The net production of coal of Romania was, as a total, over the first six months of the year, 1.5 million tons equivalent oil, being 14.2% (248,300 toe) lower than the similar period of 2022, according to the data centralized by the National Institute for Statistics (INS).During the mentioned period, Romania imported 147,200 toe coal with 180, 20 toe (55.6%) less than the quantity imported last year during the same period.According to the National Commission for Strategy and Prognosis, the coal production of Romania will drop this year by 12.5% down to 2.705 million toe, while imports will diminish by 40.3% at 210,000 toe.In its latest energy balance forecast, the CNSP reports that, by 2026, coal production and imports are expected to decrease as more power generation capacity comes on stream. Thus, in 2024 production will fall by 6.7% (to 2.525 million toe) and imports by 6.7% (to 195 000 toe), in 2025 by 8.6% (to 2.31 million toe) and 4.5% (to 185 000 toe) respectively and in 2026 by 10.2% (to 2.075 million toe) and 2.5% (to 180 000 toe) respectively.
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 […]
