Digitization Minister Bogdan Ivan announces that the European Commission has approved the release of €1.7 billion for strategic research and innovation projects. ‘After two years of negotiations, the European Commission approved the release of 1.7 billion euro for strategic projects in research and innovation! This happened because MCID did what they had to do, and the EC considered as complete the favouring condition ‘good governance of the national or regional strategy for intelligent specialisation’ under our coordination’ the minister said on Facebook. He thanked the colleagues in the ministry who took part in the negotiations, especially to the state secretary, Andrei Alexandru and the team from the ministry of investments and European Projects."Their hard work is providing reimbursements from European funds for 10 programs under the Cohesion Policy. The investments will cover all regions of the country. With all this funding, we are building an innovation ecosystem in Romania and supporting entrepreneurs in the field, the Romanian geniuses who develop cutting-edge technologies and add value to the economy and industry", the minister said.
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu will be part of the jury that will judge the films in the main competition of this year’s Venice Film Festival - Venezia 82. The jury, headed by American director Alexander Payne, includes French director and screenwriter Stéphane Brizé, Italian director and screenwriter Maura Delpero, Iranian director and writer Mohammad Rasoulof, Brazilian actress, writer, and […]
Romania continues to face significant prison overcrowding, according to the Council of Europe’s latest data, released on Friday, July 18. The 2024 Annual Penal Statistics on Prison Populations (SPACE I) show that Romania is among six countries in Europe with severe overcrowding, housing 116 inmates for every 100 available places. The report, which...
Chris Hemsworth returns to Disney+ in August with a new season of the National Geographic documentary series Limitless, this time focused not just on longevity, but on discovering how to live better. Titled Limitless: Live Better Now, the three-part season follows Hemsworth through physical, emotional, and mental challenges across six countries, with one standout episode […]
The Black Sea 200 Regatta 2025, Romania’s first non-stop offshore regatta with a 200 nautical mile route, takes place between July 21 and 27. Now in its first edition, the event brings together more than 10 boats from Romania and Bulgaria, according to the organizers. The endurance course will start and finish in the Romanian […]
The National Environmental Guard has fined an illegally operating zoo in Dâmbovița county, southern Romania, a total of RON 120,000 following a joint inspection that uncovered serious violations, including the lack of environmental authorization and inadequate conditions for wild animals kept in captivity. The zoo was reportedly charging RON 50 per person for entry and […]
The National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC) and engineering company Enevo Group have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to strengthen cybersecurity in Romania’s energy sector. The partnership aims to test and develop monitoring and alerting technologies for cyberattacks, and to improve national response coordination to incidents affecting critical infrastructure, the companies said. The agreement focuses on sharing […]
