Adrian Caciu, the minister of public finances, announced on Facebook, on Tuesday, that the draft budget for 2022 was being built and criticized the former liberal government. “We must recover many delays and things not carried out in time, and we are working on finding solutions,” Caciu said, pointing out that the government would not introduce new taxes to bring money to the budget. “I am the adept of fiscal-budget responsibility; we will keep budget deficit under control,” the minister added. The minister also said that “we will not grow taxes and will not introduce new taxes to bring money to budget.”“I am adept of fiscal-budget responsibility – we will keep budget deficit under control. We continue the fiscal policy to stimulate economy, we encourage investments, we lay accent on higher productivity and we support a national program “Buy Romanian!”. We will initiate consultations with business representatives and those of the chambers of trade in Romania, a necessary dialogue in the perspective of financing Romanian will benefit from through the National Plan of Recovery and Resilience. Next to colleagues from Finance there is much to be done, but we are motivated, we have a good plan and tight deadlines,” he said.
Romania has signed a major contract with France for the acquisition of Mistral portable short-range air defense missile systems. The agreement was concluded on Tuesday, November 25, between Romania’s Ministry of National Defense and France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans, through their respective General Directorates for Armaments. The acquisition is valued at EUR […]
The European Parliament called on November 26 for EU-wide rules to strengthen the protection of minors online, recommending a minimum age of sixteen for accessing social networks, video-sharing platforms, and AI chatbots, according to a statement from the institution,
The government of Romania will be empowered to establish, ex officio or upon request, by Government Decision, an extended surveillance regime over local companies strongly affected by economic sanctions imposed by other states, according to the legislative project prepared by the government, given that the situation of the assets held by the Russian giant Lukoil […]
The European Commission (EC) will reportedly give Romania four more months to appoint permanent management under competitive procedures at 48 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the energy sector, after the Romanian government agreed to double the fine paid by the country and the penalties charged to those responsible (ministers) if the milestone set under the Resilience […]
The Romanian banks boasted in 2025 virtually the same record aggregated net profit as in 2024, namely RON 11.6 billion (EUR 2.3 billion, -0.6% y/y) in January-September and RON 6.2 billion (EUR 828 million, -0.3% y/y) in Q3 alone, according to data published by the National Bank of Romania. The non-performing loan (NPL) ratio has […]
The Romanian Parliament approved the National Defense Strategy on Wednesday, November 26, with 314 votes in favor, 43 against, and three abstentions, following a joint session attended by president Nicușor Dan. The document will guide national security policy for the 2025-2030 period. During the parliamentary debate, Ana Maria Gavrilă, leader of the opposition party POT, […]
