Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday that the declaration she and visiting Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu have signed increases the two states' cooperation potential, setting new common goals and priorities in place.The Romanian community is the largest foreign community residing in Italy, with more than one million people, and makes a highly important contribution to our society. This summit strengthens our friendship, broadens our cooperation to new sectors of common interest. We now signed a very important joint declaration that furthers our potential, creates new goals, new shared priorities. Other important documents signed by our ministers add to this declaration, seven other memoranda of understanding, technical understandings in areas such as defense, justice, energy, civil protection, civil servant training, Meloni said in a joint press statement with Marcel Ciolacu.She added that one of the pillars of the partnership between Romania and Italy concerns the political and strategic dimension and common security, of paramount importance amid the war unfurling in the center of Europe, at Romania's border.The internal dimension is an essential characteristic of our relationship. We want to strengthen our cooperation in order to combat terrorism, cyber security threats, organized crime. (...) I thank Prime Minister Ciolacu for the great availability and cooperation he has displayed as regards the judicial aspects. We have many points in common that we have shared through our ministers, I won't name them all now, but for example, I think that an important challenge on our hands is that concerning the possibility that definitively convicted prisoners serve their term in their country of origin, Meloni said.Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu is on a two-day working visit to the Italian Republic on February 14 - 15, with the agenda also including the third meeting of the Cabinets in Bucharest and Rome, organized 13 years after the previous intergovernmental summit.
Holidays are simply better when you share the traditional taste of Boromir Cozonac with your loved ones. Our Collection of Cozonac brings joy and warmth to festive gatherings, carrying on the sweet traditions of the winter season. With its soft core, rich fillings, and authentic flavor that comes from natural sourdough, the Boromir Cozonac is […]
As parents everywhere wrestle with the same uneasy question, how do you prepare children for a future shaped by rapid technological change and constant uncertainty, Verita International School is betting on a clear answer: teach students how to think, not what to think. In this interview with Romania Insider, Ashley “Ash” Peek, Head of Secondary […]
Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan stated during an interview on Wednesday, December 17, that there should be no statute of limitations in cases of serious corruption. The statement comes after a Recorder investigation, which showed that several heads of the major institutions in the Romanian justice system allegedly delayed trials for years until wrongdoings were […]
President Nicușor Dan has challenged, before the Constitutional Court (CCR), the constitutionality of the law that requires that at least 40% of the athletes who play on a team in official national competitions be Romanian. Dan noted that the law violates the principle of non-discrimination and the free movement of workers, enshrined both in the […]
Craiova International Airport will open its new passenger terminal on Thursday, December 18, completing a major infrastructure investment aimed at significantly expanding capacity and improving air connectivity in southwestern Romania. It is part of a broader expansion and modernization project financed through the Large Infrastructure Operational Programme (POIM) 2014–2020, with a total value exceeding EUR […]
Romania is set to be connected to the Western European energy network thanks to grid investments worth EUR 30 billion. The funds will be provided by the EU by 2035, and the project will link Romania to Hungary and Austria in a joint project. Romanian energy minister Bogdan Ivan signaled the signing of the new […]
