President Klaus Iohannis will participate November 10 – 11 in Paris in a series of events dedicated to the Centenary of the Armistice that ended World War I, the Presidential Administration informed. The head of state will be present, alongside the leaders of the WWI warring countries as well as of the countries that supported the war effort, at the Arc de Triomphe, where the ceremony for the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the armistice will take place. President Klaus Iohannis will also take part in the opening of the Paris Peace Forum, an initiative by French President Emmanuel Macron, which aims to generate concrete projects in the spirit of multilateralism and contemporary cooperation, in support of peace. On the occasion of the visit to Paris, the head of the Romanian state will meet Romanian students, master’s and doctoral students from the Paris region involved in scientific research, in an event organized at the Embassy of Romania in Paris, dedicated to the Romanian contribution to the development of science and technology in the year of the Greater Union Centennial. President Iohannis participates in the events dedicated to the Armistice Centenary at the invitation of his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.
On Monday, December 23, Romanian police brought Nica Robert Florin back to the country. The man convicted of possession of high-risk drugs, bodily harm, and driving under the influence of alcohol, is listed among Romania’s Most Wanted category and was also wanted internationally. Romanian authorities revealed at the beginning of October that they had indications […]
An investigation by the famous British newspaper Financial Times revealed that the campaign of former Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu was supported by a Russian network also used during the pandemic in France and Germany to instill fear of vaccines. The newspaper’s investigation began in continuation of those by Bulgarian and Romanian journalists at BG...
Bucharest’s District 3 City Hall will once again organize a special New Year’s Eve event in Titan Park, with a program of live concerts, multimedia shows, and even a simulation of the Northern Lights. The event, set to begin at 8:00 PM on December 31, will focus on the theme of infinity. “If you missed […]
Traffic on Lot 1 of the A7 Ploiești-Buzău highway, stretching 21 kilometers in southern Romania, was officially opened on Monday, December 23. With this opening, 102 kilometers of the total 320 kilometers of the highway are now usable. The Moldova Highway, as it has been called, is meant to connect Romania's economically underdeveloped eastern regions to […]
The Dutch technology investor Prosus NV, also the majority shareholder of Romania’s largest online retailer eMAG, is set to buy the online travel agency Despegar.com Corp, focused on Latin America, for approximately USD 1.7 billion. The purchase consideration will be funded from existing cash resources, the company said. Founded in Argentina in 1999, Despegar is one […]
The new Forestry Code, which passed the Parliament vote on December 17 and was signed into law by president Klaus Iohannis on December 20, includes provisions that protect all forests in Ilfov, the county surrounding Bucharest, making them the cornerstone of the future green belt around the capital city. Moreover, it legislates green belts nationwide, […]
