Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira said: “This is EU solidarity in action! We promised, and we delivered: €33.9 million in financial support will help Romania rebuild and restore what was destroyed to the drought and wildfires in 2022. The EU Solidarity Fund is a tangible way to show our solidarity and support and is paramount in the face of unrelenting climate change.” Between March and August 2022, Romania was affected by a severe drought caused by reduced rainfall. This had widespread consequences such as the failure of crops, forest fires, and scarcity of running and drinking water for the population in many regions, https://ec.europa.eu/ reads. The EUSF assistance will cover part of the costs of emergency and recovery operations, such as rescue services and interventions to support the immediate needs of the population, as well as the repair of damaged infrastructure and the general clean-up of disaster-stricken areas. The EUSF helps Member States and accession countries to handle the financial burden caused by major natural disasters and health emergencies. Since 2002, the Fund has mobilised over €8.2 billion for 127 disasters (107 natural disasters and 20 health emergencies) in 24 Member States (plus the UK), and 3 accession countries (Albania, Montenegro, and Serbia).
Amazon Games has opened a game development studio in Bucharest, the company announced. It is led by Cristian Pană, the former managing director of Ubisoft Bucharest. The Bucharest studio joins the company’s existing development teams in Orange County, Montreal, San Diego, and Seattle. “Expanding our internal development teams into Europe was a natural next step […]
The Golden Generation of Romanian football will be celebrated at Art Safari in Bucharest with a temporary exhibition from May 23 to June 2. The team will play a farewell match on May 25 at the National Arena in Bucharest. The exhibition marks the exceptional performances of the national team at the 1994 World Cup, […]
Romanian citizens can travel to Turkey using only their national ID card, according to a presidential decree signed by Recep Tayyip Erdogan and published in Turkey's Official Gazette. "Romanian citizens holding a national identity document are exempt from visa requirements for tourist and transit travel to Turkey, with a maximum stay of 90 days within […]
The Timișoara City Hall in western Romania will soon complete the rehabilitation of the Studio Cinema, located in the central area of the city. The project is valued at approximately RON 14.2 million, or EUR 2.9 million. Studio Cinema is the third cinema renovated by the Timișoara City Hall, following Cinema Victoria, which reopened in […]
A total of 21 LGBTI organizations and groups in Romania recently made a public appeal to all politicians running in the European Parliament elections on June 9 to sign a commitment that stresses the fact that the EU must become a global leader in promoting the rights of sexual minorities. The goal was proposed by […]
Freedom Holding Corp, a NASDAQ-listed international investment group, announced on May 21 that it launched its global stock exchange trading platform, Freedom24, in Romania. Started in 2019, Freedom24 now serves more than 250,000 clients across the EU. Freedom24 offers Romanian retail investors access to over 1 million trading instruments, including stocks, ETFs, futures, bonds, and […]
