Trains in Romania must circulate at 160 km/hour until 2030, this being a pan-European obligation, stated on Friday the European commissionaire for Transport, Adina Valean. "The European Union has a very clear plan for transport infrastructure. This is called the European transport network - TEN-T network. This plan contains precise maps for all Member States on road, rail transport infrastructure, for all Member States agreed of course with the respective countries, with obligations and opportunities, in the sense that obligations mean building this infrastructure to certain standards, including innovation, i.e. introducing intelligent transport systems for both rail and road, standards related to the use of this network. Because we are talking about rail, for example, the whole European rail network that is the main network has speed standards, for example, of 160 km per hour. We look at the infrastructure map of Romania in this network and we see which railway lines have to be 160 km/hour. Until when? By 2030, another pan-European obligation. The core network must be completed by 2030", said Adina Valean at the "Innovation in EU Transport Policies" event. According to her, there is another essential secondary or extended network with completion deadline in 2040 and the extended network which covers the rest of the infrastructure with a deadline in 2050.‘Everything is with a standard but they also mean opportunities, as there is financing for each of these offers. The projects have joint governance, as if you want to apply for regional cohesion funds and so on with a certain degree of co-financing, for the European interconnection mechanism funds, when you want to apply for PNRR funds, similarly, the projects are clearly defined. So, practically, we know what we have to do, we know the deadlines, we know the standards – and in the case of Romania we know there is approximately a sum of 12 billion euro European funds with co-financing for various projects from this infrastructure with various deadlines for absorption in this financial period’, said the European commissionaire for transport during her visit to Romania last week.
The programs Documentary Mondays and Fiction Tuesdays return at the Czech Center in Bucharest between May 13 and June 4, on Mondays and Tuesdays. Four films are part of the Documentary Mondays program, where the directors will take part in online Q&A sessions with the public. Apolena Rychlíková’s Limits of Europe, which follows the Czech journalist […]
The Bucharest National Airport Company (CNAB) has said an order was issued for the start of the construction works on an additional parking lot at the Henri Coandă International Airport, Bucharest’s main one. The parking lot, covering 20,265 sqm, will be constructed under a contract worth RON 14.89 million (without VAT) by an association between […]
Prime minister and Social Democratic leader Marcel Ciolacu reiterated the ruling coalition's decision to hold the presidential elections on September 15 for the first round and September 29 for the second round. Ciolacu added that the dates will not be changed to suit any party or individual. "We have a coalition decision that the elections […]
Romania’s economy minister, Ștefan-Radu Oprea, recently announced that Borusan Pipe will open a new production facility in the Alinso Industrial Park, located in the commune of Ariceștii Rahtivani, Prahova County, in a few months. The facility will start manufacturing pipes used in automobiles, with clients including Dacia and Ford Otosan, as well as companies from […]
The Republic of Moldova is a Guest of Honour country at this year's Bookfest, the book fair taking place in Bucharest between May 29 and June 2. Close to 40 events are part of the guest country program, from book launches to debates on current topics. Among the Moldovan authors who will be present at the […]
The Romanian medical recovery chain Centrokinetic, backed by the AGISTA growth investment fund, has recently purchased its eighth clinic, namely the Socrates Clinic in Timișoara. The completed transaction will see Centrokinetic acquire nearly 70% of the clinic's shares, with one of its founders, Dr. Armand Gogulescu, retaining a little over 30%. Plans for the immediate […]
