Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan will hold a press conference on Tuesday on the reform of special pensions, the press office at the Victoria Palace announced. In an interview with G4Media, the Prime Minister said that the law on magistrates' pensions is finalized, among its provisions is raising the retirement age for judges and magistrates to 65. "Raise the retirement age to the standard age of 65, increase the length of time after which you can retire and clarify the provision related to the amount of the pension so that it follows a European model, both in terms of the amount of the pension, but also in terms of how it is related to", said Ilie Bolojan. He said that these amendments will be applied in the future, ‘in order to be able to be standing on its constitutional footing’. ‘Today, unfortunately, the justice system has an unclear mechanism which generated thousands of processes with decisions which cost the Romanian state billions of euro and which should be modified, so that the system should be clear, a predictable system which should not affect the incomes in this area, but which should not allow such processes and a general lack of clarity. So, the quality of the legal documents which regulate these areas must be improved’ Ilie Bolojan said. Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan said in an interview with G4Media that this fall "we should come up" with a legislative package to reform special pensions, including military pensions in the fall. He said the reform of magistrates' pensions would be passed earlier in August. "The reform of special pensions, those on magistrates should be part of this package which should be adopted during August. This is also a time pressure because of the conditionality of a milestone (in the PNRR - ed.) and we have to recover several hundreds of millions of euros that are blocked, because we have not closed this conditionality.
Former US first lady Michelle Obama, the wife of Barack Obama, was in Bucharest on Thursday, September 18, to serve as the main guest at the second edition of the Impact Bucharest series of conferences. The former first lady spent about an hour in front of a large audience, speaking about her childhood in a […]
Czech president Petr Pavel spent a few days in Romania at the beginning of September while on holiday. According to statement by the Romanian Embassy in Prague, the Czech leader traveled mountain routes by motorcycle and chose modest accommodations. Pavel tried to see as much of what Romania had to offer. He planned his routes, […]
Romania is taking tangible action toward its green transition through sustainable infrastructure projects, public‑private partnerships and green bonds. Experts, government officials and business leaders have gathered today at the CES Bucharest ESG Conference, to present progress and identify solutions through which the public and private sectors can collaborate to build a sustainable and competitive economy. […]
Prime minister Ilie Bolojan announced that he will visit Brussels next week to talk to three European commissioners about deficits, defense, and EU financing. The first meeting will be with the commissioner for economy, Valdis Dombrovskis, as Romania “must adjust the issues related to deficits to be a trustworthy country, so as not to continue […]
A large majority of Romanians, namely 85%, have heard of celebrated composer George Enescu, according to the third edition of the Informat.ro – INSCOP Research Barometer conducted earlier this month. However, the survey shows a slight decline in cultural awareness compared to 2013, particularly among younger generations. The
The volume of trade between Romania and China was almost USD 9.3 billion in 2024, according to official statistics. Trade between the two, however, is not balanced. Romania registered a USD 7.7 billion deficit with China, and a USD 2.1 billion deficit in the first quarter of 2025 as well. The People’s Republic of China […]
