Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu had, on Tuesday, at the Victoria Palace, a meeting with the Prime Minister of Lithuania, Ingrida Simonyte, in which context he declared his continued confidence in the bilateral partnership within the EU, NATO and in regional economic and defense formats, such as the Three Seas Initiative and B9."I had a fruitful discussion with the Prime Minister of Lithuania, Ingrida Simonyte. I am grateful for Lithuania's support in favor of Romania's accession to Schengen. I am confident that our partnership will continue within the EU, NATO and regional economic and defense formats, such as 3SI and B9Format", Marcel Ciolacu wrote in a post on his X page (ex Twitter).
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 […]
