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.
Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan stated during an interview on Wednesday, December 17, that there should be no statute of limitations in cases of serious corruption. The statement comes after a Recorder investigation, which showed that several heads of the major institutions in the Romanian justice system allegedly delayed trials for years until wrongdoings were […]
President Nicușor Dan has challenged, before the Constitutional Court (CCR), the constitutionality of the law that requires that at least 40% of the athletes who play on a team in official national competitions be Romanian. Dan noted that the law violates the principle of non-discrimination and the free movement of workers, enshrined both in the […]
Craiova International Airport will open its new passenger terminal on Thursday, December 18, completing a major infrastructure investment aimed at significantly expanding capacity and improving air connectivity in southwestern Romania. It is part of a broader expansion and modernization project financed through the Large Infrastructure Operational Programme (POIM) 2014–2020, with a total value exceeding EUR […]
Romania is set to be connected to the Western European energy network thanks to grid investments worth EUR 30 billion. The funds will be provided by the EU by 2035, and the project will link Romania to Hungary and Austria in a joint project. Romanian energy minister Bogdan Ivan signaled the signing of the new […]
Franck Bagouet has been appointed managing director of TotalEnergies Marketing Romania SA and managing director of Automotive Southeast Europe Hub TotalEnergies Marketing. He succeeds Didier Grimault, who has accepted a new position within the TotalEnergies company. “I am glad to join this dynamic affiliate and confident that, together with our talented team, we will reinforce […]
Databricks, the data analytics and artificial intelligence company co-founded by Romanian professors Ion Stoica and Matei Zaharia, announced on Tuesday, December 16, that it is raising USD 4 billion in funding at a valuation of USD 134 billion, according to CNBC. The new valuation represents a 34% increase compared to the August round, when Databricks […]
