On Tuesday, President Klaus Iohannis signed the decree on the promulgation of the Law ratifying the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Ukraine, on the other hand, signed in Kiev, on October 12, 2021, informs the Presidential Administration.Also on Tuesday, President Iohannis signed the decree on the promulgation of the Law regarding the protection of information systems of public authorities and institutions in the context of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation.President Klaus Iohannis also signed the decrees regarding the promulgation of the Law on the ratification of the Defence Cooperation Agreement between the Governments of Romania and Portuguese Republic, signed in Bucharest on May 19, 2022, the promulgation of the Law on the modification and supplementing of Law no. 17/2000 on the social assistance of the elderly, the promulgation of the Law on the approval of GEO no. 69/2022 for the modification and supplementing of the National Education Law no. 1/2011 and the extension of some deadlines.The decree on the promulgation of the Law on the approval of GEO no. 119/2022 modifying and supplementing the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 27/2022 regarding the measures applicable to final customers in the electricity and natural gas market during the period April 1, 2022-March 31, 2023, as well as on the modification and supplementing of some normative acts in the field of energy, the decree on the promulgation of the Law regarding the modification and supplementing of art. 13 of Law no. 195/2018 regarding the approval of the Programme meant to support pig breeders, as well as the decree regarding the promulgation of the Law on the modification and supplementing of art. 12 of Law no. 227/2018 regarding the approval of the Support Programme for the activity of reproduction, incubation and growth in the poultry sector.
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 […]
