority of Romanian and Hungarian authorities, who have already successfully taken a series of measures to face the new operational challenges, so that the implementation of the second stage of Schengen accession goes smoothly. All these steps have resulted in a decrease in the figures on illegal migration, and the relevant authorities will continue to cooperate within the same parameters."Predoiu also mentioned a constant dialogue between Romania and other EU member states on this subject, stressing that it is particularly important for Romania to approve a decision to eliminate control at internal land borders by the end of 2024.
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
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The Romanian mergers and acquisitions market registered a total of 122 announced transactions in the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding EUR 2.7 billion, marking a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by George Ureche, partner at PwC Romania. […]
