European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi will be in Bucharest on Thursday for meetings with President Klaus Iohannis.According to the Presidential Administration, the head of the state will receive Ursula von der Leyen at the Cotroceni Palace at 10:00. The two will have one-on-one talks and official talks, and will deliver joint press statements at the end.Next, President Iohannis has a meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi scheduled at noon. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi will be in Bucharest on Thursday for meetings with President Klaus Iohannis, Crown Custodian, Her Majesty Margareta, and Secretary of State for Home Affairs and Head of the Emergency Department Raed Arafat.The UN High Commissioner's visit to Romania comes a day after the latest UN Refugee Report was published. According to the latest report from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, posted on its website on Wednesday, the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine to neighboring countries in the face of the Russian invasion has risen even further, reaching almost 836,000 people in March 1.
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Romania’s modern retail market expanded to 4.73 million square metres by mid-2025, but remains unevenly distributed across the country, with more than two-thirds of total space concentrated in a few regions, Cushman & Wakefield Echinox reported. The capital Bucharest and the broader Centre-West region - encompassing Transylvania and Banat - account for over 60% of […]
The Embassy of the Russian Federation was the sole foreign mission to send a message of condolences following the death of Romania’s former president Ion Iliescu, notes Iulian Anghel in a column in Ziarul Financiar. The message came 24 hours after the Romanian authorities officially announced Iliescu’s...
The Romanian government has initiated the process to appoint new leadership for the Agency for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Performance of Public Enterprises (AMEPIP), Economedia.ro reported. The move follows the creation of selection...
Romania's National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) has issued a warning to companies and individuals after identifying irregularities in value-added tax (VAT) declarations, Economedia.ro reported. The discrepancies were uncovered...
The future edible oil factory in the Galati Free Zone in eastern Romania, planned by Sunpro Oils (Romania), has received the construction permit so that the works will begin shortly. The equipment has started to arrive, mayor Ionuț Pucheanu announced on Facebook. With Sunpro Group (Switzerland) among the owners with a 25% participation, Sunpro Oils […]
