The gross domestic product per capita will reach, for the first time, 20,000 euros this year and the investment expenses are 120 billion RON, respectively 7% of the GDP, the Minister of Finance, Marcel Bolos says."This year, in which we are recording a first, namely that the GDP per capita will reach 20,000 euros, the expenditure for investments is approximately 120 billion RON, over 7% of the GDP. At this moment, one of the main objectives is to strike a balance at the macroeconomic level and focus on the co-financing of European projects. For 2024, we forecast to attract more than 10 billion euros, but also to achieve a correlation of the investment programs for the development of local communities with the financing programs from European money", the minister of finance wrote on Facebook.According to the minister of finance, an important component on which the national budget is focused is the improvement of living conditions through the Anghel Saligny program, where the budget increases from 1.9 billion RON in 2023 to 4.6 billion RON in 2024, for 2,250 km modernization of roads, 150,000 individual connections to water and sewage and 8,397 individual connections to the natural gas network.
Murillo Diosa Luis Alfonso, a Colombian man who intended to blow up strategic targets in Romania, was definitively sentenced on Monday, September 22, by the High Court of Cassation and Justice to six years in prison for attempted acts of sabotage. The Supreme Court dismissed the Colombian’s appeal, upholding the sentence handed down in June […]
Romanian real estate developer Nordis, which was embroiled in a national scandal at the beginning of the year for allegedly defrauding clients of EUR 200 million through a pyramid scheme, announced on Monday, September 22, that a new strategic investor is looking to take over its business. The investor, the Avangarde Group, is also active […]
Authorities carried out checks in several schools and hospitals in Bucharest and other cities in the country after threatening emails were received at official addresses, reportedly from abroad. Dozens of emails containing messages like “I will enter the school with two Beretta pistols,” or “I will cause a real massacre” were sent to schools and […]
Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude, one of Europe’s most acclaimed contemporary directors, has made his debut in the visual arts with the video installation Sleep #2, now on display at The Film Gallery in Paris. The show, running from September 22 to October 4, is supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) through its Cantemir Program, […]
Romania has been elected to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for a two-year mandate covering 2025–2027, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) announced. This marks the country’s return to the 35-member body for the first time since 2010. The vote took place on Friday, September 19, the closing day […]
Romanian car brand Dacia has launched a new utility version of its well-known Duster car, the Cargo. The new car is intended exclusively for the United Kingdom. Dacia routinely launches utility versions of its cars, and a Pick-Up version was announced last week for the Duster as well. Like the Pick-Up, the Cargo is also […]
