Nine foreign citizens suspected of terrorist actions were declared personae non gratae this year and removed from the national territory by decisions of the Bucharest Court of Appeal, at the proposition of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), other 246 persons being stopped at the border for the same reasons, the SRI spokesman Ovidiu Marincea said. The foreign citizens rejected at the border and declared unwelcome were mainly from Iraq, Palestine, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, of whom rd 70pct were in connection to or had performed activities for the Islamic State. The number of the persons who are not allowed to enter Romania is on an uptrend, the SRI official added, and this is due to the preventive active measures which both the SRI and the partner services have forged to dilute the risks generated by the phenomena represented by the foreign fighters/returnees. The SRI spokesman specified that given the current security context in Europe, based on the data so far, the National Alert System stays put at cautious blue. "In parallel, the SRI is considering and acts to speeding up the information swap within the cooperation with both its national partners with the SNPCT (National System for Preventing and Combating Terrorism), and its partner services, so that our institution contributes to the approaches at national, international level for the defence of the democratic values," the SRI spokesman concluded.
The National Bank of Romania (BNR) ended 2024 with a profit of roughly RON 3.8 billion (EUR 760 million), a 58% increase compared to the previous year, despite the operations it performed to maintain the national currency's stability. The figures, published in a report on Monday, June 23, show that operating costs for 2024 were […]
Over half of Romanians trust the United States and the United Kingdom, according to the Informat.ro - INSCOP Research Barometer conducted between May 26–30, 2025. Only 11% trust Russia, with higher levels of trust from among far-right voters of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party. The United States is trusted by 52.8% […]
Prahova County launched construction on a major cycling infrastructure project aimed at connecting local vineyard towns and promoting green mobility and sustainable tourism. The initiative, titled “Establishment of Bicycle Lanes on Bachus’s Route,” represents an investment of over RON 25 million, with RON 21 million coming from non-reimbursable funds provided by the Environmental Fund Administration. […]
Forvis Mazars, the international audit, tax and advisory services partnership, is pleased to announce the launch of its International German-Romanian Desk, an initiative aimed at addressing the demand for integrated cross-border tax and legal support between Germany and Romania. The Desk combines a highly qualified German team of lawyers with an interdisciplinary Romanian team of […]
Last week, the BBC reported that Romanian authorities have launched an investigation into Tristan Tate, brother of controversial internet personality Andrew Tate, over allegations he broke election laws by posting political content on social media during the recent presidential elections. The investigation, opened by the Ilfov county police according to the British newspaper's sources, is […]
Bucharest is facing growing environmental challenges, with traffic-related air pollution, shrinking green spaces, and worsening climate impacts threatening the health and well-being of its residents, according to the latest “State of the Environment in Bucharest” report released by the Bucharest Community Foundation through the Environmental Platform for Bucharest. For example, air pollution has already reached […]
