A team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), headed by IMF chief of mission for Romania , Jan Kees Martijn, will pay a visit to Bucharest, over May 30 - June 10, for the annual assessment of the Romanian economy, known as the Consultation on Article IV, IMF regional representative for Central and Eastern Europe Nadeem Ilahi announced on Wednesday.The IMF team will discuss with the Romanian authorities about the economic policies and developments. Meetings will be organised with Finance Ministry, National Bank of Romania and other governmental agencies officials, as well as with representatives of the private sector and NGOs, reads an IMF release .The IMF mission is expected to hold a press conference at the end of the visit, the same release mentions.Romania has no ongoing funding agreement with the International Monetary Funds, nonetheless the financial institution makes an annual evaluation of the Romanian economy, based on the consultations on Article IV.
If December were a performance, Corinthia Grand Hotel du Boulevard would be its grand stage. This winter, Bucharest’s newest grand dame has reimagined the festive season not only as decoration, but as storytelling: one told through light, music, architecture and flavour. Inspired by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the hotel’s concept unfolds in three chapters […]
The HALO Events Center in Bucharest is set to open the largest event space in Europe equipped with a 360° panoramic LED display within the Romexpo complex. The new location is designed for large-scale, fully digitalized events, and it is the result of an EUR 4 million investment. The venue has a maximum indoor capacity of […]
The concept of the mega-project DraculaLand, a privately funded development exceeding EUR 1 billion that aims to become the largest entertainment, retail, and technology destination in Europe, was recently unveiled. The investment is planned for a 160-hectare site not far from Bucharest and aims to position Romania as a new global hub for large-scale entertainment, […]
FEPRA has opened new PET and glass recycling facilities in Brad, Hunedoara county, an initiative expected to boost the recycling capacity of both the region and Romania. The two units, inaugurated on December 1 in the presence of local authorities, come as Brad–Hunedoara continues to search for long-term economic alternatives after years of industrial decline. […]
Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, announced on Wednesday, December 3, that all its “Sea Baby” maritime drones engaged in operational missions in the Black Sea region have been identified, that it has not lost any of them, and that none entered Romanian territorial waters. The announcement came after Romania’s Defense Ministry said in a press […]
Rescuers part of the Brașov County Salvamont Service spent the night in the Bucegi Mountains on Wednesday to Thursday, December 3-4, to continue searches for missing 18-year-old British citizen George Smyth. In the morning, the team of 17 mountain rescuers who slept in a chalet resumed the search in the Țigănești area despite difficult conditions […]
