President Nicusor Dan will make an official visit to Germany on Friday. He will have official talks with his counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and with federal chancellor Friedrich Merz. The visit agenda includes the participation in a meeting with German businessmen and a meeting with representatives of the Romanian community, the Presidential Administration informed on Thursday. The visit takes place following the invitation made by the German president, in the context of deepening the high level Romanian-German dialogue and reflects the excellent relations with strategic character between the two countries, the source pointed out. According to the Presidential Administration, the Romanian-German dialogue is based on a close bilateral cooperation, European and allied, as well as on solid historic and interhuman connections between the two countries. Talks with the German president and the Federal chancellor will focus on developing the Romanian-German collaboration in fields of interest, accent being laid on projects of economic cooperation and investments in sectors like defense, energy, automobile, industrial and on close cooperation in European business and in the fields of security and defence. Germany is Romania's main economic partner and an ally that significantly contributes to ensuring European security, the press release shows. The agenda will also include support for Ukraine and efforts in ensuring a just, durable peace, backing Moldova and its European aims, maintaining EU unity of action and competitiveness as well as developing transatlantic relations.
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu will be part of the jury that will judge the films in the main competition of this year’s Venice Film Festival - Venezia 82. The jury, headed by American director Alexander Payne, includes French director and screenwriter Stéphane Brizé, Italian director and screenwriter Maura Delpero, Iranian director and writer Mohammad Rasoulof, Brazilian actress, writer, and […]
Romania continues to face significant prison overcrowding, according to the Council of Europe’s latest data, released on Friday, July 18. The 2024 Annual Penal Statistics on Prison Populations (SPACE I) show that Romania is among six countries in Europe with severe overcrowding, housing 116 inmates for every 100 available places. The report, which...
Chris Hemsworth returns to Disney+ in August with a new season of the National Geographic documentary series Limitless, this time focused not just on longevity, but on discovering how to live better. Titled Limitless: Live Better Now, the three-part season follows Hemsworth through physical, emotional, and mental challenges across six countries, with one standout episode […]
The Black Sea 200 Regatta 2025, Romania’s first non-stop offshore regatta with a 200 nautical mile route, takes place between July 21 and 27. Now in its first edition, the event brings together more than 10 boats from Romania and Bulgaria, according to the organizers. The endurance course will start and finish in the Romanian […]
The National Environmental Guard has fined an illegally operating zoo in Dâmbovița county, southern Romania, a total of RON 120,000 following a joint inspection that uncovered serious violations, including the lack of environmental authorization and inadequate conditions for wild animals kept in captivity. The zoo was reportedly charging RON 50 per person for entry and […]
The National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC) and engineering company Enevo Group have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to strengthen cybersecurity in Romania’s energy sector. The partnership aims to test and develop monitoring and alerting technologies for cyberattacks, and to improve national response coordination to incidents affecting critical infrastructure, the companies said. The agreement focuses on sharing […]
