The Romanian authorities intend to take children from Gaza, who are currently undergoing medical treatment in Egypt, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luminita Odobescu, declared on Thursday.She participated, in Brussels, at the informal Foreign Affairs Council, which brought together the heads of diplomacy from the European Union. The conflict in the Middle East was also on the agenda."Everyone is aware that we need to continue helping the civilians in the Gaza Strip who are in a dramatic humanitarian situation. Romania's efforts are constant in this direction. We have sent several humanitarian aids, including to the Jordanian hospital. Our intention is as in next period let's take over children from Gaza. We are working in this direction", said the head of Romanian diplomacy, according to which the minors are being treated in Egypt, and the process of taking them over is ongoing.Odobescu pointed out that the security situation is "extremely volatile" and there is a risk of escalation in the region."Romania supports the current steps, the consistent efforts of the United States of America, together with Qatar and Egypt, to obtain a permanent ceasefire, to release the hostages and to allow unrestricted humanitarian access for civilians in Gaza. (...) What what is important is this coordination of the efforts of the European Union together with those of the USA, in order to reach an agreement in the parameters presented by the American side," she said.
Soulmates Ventures, a Prague-based Venture Capital (VC) firm, is strengthening its commitment to sustainable innovation with a EUR 50 million fund, increasing initial investments to up to EUR 3 million per startup, with follow-on funding totalling up to EUR 5 million to ensure long-term support. Investing under Article 9 of the SFDR, the accelerator and […]
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The Environmental Guard has fined Bucharest City Hall RON 100,000 (over EUR 20,000) for failing to implement several environmental measures, particularly regarding air quality and green space management. The sanction follows repeated inspections that revealed the municipality’s failure to comply with previous directives, according to the official announcement. One of the major issues identified is […]
The Babuk cybercrime network claims to have breached the system of the French telecommunications company Orange again on March 17, after the February 23 security breach, and stolen massive amounts of data. Now, the hackers threaten to make some of it public. In February, Romania’s National Cybersecurity Directorate, or DNSC, reported that the breach impacted […]
The isolationist far-right candidate, be it George Simion or Anamaria Gavrila, would win the first round of the presidential elections – but not at a wide margin, and either of them would lose in the second round against Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan, according to a poll carried out by AtlasIntel for
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