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.
The demand for logistics and industrial spaces reached 575,000 sqm during the first 9 months of this year, a decrease of 20% compared with the same period of 2023, according to a report by real estate consulting company Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. The figures for Q3 2024 reveal that 164,000 square meters were contracted, a […]
Dutch classical music star André Rieu will return to Romania for two concerts at BTarena in Cluj-Napoca on November 13 and 14, 2025. Rieu’s concerts in Romania, where he enjoys a high degree of popularity, have set multiple attendance records. In 2015 and 2016, he performed nine sold-out shows in Bucharest’s Constitution Square for over […]
Till Lindemann, the frontman of famous German rock band Rammstein, will embark on his "Meine Welt" tour across European arenas in the fall of 2025. Among his stops he is scheduled to perform in Romania on December 4, 2025, at Romexpo in Bucharest, as announced on his official website. The "Meine Welt" tour will take […]
HR Summit, one of the most important events dedicated to the human resources industry in Transylvania, will take place under the theme Shifting Priorities: Talent, Technology, and Trust, on Friday, November 22, at Radisson Blu Hotel in Cluj-Napoca. This year's edition of HR Summit focuses on leadership, employee well-being, the introduction of innovative...
Fourteen Central and Eastern European startups (CEE) have been selected for the first edition of the Impact Creators accelerator, Impact Hub Bucharest and PurposeTech announced. The application period attracted 133 proposals from 18 countries. The startups will participate in an intensive program to accelerate their businesses, which will end with a Pitch Day. The most […]
The immersive art museum MINA Cluj will host a special event featuring Dumitru Prunariu, the only Romanian who flew in space. Scheduled for November 24, the event will give the public the opportunity to hear the stories directly from the one who represented Romania in the Soyuz 40 mission in 1981, carried out as part […]
