Head of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU) Raed Arafat announced on Monday that Romania has received another 350 oxygen concentrators from the RescEU medical stockpile of the Netherlands."Several countries host the RescEU medical reserve. Romania was the first to do this with ventilators and masks. We needed oxygen concentrators, as per the call we released, and the country that had this stockpile was the Netherlands; the first time 200 concentrators were sent to Romania from the Netherlands, under the European Civil Protection Mechanism. (...) Now it has been decided for Romania to tap into the reserve for another 350 concentrators. Thus, from the RescEU stockpile in the Netherlands, which is fully financed by the European Commission, we have so far obtained 550 concentrators," Raed Arafat said at the National Intervention Coordination and Management Center in Ciolpani on the occasion of the arrival of the supplies provided by the Netherlands.The health senior official added that the first oxygen concentrators will be dispatched to Bucharest hospitals."We are also waiting for other equipment to arrive from other states," the DSU head said.
Dracula Film Festival, the event dedicated to horror and fantasy film, has opened the call for entries in its four competition sections. The festival runs four competition: Dracula Trophy, an international feature film competition; Little Dracula, an international short film competition; Vladutz, a Romanian short film competition; and Dracula Digital, a competition dedicated to young […]
Investment firm Mozaik Investments has acquired a majority stake in Genesis College, a large private educational institution in Bucharest. After receiving all approvals, Mozaik will provide growth capital to accelerate the development of the educational network through investments in new campuses and the expansion of schooling capacity, as well as the development of the International […]
The Romanian investment fund market has surpassed the threshold of one million investors. Moreover, the net assets of the 248 open-ended and closed-ended funds reached RON 51.8 billion (EUR 10.2 billion) in June, according to data from the Romanian Fund Managers Association, or AAF. Specifically, 1,007,481 people in Romania had money in the local and […]
Local authorities in Hunedoara announced investments worth RON 200 million for the King’s Road, which connects the spa resort Vața de Jos, in Hunedoara County, and the Royal Castle at Săvârșin. The road was built in the post-war period by order of King Michael I of Romania and was paved with cobblestone. Now, the authorities […]
Justice Minister Radu Marinescu (PSD) told Antena 3 that the prime minister's proposal to amend the law on magistrates' pensions represents "a starting point", but stressed that the Ministry of Justice has not drafted a bill to this effect, Bursa reported. Marinescu recalled that there is...
Romanian PM Ilie Bolojan warned of systemic irregularities in the country’s disability pension system, noting that nearly 1 million people currently receive such benefits, G4Media reported on July 29. The prime minister said the...
