Austria has proposed to send Romania 1,075 packages of various medicines for emergency medical care, while France will send additional 89,030 bottles of medicines, 18 mechanical ventilators, as well as medical equipment and accessories, in response to the request for assistance for the treatment of the large number of COVID-19 patients that our country made through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, informed, on Thursday, the Representation Office of the European Commission in Bucharest.To these are added 200 oxygen concentrators from the strategic medical reserve rescEU hosted by the Netherlands, 50 oxygen concentrators from Poland, 5,200 vials of monoclonal antibodies from Italy, as well as 15 mechanical ventilators and eight oxygen concentrators delivered last week to Romania by Denmark.At the beginning of the week, a medical team from the Republic of Moldova arrived in Romania to provide specialized medical care, and patients accompanied by doctors are transported to Hungary for treatment. The EC Representation Office brings to mind that Romania requested financial assistance from the EU for this operation through the Instrument for Emergency Support."I am pleased to note that the momentum of solidarity between the Member States has not abated, at a time when Romania continues to face a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases. I would like to thank Austria, France, Hungary and Moldova for their assistance to Romania. The pandemic is still a harsh reality, and the EU 's solidarity once again proves its values," Crisis Commissioner Janez Lenarcic was quoted as saying.Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU's Civil Protection Mechanism has coordinated and co-financed the delivery of more than 190 million medical and personal protective equipment, strengthened the capacity of hospitals with additional medical staff, and provided vaccines and other essential equipment. In over 55 countries. The European Union has also created the rescEU strategic medical reserve.
Participation in cultural education activities continues to be limited, with the main barriers being difficult access, insufficient knowledge, and cost, the recently released Cultural Consumption Barometer 2024 shows. The report showed that many Romanians still associate culture with entertainment rather than with personal development or furthering their knowledge. The need for relaxation dominates in cultural […]
Roughly 84% of Romanians say that the pace of the state’s digitalization is slow or very slow, according to an Edge Institute & AtlasIntel study presented at the Digital Governance Summit 2025, which took place on Tuesday, November 25, at the presidential palace in Bucharest. The survey aims to capture the way citizens relate to […]
Romania’s Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) issued a negative opinion on the new bill regarding magistrates’ pensions. The move is only the latest development concerning a heated issue that led to tensions between the executive and the judiciary branch. CSM’s opinion is consultative, and the government led by Ilie Bolojan can still take responsibility for […]
Romania took the presidency of the Central European Initiative (or CEI) on Wednesday, November 26, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The organization is a regional intergovernmental forum established in 1989, following the fall of the Berlin Wall. It gathers 17 Member States in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe […]
Trade between Romania and Poland continues to grow, with annual bilateral exchanges in goods now valued at more than EUR 12 billion, according to figures presented by the Polish-Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PRBCC). The data was released during a reception in Bucharest marking Poland’s Independence Day and Romania’s National Day. Polish investments […]
As Romania moves closer to implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, local employers are preparing for one of the most consequential shifts in workplace regulation in over a decade. The directive, set for transposition by June 2026, introduces strict new rules on salary disclosure, pay reporting, and equal-pay verification, aiming to close persistent gender gaps […]
