The government approved on Tuesday, a new set of support measures in energy and natural gas, Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca announced.Thus, for the population no one will pay more than 0.80 lei / kWh of electricity and 0.31 lei / kWh for natural gas. (ed. regardless of consumption).For household consumers, with a consumption of up to 500 kWh of electricity or 300 cubic meters of natural gas, a maximum of 0.68 lei / kWh will be paid for electricity and 0.22 lei / kWh for natural gas with all taxes included. As for the non-household consumers and the food industry, prices are to be capped at 1 lei / kWh for electricity and 0.37 lei / kWh for natural gas. A dedicated state aid scheme is already active for the central heating-and-power plants. The measures will come into force from February 1 till March 31. The adoption of the emergency ordinance comes after tensions arose between PSD and PNL regarding the period of application of the emergency ordinance. The Minister of Energy, a Liberal, announced that the ceilings and compensation will be applied from February 1, while the Social Democrats have asked to enforce them retroactively for January as well.
Romania was formally designated the 43rd country to join the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP) on Friday, January 10. According to the Romanian ambassador to Washington, Andrei Muraru, Romanian citizens will be able to travel to the US without the need for a visa starting March 31, 2025. "Romania becomes the first country in the […]
Cluj-Napoca, the city in Romania with some of the highest rents and a fast-growing IT industry, is closer to banning smoking in playgrounds and parks after mayor Emil Boc expressed his support for the measure. The mayor cited the prioritization of public health as the reason behind such a ban. He mentioned that he has […]
Romania's Sibiu County Emergency Clinical Hospital will receive a robotic system to prepare cytostatic drugs needed by cancer patients, along with other equipment, after the County Council obtained funds from the European Regional Development Fund. With an estimated value of EUR 1 million, the "Robotic Composition System for Sterile Preparations of Cytostatic Drugs" is among […]
Romania’s government adopted in its January 10 meeting a decision granting an extra day off to public sector employees at the beginning of May. Thus, Friday, May 2, will be an official day off for public sector workers, linking the legal holiday of May 1 (Labor Day) with the weekend (May 3-4). This...
The Ministry of Environment announced that 2024 was the hottest year in the history of Romania's meteorological records. Red alerts for heat waves began in June of 2024, with the longest consecutive periods of persistent and intense heat waves, six consecutive days, between July 13-18 and August 15-20. "The year 2024 is the hottest year...
Supporters of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu gathered outside the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, which houses the Constitutional Court, on January 10, demanding a rerun of the second round of the presidential elections. The protest, dubbed "The Great Judicial Union," was initiated by Georgescu, who called on his supporters to challenge the election annulment, as […]
