Head of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU) Raed Arafat announced on Monday that Romania has received another 350 oxygen concentrators from the RescEU medical stockpile of the Netherlands."Several countries host the RescEU medical reserve. Romania was the first to do this with ventilators and masks. We needed oxygen concentrators, as per the call we released, and the country that had this stockpile was the Netherlands; the first time 200 concentrators were sent to Romania from the Netherlands, under the European Civil Protection Mechanism. (...) Now it has been decided for Romania to tap into the reserve for another 350 concentrators. Thus, from the RescEU stockpile in the Netherlands, which is fully financed by the European Commission, we have so far obtained 550 concentrators," Raed Arafat said at the National Intervention Coordination and Management Center in Ciolpani on the occasion of the arrival of the supplies provided by the Netherlands.The health senior official added that the first oxygen concentrators will be dispatched to Bucharest hospitals."We are also waiting for other equipment to arrive from other states," the DSU head said.
The Romanian stock market benchmark – the BET Index – officially crossed the 20,000-point threshold on Tuesday, July 25, 2025, marking a major milestone in its recent surge. The BET has gained about 7.5% in the last month, setting several new record highs on its path to 20,000 points. However, the Bucharest Stock Exchange’s recent […]
If you operate as a crypto broker, you might have come across a crypto broker program — a specialized service designed to enhance broker operations, expand service offerings, and optimize how they serve their end clients. These platforms have grown in popularity, offering streamlined access to the digital asset space with tools designed to suit both […]
For its 2025-2026 season, the George Enescu Philharmonic will bring to Bucharest more than 70 Romanian and foreign conductors and soloists of top level, 75% of whom are present for the first time in its artistic programming, the institution said. Among the names that will take the stage of the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest starting this […]
The Neuman House, a protocol residence for former communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu situated in the city of Arad, in western Romania, is up for sale for EUR 2.4 million, according to an online listing by an international agency specializing in luxury property brokerage cited by Agerpres. The building belonged to the noble Neuman...
During a press conference held on Tuesday, July 29, Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan presented the main measures from the magistrates' pension reform project, which will be included in the third fiscal package. The project includes raising the retirement age and capping pensions. The reform is urgent and necessary, said the official, who also warned […]
UNICEF has launched the Romanian-language version of the podcast On My Mind (În Mintea mea), created to support young people's mental health, with the support of global streaming platform Spotify. The Romanian-language version of the podcast complements the work carried out by UNICEF in Romania, which is currently implementing an initiative aimed at promoting the […]
