The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies convene on Wednesday as of 16:00 hrs for the second ordinary parliamentary session this year.The priorities of the new parliamentary session include the vulnerable consumer bill, currently in the Chamber of Deputies as decision-making body, and the bill on dismantling the Section for the Investigation of Judicial Crimes (SIIJ), currently in the Senate.Chamber of Deputies Speaker Ludovic Orban announced that the "zero priority" of the upcoming parliamentary session is the adoption of the vulnerable consumer bill, which provides for the possibility of supporting lower-income families with footing the electricity and gas bills.As regards the bill on the the abolition of the SIIJ, the leaders of the PNL, USR PLUS and UDMR governing coalition are to decide the form in which the act will be adopted, because although everyone announced that they agree that this section should be abolished, there is no consensus on how to do it.The Social Democratic Party (PSD) requests that the top priority of the Senate - as decision-making body - be the "No convicts in public office" bill initiated by USR PLUS during the previous legislature; PSD also announced that it supports the debate and fast-track adoption of the vulnerable consumer bill in the Chamber of Deputies.PSD announced that it will move a censure motion when it has the 234 votes needed for the motion to pass (at this moment it can count on 204 votes). The Alliance for the Unity of Romanians - AUR also announced the initiation of negotiations with parliamentarians from the entire political spectrum for the submission of a censure motion at the beginning of the new parliamentary session.A joint sitting of Parliament is scheduled for Wednesday at 17:30 with President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, Igor Grosu, invited to attend.
More than 70% of Romanians would support an increase in defense spending so that Romania can defend its sovereignty in the event of military aggression, an INSCOP survey conducted between May 26-30 showed. Given the recent discussions on how Europe should reduce its military dependence on the US and NATO by increasing...
On Sunday, June 15, the 'Carol I' Central University Library (BCU) hosted an event in its unconventional creative space, launching a new platform for reflection on the kind of social contract humanity might need in the digital age — a 'Magna Carta AI.' The event was dedicated to exploring key principles that could guide the […]
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Between June 21–23, 2025, Ferdinand Square in Oradea is set to host the first edition of the L’Arte della Pizza – Festa della Pizza Napoletana festival. The event is dedicated to the taste, tradition, and culinary spectacle of the southern Italian region. As part of the festival, pizza masters from Naples will come to Oradea […]
The exhibition Hemp - Back to the Future, set to open at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant beginning June 18, is dedicated to the “rediscovery of hemp as a sustainable resource, located at the intersection of heritage, contemporary design, and applied research.” The exhibition, which can be visited in Bucharest until July 12, […]
The independent bookstore “La Două Bufnițe” (The Two Owls) in Timișoara, in western Romania, is set to cease activities at the end of June after 8 years, according to an announcement made by the two founders. First opened in 2016 by Oana Doboși and Raluca Selejan, the bookstore was an important landmark in the city […]
