A conference to conclude the practical work/implementation of the international project “Moldova and Ukraine: path to the European Union” is held on June 10-13 in Cricova town, a suburb of Chisinau, https://www.ipn.md/ reports.The conference is attended by experts from the field of local public administration, as well as local elected officials from the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Romania. During the four days, points of possible cooperation of the communities in the format of countries bordering the Danube are being identified, experience and good practices are being exchanged. The participants, mayors and officials from local administration bodies, aim to sign cooperation agreements between the settlements they represent so as to increase economic well-being, cultural development and good neighborliness.On the first day of the conference, an agreement on the development of cultural initiatives and economic relations was signed between the National Congress of Ukrainians of Moldova and the Ukrainian public organization “Dniester Euroregion”, which takes into account the opportunities, problems and challenges that the communities of the two countries are currently facing.“It is obvious that today, just like 30 years ago, the destinies of Ukraine, Moldova and Romania are closely intertwined. For this reason, Kyiv, Chisinau and Bucharest have every reason to intensify cooperation in the name of the security of the peoples of our countries, economic prosperity, further cultural development and peace,” said Dr. Tetiana Pashinina, Director of the Regional Center for Continuing Education in Vinnitsa, who is also the initiator of the project.The idea of the project took root in the context of the European Parliament’s resolution of June 23, 2022, which marked the beginning of Moldova’s and Ukraine’s paths towards European Union membership and is supported by the German Hanns Seidel Foundation.
The Romanian Constitutional Court (CCR) has reinstated Traian Băsescu’s rights as a former president, granting him lifelong state benefits, including a monthly allowance, protocol residence, and permanent security. The court ruled unanimously that a 2001 law, which stripped former presidents of these privileges if found to have collaborated with the communist-era Securitate, is unconstitutional, Biziday.ro...
Mihai Leu, former world boxing champion and national rally champion, has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer. He passed away on Tuesday evening, July 1, at Fundeni Hospital in Bucharest, where he had been hospitalized in June with pulmonary failure, Biziday.ro reported. His death was confirmed on his official […]
The number of people in Romania at risk of poverty stood at 3.59 million people in 2024, 375,000 fewer than in 2023, representing a 9.4% decrease, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics, or INS. Despite the improvement, nearly one in five Romanians was affected by poverty last year. According to INS, 19% […]
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca carried out multiple searches on Tuesday, July 1, at the Sibiu International Airport and the Sibiu County Council as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving a EUR 54 million EU-funded infrastructure project. A total of 24 locations were searched across Bucharest, Brașov, and Sibiu county, […]
A Romanian taxi driver who scammed 90-year-old Nigerian Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka was detained by police on Sunday, June 29, according to media reports. On Friday, June 27, the venerable Nigerian arrived at Bucharest's Otopeni Airport. He got into a taxi and asked to be taken to a hotel downtown. At the destination, the […]
Costin Șerban, a Romanian entrepreneur, is digitalizing the construction sector in the United Kingdom with an ERP (enterprise resource planning) solution developed over 12 years and an investment of GBP 1.6 million (EUR 1.86 million). Șerban’s cloud-based ERP platform is called Abilo, was developed by the Romanian IT company Obi Systems, and is dedicated to […]
