Eggs and poultry meat were included on the list of products that can be imported from Ukraine only on the basis of import license, announces the minister of agriculture, Florin Barbu. He said that the measure was adopted following a discussion with associative forms and mentioned that Romania, as a member state of the European Union must comply with certain conditions, and this implies higher costs.‘Costs, clearly, are higher by 30% than those in Ukraine, as they do not have the conditions of the European Union. And we took this decision. But we did not take a decision to license these products, so that when the food industry needs these products and Romania does not have a 100% degree of self-sufficiency in certain periods, it can import these products on the basis of a license (…).The same mechanism that we gave to cereals, flour and sugar’, he mentioned.Florin Barbu announced at the same time that the measures for support offered to the farmers this year were over five billion euro. The measures were adopted in the context of the crisis provoked by the aggression of Russia against Ukraine, aimed at supporting investments in agriculture, irrigation and combating dangerous phenomena.Among those there are measures for support from the state budget worth over 1.91 billion euro. ‘For the 2023 and 2024 campaign, support measures from European funds through the Payments Agency of 2.6 billion euros have recently been completed. This amount includes payments for interventions related to the support of the market measures, foreign trade, fruits for schools, annuity agricultural life, promotion of agricultural products. Of these, we mention: 25 measures worth 1.87 billion euro, representing a degree of absorption of more than 98.52% of the ceiling from European funds were reimbursed by the ministry of agriculture and practice revenues were made to the state budget’ declared the minister of agriculture.
Some dinners are eaten. Others are remembered. At Corinthia Grand Hotel du Boulevard, the past few months have unfolded like a quiet culinary opera. One by one, Europe’s most celebrated chefs arrived, took over the kitchen of Boulevard 73 and left behind more than menus; they left stories. Now, on December 4, the curtain falls. […]
HORIZON CITY, a €130 million residential project, is emerging as one of the most solid and forward-thinking developments in the Pipera area—both through its scale and through the modern direction it sets for the new residential standards in the north. Developed across nearly 23,000 sqm, with 699 apartments and 926 parking spaces, the project brings […]
Romania’s National Forest Administration, or Romsilva, announced that it is putting over 16,000 Christmas trees up for sale over the winter in a press release published on Thursday, November 27. The trees can be purchased directly from the offices of the forestry districts. Prices range between RON 17 (EUR 3.3) for a spruce...
Lot 3 Pietroasele–Buzău of Romania's A7 highway, also known as the Moldova highway, was inaugurated on Thursday, November 27. The newly inaugurated segment is 13.9 km long. The A7 connects Romania’s historic regions of Muntenia, the southern part of the country, with Moldova, the eastern part. “We are opening another 13 km of the Moldova Motorway […]
The City Hall of Sinaia, a popular mountain town roughly 120 km north of Bucharest, announced that a new attraction, the alpine coaster on Pârtia Nouă, will officially open on December 1. The installation, located in the ski area near the Sinaia Gondola, features what the authorities say is the longest track of its kind […]
The Romanian national team debuted with a victory in Group A of the Women’s Handball World Championship, organized in the Netherlands and Germany. Romania won 33–24 (13–12) against Croatia in the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam on Thursday, November 27. The Romanian team dominated the match in the second half, left backer Sorina-Maria Grozav scoring 7 […]
