The chair of the Authority for Financial Supervision Misu Negritoiu was chosen for a two and a half year mandate as a member of the Board of the European Authority for Insurances and Occupational Pensions (EIOPA) according to a press release of ASF. The institution says that the decision was taken during the reunion in Frankfurt of 2 December 2015 of the Council of EIOPA supervisors (Board of Supervisors) the decision-taking forum of the Authority. Romania is represented for the first time at this level in the European authority for regulation, as well as ESMA (The European Authority for Markets and Securities) and EIOPA. ‘I am convinced that we could contribute significantly to the improvement of the European regulation framework, especially through the exercises which we developed for the first time on the regulated markets of Romania’ Misu Negritoiu said. The EIOPA board is made up of the chairman of the Authority and six members ( representatives of the supervision authorities in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Romania and Slovakia) out of the 28 members of the Council of Supervisors EIOPA. The Board of EIOPA proposes, for adoption, to the council of supervisors the annual and multi-annual working programme of EIOPA and approves and sends to the council of supervisors for adoption the estimate for income and expenditure for the following financial year. The European Authority for Insurance and Occupational Pensions is part of the European System for Financial Supervision and is an independent body with consultative role of the European Parliament, the council of the European Union and the European Commission. The main objectives of EIOPA are the promotion of the stability of the financial system, of the transparency of markets and financial products, as well as the protection of the owners of insurance policies, of the members of pensions schemes and their beneficiaries.
In the context in which agri-food systems are responsible for almost one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, Auchan Romania assumes an active role in the transition of its supply chain toward a more sustainable model. At the second edition of the Climate Supplier Event, organized under the aegis of the Climate Change Summit, the […]
Janiva Magness, the winner of seven Blues Music Awards following 26 nominations, and nominated for a Grammy for a career spanning 17 albums, is set to perform at the 14th edition of the Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival, which will take place between August 14–16, 2026. Magness is one of the most valuable and influential […]
Auction house Artmark announced a major auction for this winter featuring an engraving created by Francisco Goya, the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Romania's late communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu received this gift from King Juan Carlos I as a gesture of diplomacy. The engraving entitled “The Engagement – Capricho […]
Authorities managing Romania's Bicaz Gorges–Hășmaș National Park has built a fish ladder system on the Bicaz River, which will allow protected species to migrate and reproduce. There are several bridges and small bridge structures in the Bicaz River that have a “bottom sill,” meaning small waterfalls. Fish that do not jump like the trout cannot […]
The far-right opposition parties in the Romanian Parliament are set to file a motion of no confidence against the government headed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The motion, authored by senator Ninel Peia of the Peace – Romania First group, is specifically aimed at the reformist party Save Romania Union (USR), and is entitled “Romania […]
Romania's iconic rock singer Adrian Pleșca, known as “Artan,” died on Tuesday, December 2, after a fatal stroke, at the age of 64. The artist founded the well-known band “Timpuri Noi” in 1982 and “Partizan” in 2001, and was popular on the Romanian rock scene. Over the years, he left and returned to the two bands. Several […]
