The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) welcomes the signing, on Tuesday, of an agreement between Transgaz SA and the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund (3SIIF), on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.The agreement lays the foundations for the collaboration between the two parties for the development of natural gas infrastructure and connectivity in Romania, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release sent on Tuesday."The Ministry of Foreign Affairs pays special attention to the financing of projects under the Three Seas Initiative (3SI), which contribute to increasing economic convergence and cohesion between EU states in the Baltic Sea, Black Sea and Adriatic regions.The 3SI projects proposed for funding and development are in the transport, energy and digital fields, with a focus on increasing interconnectivity in the region. Among the priority 3SI projects for Romania are Rail2Sea and Via Carpathia, which aim to modernize and develop the railway and road corridors form the north of Europe to the south, as well as between the Port of Gdansk and the Port of Constanta. The agreement, signed on Tuesday, aims to jointly develop natural gas projects for hydrogen, through joint venture companies owned by Transgaz and the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund. The total value of the projects is estimated at 626 million euros," the cited source states.
Romania was formally designated the 43rd country to join the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP) on Friday, January 10. According to the Romanian ambassador to Washington, Andrei Muraru, Romanian citizens will be able to travel to the US without the need for a visa starting March 31, 2025. "Romania becomes the first country in the […]
Cluj-Napoca, the city in Romania with some of the highest rents and a fast-growing IT industry, is closer to banning smoking in playgrounds and parks after mayor Emil Boc expressed his support for the measure. The mayor cited the prioritization of public health as the reason behind such a ban. He mentioned that he has […]
Romania's Sibiu County Emergency Clinical Hospital will receive a robotic system to prepare cytostatic drugs needed by cancer patients, along with other equipment, after the County Council obtained funds from the European Regional Development Fund. With an estimated value of EUR 1 million, the "Robotic Composition System for Sterile Preparations of Cytostatic Drugs" is among […]
Romania’s government adopted in its January 10 meeting a decision granting an extra day off to public sector employees at the beginning of May. Thus, Friday, May 2, will be an official day off for public sector workers, linking the legal holiday of May 1 (Labor Day) with the weekend (May 3-4). This...
The Ministry of Environment announced that 2024 was the hottest year in the history of Romania's meteorological records. Red alerts for heat waves began in June of 2024, with the longest consecutive periods of persistent and intense heat waves, six consecutive days, between July 13-18 and August 15-20. "The year 2024 is the hottest year...
Supporters of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu gathered outside the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, which houses the Constitutional Court, on January 10, demanding a rerun of the second round of the presidential elections. The protest, dubbed "The Great Judicial Union," was initiated by Georgescu, who called on his supporters to challenge the election annulment, as […]
