The Government approved on Thursday a draft law aimed at creating, at national level, the necessary mechanisms to exchange information with the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America, through an IT platform developed and managed by the Ministry of Interior.According to a press release issued by the Executive, the draft law on the amendment and completion of Law No. 158/2019 for the establishment of certain measures to implement the Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the United States of America on enhancing cooperation in preventing and combating serious crime, signed on 5 October 2015 in Washington D.C., as well as for the amendment of certain regulatory acts, was approved."Thus, the aim is to create an automated workflow in terms of collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security, allowing the national point(s) of contact designated by the US side and the Romanian side to automatically search the fingerprint reference data in the national AFIS system through the IT platform, as well as in the similar identification systems of the American side, and the transmission, where appropriate, of personal data and additional information, in case of a match. In this regard, the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police, the General Inspectorate of the Border Police and the General Inspectorate for Immigration are designated national points of contact for conducting automated interrogations for the purpose of preventing, detecting and combating serious crimes in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security," the press release reads.Moreover, the draft law creates the possibility that the mechanism and conditions for the exchange of information for the provision of personal data and other additional information in connection with the reference data may be established by implementing arrangements concluded at the level of the Ministry of Interior and the Romanian Intelligence Service with the national point(s) of contact designated by the US side.Comprehensive provisions on the protection of personal data processing are also included.
The city of Timişoara, in western Romania, and the World Monuments Fund (WMF) signed on Thursday, October 17, the memorandum of understanding for the rehabilitation of the Fabric Synagogue. The synagogue is the only historical monument in the country that the New York-based WMF included in 2022 on the list of cultural sites whose preservation […]
The biggest contributor to burnout – and we do have a burnout epidemic across the world nowadays – is work stress. Many people believe it’s mainly their fault, that it’s in the way they do things, their personality, or something very personal indeed. They couldn’t be more wrong. Because the single most impactful factor in […]
Over 300 guitarists from across the country are gathering in Timișoara, western Romania, to simultaneously perform 17 songs alongside several well-known artists within the Timișoara Guitar Day – One City. One Day. One Guitar Love event. The moment is scheduled for Saturday, October 19, at 4:00 PM at Faber, Splaiul Peneș Curcanul 4-5, Timișoara, with […]
Wizz Air announced it was opening its temporary base in Chişinău, in Moldova, and will offer direct connections to 16 destinations next winter, including eight new routes. The airline is offering non-stop flights between Chişinău and Berlin, Bologna, Brussels Charleroi, Dortmund, Memmingen, Paris Beauvais and Verona, as well as the new route to Nuremberg. In […]
Romania’s executive recently approved the acquisition of 58 new short-distance trains, RE-R2 and RE-R3, with 200 and 160 seats respectively, in contracts totaling RON 3.3 billion (EUR 683 million). Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu announced the approval of the purchase. "We are approving a major investment project that connects large urban centers via modern rail transport. […]
Romania is a strategic tech hub for the operations of the Brazilian technology multinational Stefanini in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Farlei Kothe, newly appointed CEO of North America, EMEA, and APAC, shares more on the company's expectations for the year to come, how its growth strategy informs its recruitment plans, and its work […]
