Romania's usable natural gas production in the first two months of 2025 was standing at 1.26 million tons of oil equivalent (toe), down 23,800 toe year-on-year, at minus 1.9%, according to data with the National Institute of Statistics (INS).On the other hand, in the first two months of this year, natural gas imports increased by 23% (plus 255,200 toe) year-on-year, to 462,700 toe.According to estimates of the country's by the National Board for Economic Strategy and Forecast (CNSP), natural gas production is expected to grow by 2027 at an average annual rate of 1.7%. Thus, in the latest Energy Balance Forecast, a natural gas production of 7.79 million toe (plus 1.5%) was estimated for 2025, a natural gas production of 7.907 million toe (plus 1.5%) for 2026 and a natural gas production of 8.176 million toe (plus 3.4%) for 2027.As for imports, a downward trend is expected at a more pronounced pace by 2027 (minus 6%), in line with the advance of production, through the commissioning of new capacities, and also taking into account transit to foreign markets continuing.CNSP is expecting 2025 natural gas imports of 2.211 million toe (-7.6%), 2026 imports of 2.150 million toe (-2.7%) and for 2027 imports of 2.022 million toe (-6%).
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 […]
