The government approved in its Thursday meeting a draft law ratifying the Social Security Accord between Romania and the USA, pension rights being mutually ensured, the Ministry of Labor and Social Solidarity informed in a press release. “Pension rights of Romanian and American people who work in the other state will be granted according to the new rules included in the Social Security Accord between Romania and USA. The accord has in view people who are or were submitted to the laws of one or both states, as well as those whose rights come from them”, the press release mentions. For Romania, the document applies to laws which refer to pensions and death aid in the public pension system, and to laws which deal with contributions to social health insurances. According to the new accord, the time people worked both in Romania and the US will be considered, for the opening of the pension right with granting pension by each state, according to the insurance periods accomplished. “The document includes rules about the export of pensions, a very important advantage to facilitate the pensioners' mobility from the two states on the territory of the other state and maintaining their access to pension rights,” the source points out. The accord also includes decisions about establingin applicable laws in order to avoid a double contribution to social insurance or the risk of not benefitting from any social insurance covered by the Accord. The bill approved by the Executive includes provisions referring to detached workers. That is why the mutual exemption of those people from the payment of social health insurance contributions was included in the national system of the state where they are employed. The social security accord includes provisions referring to administrative and cooperation measures, including the communication language, payment currency, solving sifferences, the term of coming into force, and will be ratified by la by Romania's Parliament.
Representatives of the “Agrippa Ionescu” hospital in Bucharest confirmed on Monday, June 16, that former president Ion Iliescu has lung cancer. Earlier this month, former president Traian Băsescu also underwent a planned heart surgery at a hospital in Paris. Iliescu, who is 95 and was president of Romania from 1989 until 1996 and from 2000 […]
The phenomenon of violence against women perpetrated by their partners is more prevalent in Romania compared to other EU states, according to Eurostat data processed by Monitorul Social, a project of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania, or FES. Almost half of the women in Romania (45.5%) have suffered psychological violence from their intimate partner, compared to the EU […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or EBRD, is set to invest EUR 40 million in the company behind the region’s Burger King franchise, the Polish holding company Rex Concepts. The money will go toward supporting the chain's expansion by opening new quick-service restaurants in Poland, Romania, and the Czech Republic. Rex Concepts, backed […]
Via Transilvanica, the long-distance trail that crosses the country, has unveiled a kilometer milestone on Șimian Island, an island on the Danube located downstream of Drobeta-Turnu Severin. It is a symbolic extension for the trail, which stretches from Putna, in northern Romania, to Drobeta Turnu Severin, marking seven years since the Via Transilvanica project began […]
In 1905, the first Siemens company was established in our country. Siemens S.R.L. has consistently invested in education and human capital development, providing scholarships worth nearly €1,900,000 to undergraduate, Master's, and PhD students, for over 10 years. The company maintains long-term collaborations with prestigious technical universities in Bucharest, Brașov, Cluj-Napoca, and Iași. In 2025, Siemens […]
The organizers of Bucharest's Neversea Kapital festival, scheduled for July 4–6, announced the names of two more guests that will complete the lineup, namely house sensation John Summit and techno star Paul Kalkbrenner. John Summit is a big name in the house and electronic dance genres. Recognized by Rolling Stone as “The Hottest Name in […]
