BUCHAREST, April 14, 2022 – Today, World Bank Group President David Malpass met with Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuc? and members of his Cabinet. President Malpass commended Prime Minister Ciuc? and ministers for Romania’s support to Ukrainian refugees. President Malpass also thanked Prime Minister Ciuc? for Romania’s assistance to Ukraine and Moldova in the energy sector, logistics, and trade, particularly building trade routes to Ukraine and planning for participation in Ukraine’s reconstruction. President Malpass congratulated the authorities for fostering currency stability and noted the importance of fiscal reforms. President Malpass highlighted the critical importance of reforms to state-owned enterprises (SOEs), private sector growth, and effective use of EU financing for strategic infrastructure and human capital. President Malpass affirmed the World Bank Group’s support for Romania’s efforts in spurring private investment, promoting human capital, and institutional reforms. President Malpass and Prime Minister Ciuc? also discussed Romania’s diversified energy mix and future investment pertaining to energy security and transition.
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 […]
