Romania's Foreign Affairs Ministry welcomes the ratification on Wednesday, by Ukraine's Parliament Verkhovna Rada, of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and emphasizes that following this decision Ukraine will become the 125th state party to this international treaty that laid the foundations of the only permanent international criminal jurisdiction with universal vocation."This move is of particular importance, considering especially the context in which it takes place, underlining Ukraine's commitment to international justice and the desire to fight impunity for the most serious international crimes (aggression, genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes ). Ukraine's action undoubtedly contributes to the legitimization of its efforts to activate all possible jurisdictional mechanisms to sanction Russia's aggression against it," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.Romania reiterates in this context its firm support for international criminal justice and for the prosecution of all those guilty of crimes within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, with Russia's aggression against Ukraine unquestionably sitting in this spectrum.
TikTok has launched an Election Center dedicated to Romania's upcoming elections as part of its broader effort to protect "the integrity of the platform" and promote access to reliable information. The initiative is supported by a new media literacy campaign and ongoing collaboration with more than 20 fact-checking partners, the company said in a statement. […]
Romanian acting president Ilie Bolojan met on Friday, April 25, with a delegation from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, or ODIHR, of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), according to a statement from the presidential administration. The acting president told the delegation that Romania "is faithful to democratic principles […]
Shareholders of Romanian oil company OMV Petrom recently approved the distribution of record dividends amounting to RON 2.8 billion (EUR 562.6 million) for the 2024 financial year, as well as the 2025 budget, which provides for investments of RON 8.1 billion (EUR 1.6 billion). The decision was taken during the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings […]
The 2025 edition of the European Film Festival (FFE), which takes place this year in Bucharest and nine other cities, will screen more than 40 feature films, 28 of which are national premieres. The festival will also present two selections of short films, also screened as national premieres. Among them are 11 documentaries, 13 films […]
Update: The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an official press release that the Romanian citizen was initially detained in the Abkhazia region four months ago and was later transferred to Sochi, Russia. "Steps have already been taken to provide consular protection and assistance with the central and local authorities, in accordance with international regulations," […]
Russia’s Federal Security Service, FSB, said on Friday, April 25, that it arrested a 23-year-old Romanian citizen on suspicion of spying for Ukraine by sharing the locations of Russian air defense systems. The unnamed man is accused of collecting and transmitting information about air defense sites in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi to […]
