Romanian Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu, attending the Munich Security Conference, had bilateral meetings on Friday with several European and U.S. officials: Belgium's new Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation Maxime Prevot, Bulgarian new Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Expatriates Badr Abdellatty, U.S. Congress representatives - a delegation of the House of Representatives, the Foreign Ministry informed on Saturday.Also, the Romanian top diplomat met with the leader of the Belarusian opposition, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, expressing on the occasion Romania's concern over the intensification of repressions, intimidation, arrests and political convictions targeting mass media, activists and the entire civil society in Belarus. The Romanian foreign minister emphasized the importance of the Belarusian exile opposition staying united and the need for coordinated action to promote the democratic aspirations of the citizens.Also on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Emil Hurezeanu met with American Jewish Committee CEO Ted Deutch, with a group of veterans from the Ukrainian frontline, and with family members of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip.The Romanian foreign minister also participated in the event titled "A Free and Open Black Sea: Evaluating Challenges on Connectivity, Global Food Security and Energy in the Region", highlighting on this occasion the strategic importance of the Black Sea both from the perspective of ensuring Euro-Atlantic security and from that of facilitating connections between Europe and Asia. He pointed out the further deterioration of the security situation in the Black Sea region, against the backdrop of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.The Romanian chief diplomat presented the regional projects and initiatives aimed at contributing to the security of the region and to capitalizing on its connectivity potential, emphasizing the importance of cooperation at European and Euro-Atlantic level for achieving these goals, including through the continuation of a robust NATO presence in the Black Sea, the adoption of an EU Black Sea Strategy and the full implementation of the U.S. Strategy on the Black Sea.
During the past years and increasingly in the last months, Romania was subject to a sustained campaign of manipulation and informational interference of foreign origin aimed at influencing the country's public opinion and, more recently, its elections, according to a Romanian Foreign Ministry note. This campaign is still ongoing and has all the hallmarks of […]
There was no retail project completion in Q1 in Romania, but the delivery pace significantly picked up in April and May, when roughly 150,000 sqm of new schemes opened (including one super-regional shopping center – Mall Moldova – in Iasi). This area represents 80% of the entire 2024 new supply, according to data from real […]
DN AGRAR Group (BVB: DN), Romania's largest integrated livestock farm and leading producer of cow milk, closed the first quarter of 2025 with a turnover of RON 51 million (EUR 10 million), an increase of approximately 27% compared to the same period last year. The growth was fueled by an increase in both the volume […]
Romania may commission power generation units with a total capacity of 2.5 GW this year, twice the figure last year, minister of energy Sebastian Burduja said during a conference on May 22, according to Economica.net. Among the generation units to come online this year, Burduja outlined...
Romania’s Treasury sold RON 1.2 billion (EUR 240 million) worth of bonds denominated in local currency and in euros under the fourth issue of the Fidelis scheme aimed at households this year. More than half of the money was raised with the 1-year RON-denominated bonds with a 6.75% coupon (RON 430 million) and the 7-year […]
Romania hopes to submit the fourth disbursement request under the Resilience Facility (RRF) in July, after the revised RRF plan for Romania (PNRR) is endorsed by the European Commission, and to submit another two disbursement requests (out of the four left) by the end of 2026 when the Facility ends, according to the minister of […]
