Since 2007, Romania has received over 900 million euros through the EEA & Norway Grants, non-reimbursable external funds provided by the Kingdom of Norway, Iceland, and the Principality of Liechtenstein, aimed at reducing economic disparities and strengthening bilateral relations, the Ministry of Investments and European Projects (MIPE) announced on Wednesday.'Romania has benefited so far from over 900 million euros in funding through the EEA and Norway Grants. These funds have supported projects that built bridges between people, institutions, and communities, turning ideas into meaningful outcomes. The interventions have spanned areas such as education, research, renewable energy and environmental protection, support for vulnerable groups, and projects that strengthened the rule of law, trained public administrations, and supported civic organisations. We've reviewed these results as we are currently discussing future cooperation between Romania and the donor states. We all want the future partnership to focus on effective implementation of allocated grants, achieving concrete results, and ensuring complementarity with Cohesion Policy and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR),' Minister of Investments and European Projects Marcel Bolos is quoted in the press release as saying.Recently, MIPE officials held a working meeting with representatives of the donor states to discuss the upcoming programming period. Bilateral cooperation remains a key part of the partnership, and Romania reaffirms its commitment to continue effectively implementing the grants to address shared challenges and promote innovation, the press release reads.Previously, the MIPE team, along with donor state representatives and institutions involved in programme or project implementation, reviewed the outcomes of the previous funding period, during which Romania was allocated over 500 million euros.
President Nicusor Dan signed on Thursday the decree appointing Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan as interim Vice Prime Minister on the areas coordinated by Dragos Anastasiu, the Presidential Administration informed.On 27 July, Dragos Anastasiu announced he was stepping down from the vice prime minister office, mentioning that he could no longer accept "being denigrated and thus […]
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan continued consultations on Thursday with representatives of the Association of Communes of Romania, telling them there is a strong chance to overcome the current difficult period if the approach of "responsibility toward public funds" is maintained."The reform of local public administration will be part of the second package of government measures […]
Financing the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) projects will continue for those already initiated and will stop only in case investment has not begun, where not a single euro was spent for construction, Development minister Cseke Attila explained on Thursday. “PNRR will not stop, neither will financing investments which have already been initiated, […]
The Justice Ministry announced on Thursday having developed in cooperation with the Finance Ministry and the National Tax Administration Agency a set of proposals to amend the Insolvency Law, which will be included in the second reform package.Some of the amendments provide for a higher recovery rate of the taxes and fees owed by insolvent […]
Romania is in the antechamber of recession, with the risk that its economy will decline in the third or fourth quarter, especially amid an increase in taxes, a significant drop in sales and record inflation at European level, says business consultant Adrian Negrescu."We are currently in the antechamber of recession. It is a moment […]
The Ministry of Culture announced on Thursday that is set to adapt national legislation for enforcing the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which supports media pluralism, editorial responsibility, protects journalists from abusive surveillance and intimidation, and provides protection for sources.According to a Culture Ministry release, the implementation in Romania of Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 of the […]
