Romania's Constitutional Court (CCR) rejected on Thursday the complaints made by AUR, POT and SOS Romania about the law referring to the control of using the air space and the one on carrying out missions and military operations in Romania in time of peace, deciding that they were constitutional. The Court decided that regulating a competence devided between structures of institutions that are part of the national defense system and structures of allied and partner states does not achieve sovereignty, when it is a means of defending the national air space, which is part of NATO air space. At the same time, the Court shows that “authority transfer”, regulated by the decisions criticized, has in view an action of taking over control and command by military authorities appointed by NATO over national elements within army structures which execute specific missions for the control of using the national air space within the Integrated NATO Air Defence and Anti Missile System or within coalitions, in strict conditions provided by law, and not by inclusion in a military function in the system of the National Defence Ministry.
Romania’s average net wage increased by 9.8% y/y to RON 5,457 (EUR 1,097) in the first quarter of 2025, according to data published by the statistics office INS. In real terms, the annual growth rate was 4.8% – significant in absolute terms but the weakest in seven quarters. The net wage in Romania leaped up […]
The European Commission could trigger the formal procedure of temporarily suspending European funds for Romania, including money from the Resilience Facility, in June, according to sources consulted by G4media.ro. The...
Hollywood actor Sebastian Stan and swimming champion David Popovici, two of Romania’s most prominent international figures, have called on Romanians to vote in Sunday’s presidential runoff, where independent candidate and Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan faces George Simion, the leader of the far-right party AUR. Sebastian Stan, who won a Golden Globe for...
Exim Banca Romaneasca diversifies its product portfolio and launches the Mastercard World card in EURO, a tool that enhances the payment experience for people who travel or work abroad, offering premium advantages, benefits, and rewards. The new EURO card from Exim Banca Romaneasca has as its main advantage the reduction of costs associated with transactions...
A report by cybersecurity company Refute uncovered a large-scale international influence operation targeting Romanian diaspora voters on TikTok ahead of the second round of Romania’s presidential elections on May 18. The report identifies approximately 32,500 TikTok videos containing slogans promoting the populist candidate George Simion and former candidate Călin Georgescu. Many of these videos are […]
Romania's gross domestic product (GDP) remained largely unchanged in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter, according to flash estimates published on May 15 by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). The economy recorded a growth of 0.2% in gross series and 0.5% in seasonally adjusted series compared to the same quarter of […]
