The International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) will organise in Romania an economic mission of La Francophonie to Central and Eastern Europe, an event that will take place in Bucharest, March 27 - 29, 2024, Romania's Ministry of Economy reported on Monday.According to the ministry, after three successful first editions in Southeast Asia (Vietnam and Cambodia), Central Africa (Gabon and Rwanda) and the Middle East (Lebanon), the mission to be organised next year in Romania is part of the Economic Strategy for Francophonie 2020-2025, which aims to boost trade and investment exchanges between the 88 OIF member states and governments.The mission brings together a high-level economic forum and business-to-business networking sessions, particularly in the agri-food, digital - including cybersecurity and the video games industry, green energy and medical sectors, and it includes support from experts, visits to company sites and networking opportunities to identify and realise commercial and investment opportunities.The registration platform for the event is available November 24 - December 22, 2023, on the OIF website. Romanian companies interested in taking advantage of this excellent opportunity for collaboration with a number of companies from the Francophone area can register on: https://missions-economiques.roumanie.francophonie.org/en.
Romania’s acting minister of defence, Radu Miruță, has asked Parliament to grant prior approval for the signing of a framework agreement with Lockheed Martin for the training of F-16 flight personnel at the European F-16 Training Center (EFTC) hosted in Romania,
Former Social Democrat (PSD) transport minister Răzvan Cuc was detained by prosecutors from the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) on suspicion of complicity in bribery, the DNA announced on Tuesday, December 16. Cuc, a member of the Social Democratic Party who served as minister of transport in the governments led by Sorin Grindeanu (currently the leader […]
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Local authorities in Buzău aim to convert the nearby military airbase Boboc, 117 km northeast of Bucharest, into a secondary airport with dual military and civil use. The final decision will be based on Romania's security interests and requires multiple permits, the Ministry of Defence said, according to Adevarul.ro. ...
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Environment minister Diana Buzoianu announced that the ministry she leads has launched the procedures for a feasibility study aimed at planting 380 hectares of forest shelterbelts in southern Romania, a region increasingly affected by desertification. According to the announcement, the project would result in more than 126 kilometers of tree lines planted along national roads. […]
