Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will be in Bucharest and Constanta on Friday to co-chair the conference of the International Moldova Support Platform and to meet with Romanian officials.Alongside her Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu and French Secretary of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Annalena Baerbock will co-chair the second ministerial conference of the International Moldova Support Platform, the German Embassy in Bucharest announced.The officials will call on the participating countries to continue and develop the support measures for the Republic of Moldova agreed upon at the first ministerial conference held on April 5 in Berlin, such as those referring to the situation of Ukraine refugees, border management, energy security and economic resilience.In the afternoon, Minister Annalena Baerbock will meet with Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca and Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu for discussions on the bilateral and European policy, consultations on the situation in Ukraine, and on ways to step up security, economic, climate and energy cooperation.The two Foreign Ministers will sign the first day envelope with the commemorative stamp issued on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Friendship Treaty. A meeting with the president of the Germans' Democratic Forum of Romania is scheduled afterwards.In the first part of the evening, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will travel to Constanta, where she will join local officials and representatives of German companies to discuss grain exports from Ukraine via the port of Constanta.
Romanian deep-tech startup .lumen, the developer of what it says are the world’s first AI-powered glasses for the blind, has secured a new investment from EIT Urban Mobility, the European innovation community focused on advancing sustainable and inclusive urban mobility solutions. The value of the new funding round was not disclosed. The investment aligns with […]
The health spending per capita in Romania was the lowest in the EU, with spending less than half the EU average in 2023, the recently released report, State of Health in the EU - Romania Country Health Profile 2025, shows. At the same time, life expectancy in Romania is 5.1 years below the EU average, […]
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Three French soldiers deployed in Romania as part of NATO’s Multinational Battle Group at Cincu intervened to save a truck driver following a serious traffic accident on the A3 Bucharest–Ploiești motorway, the Romanian Ministry of Defense said. The incident occurred earlier this week as the soldiers were traveling toward Ploiești and witnessed the truck crash...
Eight contemporary art galleries will present the works of the artists they represent at the third edition of the Smallest Art Fair in Town, an event dedicated to works on paper. This edition showcases works “investigating the state of wandering, disorientation, and rediscovery in the face of uncertainty.” Under the title In Dark Woods, A […]
Parents everywhere are asking an important question: What skills will truly prepare a child for a world defined by rapid change, global uncertainty, and the rise of artificial intelligence? For decades, schools focused entirely on academics. Today, research from neuroscience, performance psychology, and leading universities shows a different reality: The students who thrive long-term are […]
