The European Commissioner for Energy and Housing, Dan Jorgensen will be on Monday 27th October in Romania to take part in the ministerial reunion of the Group at high level for energy connectivity in Central and South-East Europe (CESEC), organised in Bucharest by the European Commission together with the ministry of energy, according to a press release.During the visit, commissioner Jorgensen will meet the prime-minister of Romania, Ilie Bolojan and will have a series of bilateral reunions with the minister of energy, Bogdan-Gruia Ivan, with the chairman of the National Authority for Regulation in Energy, George Niculescu and with the general manager of the national operator for gas transport system (OST) Transgaz, Ion Sterian.During the first part of the day, commissioner Jorgensen will host the ministerial reunion CESEC together with the Romanian minister of energy, during which event the discussions will concentrate on the implementation of the objectives of REPowerEU as EU negotiations on phasing out imports of fossil fuels from Russia advance.Discussions will also address market integration and diversification, as well as accelerating energy infrastructure and connectivity projects as ways to reduce energy prices and make them more affordable. The debate will be based on the set of actions to reduce energy prices presented by the Commission earlier this week, including gas demand aggregation for stakeholders in the region. According to the quoted source, in the afternoon, the Commissioner will visit the national Central Energy Dispatching Operator, managed by Transelectrica, and will meet with Cosmin Nicula, CFO of Transelectrica.
Romanian president Nicușor Dan visited a team of researchers and students from ‘Grigore T. Popa’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, the creators of the smallest artificial heart with applications for both adults and children, on Saturday, October 25. In 2023, UMF “Grigore Popa” announced that the Mavis Artificial Heart team from the higher […]
Brașov, the popular mountain city in central Romania, will no longer host a fireworks display on New Year’s Eve, the City Hall announced. The decision, the authorities say, aims to protect pets and wildlife from the stress and harm caused by loud explosions, as well as the environment from chemical pollution. Instead of fireworks, the […]
Romania’s Social Democratic Party (PSD), part of the governing centrist coalition, is backing District 4 mayor Daniel Băluță for the general mayor of Bucharest. Elections will take place on December 7. Interim party leader Sorin Grindeanu first talked about the appointment following discussions with the PSD in Bucharest. “We had a meeting with colleagues from […]
More than one year after its launch, Attractive Romania/România Atractivă - part of the country’s first national program dedicated to cultural tourism - announced a major expansion. The platform added 450 new tourist landmarks and launched multilingual access in six languages. The digital platform, developed as part of the National Recovery...
Romanian-born author Patricia Furstenberg invites readers into the shadowed heart of Transylvania with her 1000-word story The Night of Returning Souls. “Let me show you the world as it once was,” she told Romania-insider.com, introducing a haunting tale set on All Saints’ Night, when the veil between the living and the dead grows thin. “In […]
Three tourists climbing Romania’s Făgăraș Mountains died this past weekend in separate accidents after slipping hundreds of meters down steep, ice-covered slopes. According to the mountain rescuers, two of the victims may not have had the necessary equipment for winter conditions. Their bodies could not be recovered immediately because of the late hour, officials said, […]
