The outgoing President Klaus Iohannis ends his term at the Cotroceni Palace, with the interim position to be taken over by the President of the Senate, Ilie Bolojan, on Wednesday.The ceremony to end Iohannis' term will take place on Wednesday, at 12:00, at the Cotroceni Palace, according to the Presidential Administration.Klaus Iohannis resigned from office on Monday, in the context in which the Parliament had initiated the procedure to suspend him from his position as head of state. He claimed that the suspension procedure would lead Romania into crisis and ''absolutely no one will understand what the point of such an approach is, when the incumbent president will leave anyway''. "In other words, we will effectively be the laughing stock of the world," Klaus Iohannis said on Monday when announcing his resignation."In order to spare Romania and Romanian citizens from this crisis, from this unnecessary and negative development, I am resigning from the position of President of Romania. I will leave office (...) on February 12th. God bless Romania!", Iohannis said.The Constitutional Court (CCR) on Tuesday found the position of president of Romania vacant and ruled that Ilie Bolojan, president of the Senate, would take over the interim position at Cotroceni Palace from February 12.Klaus Iohannis was elected head of state for two terms. His last term was supposed to end on December 21, 2024, but the Constitutional Court annulled the presidential elections and decided that Iohannis would remain at Cotroceni until a new president is elected. The CCR's decision came after the Supreme Council for Country's Defense (CSAT) declassified intelligence received from the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding the electoral campaign conducted by Calin Georgescu in the presidential elections.Ilie Bolojan is to take over the interim position at Cotroceni Palace until May. The first round of the presidential elections will be held on May 4, and the second on May 18. Bolojan will be suspended from the position of National Liberal Party's president.
Some dinners are eaten. Others are remembered. At Corinthia Grand Hotel du Boulevard, the past few months have unfolded like a quiet culinary opera. One by one, Europe’s most celebrated chefs arrived, took over the kitchen of Boulevard 73 and left behind more than menus; they left stories. Now, on December 4, the curtain falls. […]
HORIZON CITY, a €130 million residential project, is emerging as one of the most solid and forward-thinking developments in the Pipera area—both through its scale and through the modern direction it sets for the new residential standards in the north. Developed across nearly 23,000 sqm, with 699 apartments and 926 parking spaces, the project brings […]
Romania’s National Forest Administration, or Romsilva, announced that it is putting over 16,000 Christmas trees up for sale over the winter in a press release published on Thursday, November 27. The trees can be purchased directly from the offices of the forestry districts. Prices range between RON 17 (EUR 3.3) for a spruce...
Lot 3 Pietroasele–Buzău of Romania's A7 highway, also known as the Moldova highway, was inaugurated on Thursday, November 27. The newly inaugurated segment is 13.9 km long. The A7 connects Romania’s historic regions of Muntenia, the southern part of the country, with Moldova, the eastern part. “We are opening another 13 km of the Moldova Motorway […]
The City Hall of Sinaia, a popular mountain town roughly 120 km north of Bucharest, announced that a new attraction, the alpine coaster on Pârtia Nouă, will officially open on December 1. The installation, located in the ski area near the Sinaia Gondola, features what the authorities say is the longest track of its kind […]
The Romanian national team debuted with a victory in Group A of the Women’s Handball World Championship, organized in the Netherlands and Germany. Romania won 33–24 (13–12) against Croatia in the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam on Thursday, November 27. The Romanian team dominated the match in the second half, left backer Sorina-Maria Grozav scoring 7 […]
