Parliament's plenary meeting passed on Wednesday the state budget draft for 2023. There were 251 votes registered "in favour," 115 "against" and three abstentions. Parliament's plenary meeting also passed on Wednesday the state social insurance budget draft for 2023.There were 279 votes registered "in favour," 121 "against" and 2 abstentions. The draft state budget law for 2023 was voted, on Wednesday, by articles, in the joint plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.The draft budget law was adopted almost entirely in the same form in which it came from the joint Budget and Finance Committees.Only one amendment rejected in the Committees was adopted, the one initiated by National Liberal Party (PNL) deputy Gheorghe Pecingina.The approved amendment refers to article 63 and "allows companies like Nuclearelectrica and Complexul Energetic Oltenia to increase the salary ceiling, the salary envelope, in the international energy context", as presented by the initiator.The amendment was approved with 206 votes "in favour", 9 votes "against" and 96 abstentions.
A new four-star hotel is set to rise next to Bucharest’s Henri Coandă International Airport, following a EUR 45.5 million investment announced by real estate developer D. GROUP. The Wyndham Garden Bucharest Airport Hotel, scheduled to open in July 2027, will introduce the Wyndham Garden brand to Romania for the first time. Located 150 metres […]
Romania’s former prime minister, Marcel Ciolacu, won around 52% of the votes cast for the leadership of the Buzău County Council, a position he previously held. Ciolacu, backed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), was followed by the candidate of the far-right party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), Ștefan Avrămescu, with 27% of […]
Romanian producers from Timiș and Tulcea claimed three gold medals at the 2025 edition of the Concours International de Lyon, one of Europe’s leading cheese and dairy competitions. Held in Lyon, the event brought together products from 15 countries and awarded a total of 680 medals, including 459 gold and 221 silver. From Romania, Asociația […]
Allianz-Țiriac Asigurări and Campion Grup, owner of one of Romania’s largest insurance brokerage companies, have signed an agreement under which the insurer will acquire the entire shareholding of Campion Broker. Founded in 2007 by entrepreneur Octavian Tatomirescu, Campion Broker currently ranks seventh among insurance brokerage firms in Romania and operates a nationwide distribution network of […]
Romania’s national team learned its potential group-stage opponents for the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday, December 5, during the official draw held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The winner of the UEFA play-off path that includes Romania will join Group D, alongside the United States, Paraguay, […]
Romanian president Nicuşor Dan is paying an official visit to France on Monday and Tuesday, with a schedule that includes meetings with French leader Emmanuel Macron, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, and members of the Romanian community,
