Trains in Romania must circulate at 160 km/hour until 2030, this being a pan-European obligation, stated on Friday the European commissionaire for Transport, Adina Valean. "The European Union has a very clear plan for transport infrastructure. This is called the European transport network - TEN-T network. This plan contains precise maps for all Member States on road, rail transport infrastructure, for all Member States agreed of course with the respective countries, with obligations and opportunities, in the sense that obligations mean building this infrastructure to certain standards, including innovation, i.e. introducing intelligent transport systems for both rail and road, standards related to the use of this network. Because we are talking about rail, for example, the whole European rail network that is the main network has speed standards, for example, of 160 km per hour. We look at the infrastructure map of Romania in this network and we see which railway lines have to be 160 km/hour. Until when? By 2030, another pan-European obligation. The core network must be completed by 2030", said Adina Valean at the "Innovation in EU Transport Policies" event. According to her, there is another essential secondary or extended network with completion deadline in 2040 and the extended network which covers the rest of the infrastructure with a deadline in 2050.‘Everything is with a standard but they also mean opportunities, as there is financing for each of these offers. The projects have joint governance, as if you want to apply for regional cohesion funds and so on with a certain degree of co-financing, for the European interconnection mechanism funds, when you want to apply for PNRR funds, similarly, the projects are clearly defined. So, practically, we know what we have to do, we know the deadlines, we know the standards – and in the case of Romania we know there is approximately a sum of 12 billion euro European funds with co-financing for various projects from this infrastructure with various deadlines for absorption in this financial period’, said the European commissionaire for transport during her visit to Romania last week.
The Metropolitan Library of Bucharest, through its Dimitrie Cantemir Branch, announced a cultural premiere for Romania: the opening of the first corner dedicated to Nepali literature. The official opening is scheduled for February 1. "This is an important moment that reminds us that libraries are spaces for learning and for understanding cultural exchanges. Through this […]
Simtel Team, a Romanian engineering and technology group listed on the Main Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange under the ticker SMTL, announced the opening of a new subsidiary in Essen, Germany. The company, one of the leaders in renewable energy in Romania, has been expanding internationally in recent years. The process began with the […]
A Greenpeace activist flew a powered paraglider near the Transocean Barents platform in Constanța on Wednesday, January 15, displaying a banner reading 'Stop Fossil Gas' in protest of OMV Petrom's Neptun Deep gas drilling project in the Black Sea. The platform, set to become Europe's largest fossil gas extraction site, is undergoing final preparations before […]
Romania has dropped ten positions in the 2025 ranking conducted by the defense-focused publication Global Firepower, which compiles a list of the world's most powerful armies based on various indicators every year. In 2024, Romania was ranked 41st in the list of 145 countries, while now it is ranked 51st, with a power ranking of […]
The 19th Gopo Awards Gala, celebrating the achievements of Romanian cinema, will take place on April 29 in Bucharest, according to an announcement by the Romanian Film Promotion Association. A total of 38 feature films, including fiction and documentaries released in 2024, have met the eligibility criteria and are now in the running for nominations. […]
NXP Semiconductors N.V. secured a EUR 1 billion loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the company’s research, development, and innovation (RDI) projects in Austria, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and Romania. The financing will support NXP’s RDI projects aimed at various end markets including automotive, Industrial, and Internet of Things (IoT) for the period […]
