Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced she will participate on Friday in Varna in a new high level meeting Romania-Bulgaria-Greece-Serbia, Prime Minister of the State of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu being also invited in the working lunch organised on the sidelines of the meeting. “On Friday, November 2, I will be participating in a new high-level meeting in Varna, in a Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia format. On the sidelines of the meeting, the Prime Minister The State of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu was also invited at the working lunch organized by the Bulgarian side,” premier Dancila informed at the beginning of Wednesday’s Gov’t sitting. According to the head of the Executive, the meeting in Varna will be the occasion for further discussions on the interconnection of the region, with a focus on the transport, energy and telecommunications sectors. “At the same time, the meeting will allow for a presentation of the objectives of the future Presidency of the Council of the European Union held by Romania starting January 1, 2019, and which will have an impact on regional cooperation,” Dancila said. Official visits to Sultanate of Oman, State of Qatar, 3-8 November Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced that 3 to 8 November she will carry out official visits to the Sultanate of Oman and the State of Qatar. “On this occasion, we will open the Romanian Embassy in the Sultanate of Oman and we will inaugurate the Honorary Consulate of Romania. The visit to Doha represents the second contact between a Romanian Prime Minister and his counterpart in Qatar since the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the two states on October 22, 1990. Through this high-level meeting, we are interested in the strengthening of the bilateral relations both diplomatically and economically,” Viorica Dancila said on Wednesday at the opening of the Government sitting.
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 […]
More than half of Romanian children left behind by parents working abroad are forced to take on adult responsibilities, while family separation often lasts for years, according to a new survey by Save the Children Romania. The organization is calling for urgent funding to support dedicated services for these children, who remain largely invisible in […]
