In 2023, Constanta Port had the second growth among European ports for the quantity of manipulated goods, acocrding to data released by Eurostat on Tuesday. Compared to 2022, the number of tons of manipulated goods in 2023 went up the most in the ports of Gdansk, Poland (26.3%) and Constanta, Romania (17%). At the opposite pole, the quantity of manipulated goods dropped in the ports of Amsterdam (minus 15.4%), Trieste and Zealand Seaports (minus 12.6%), Gotebord (minus 12.5%), Dunkerque (minus 12.4%) and Barcelona (minus 10.4%). Due to the 2023 increase, Gdansk was included in top 5 of most important EU ports, while Constanta ranked 9th. Rotterdam, Antwerp- Bruges and Hamburg, kept their positions as the most important three ports in EU in 2023. In total, 3.4 billion tons of goods were manipulated last year in EU ports, on the drop by 3.9% compared to 2022 (3.5 billion tons), but on the rise by 5% against 2013 (3.2 billion tons). According to data released by Eurostat, the Netherlands remained in 2023 the largest sea transporter of goods in EU, as its habors manipulated 545 million tons of goods. Italy follows with 501 million tons and Spain with 472 million tons. In all these countries, the quantity of goods manipulated in ports dropped in 2023 compared to 2022, with 7.6%, 1.7% and 3.7%. Romania ranks 13th, following Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Sweden, Poland, Finland, Denmark and Portugal. Romanian ports manipulated 69.25 million tons of goods in 2023, on the rise against 60.26 million tons in 2022. Eurostat data also show that Constanta harbor is the most specialized port in EU for the manipulation of dry goods, when 60.6% of the 2023 quantity was made of dry goods. In total, eight out of the largest 20 ports in EU are located in the Mediterranean Sea, seven are in the Northern Sea, three on the Atlantic coast, one in the Baltic Sea and one in the Black Sea – Constanta.
The Ministry of Defense (MApN) said the Romanian Air Force detected two drone incursions into national airspace on Tuesday morning, November 25, triggering the deployment of German and Romanian fighter jets and emergency alerts in two eastern counties, near the border with Ukraine. According to the ministry, radar systems identified an aerial target approaching Romania’s […]
New legislative proposals in Romania aim to ban the euthanasia of healthy dogs and formally recognize animals as living beings with rights and protections under national law, Digi24 reported. The package unveiled on Monday, November 24, by Andrei Baciu, an MP from the National Liberal...
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The Romanian Film Festival UK (RFF25UK) begins this week with a program showcasing a selection of new and archive Romanian feature films, documentaries, and shorts. The festival will open with the UK premiere of Traffic, Romania's 2026 Academy Awards entry. The film is directed by Teodora Ana Mihai from a screenplay by Palme d'Or–winning filmmaker […]
The government is preparing a major overhaul of state-owned companies, deputy prime minister Oana Gheorghiu announced on Monday, November 24, unveiling plans for a unified registry and initial reforms targeting 10 key enterprises. According to her, Romania currently has 1,502 state-owned companies, including 230 at central level and 1,272 under local authorities. Among central entities, […]
Two Romanians reportedly forced open an emergency exit and ran after the plane that was preparing to take off for Bucharest from Cologne, southwestern Germany, on Friday, November 21. The two, aged 28 and 47, were late for boarding, at which point they broke an emergency window and activated a button to open a secured […]
