Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu will be on Tuesday and Wednesday on a working visit to Great Britain, having meetings with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, House of Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, and City of London Lord Mayor Alastair King on the agenda, the government said in a release. Also, the prime minister will participate in the Romania - UK Economic Forum due on November 13.His program also includes a visit to a Romanian local church and meeting with members of the Romanian community in Great Britain."The government of Romania is interested in strengthening the Strategic Partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on all levels of bilateral interest, adjusted according to the current challenges and opportunities. The Romanian community in the United Kingdom is quite a strong one, and the promotion of the rights of our fellow nationals represents a vital pillar of bilateral cooperation," said Ciolacu, as cited in the release.This is the first visit of a Romanian prime minister to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 17 years, the Executive notes.The official delegation will include Foreign Affairs Minister Luminita Odobescu, National Defense Minister Angel Tilvar, Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism Radu Oprea, Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja, honorary advisor and EP Vice-President Victor Negrescu, and state advisor Nicolae Comanescu.***The Romania - UK bilateral relationship is governed by the Strategic Partnership launched on June 26, 2003, revised in 2011 and updated on March 23, 2023 by a Joint Declaration signed by the two states' Foreign Affairs ministers.The Romanian community in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is estimated at over 1.2 million.Romania is represented in the United Kingdom through the Embassy in London and three Consulates General in London, Manchester and Edinburgh. Steps are currently being taken to operationalize the Consulate General in Birmingham and a consular office in Belfast, to serve Northern Ireland.According to the release, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is one of Romania's most important trading partners, and the first in the ranking of the countries with which Romania is running a trade surplus (1.6 billion euros in 2023, and one billion euros in the first seven months of 2024).Total trade exchanges in 2024 are estimated at over 4 billion euros. In the first seven months of 2024, provisional data indicate a trade amount of 2.42 billion euros, marking an 8.84% increase in bilateral trade. According to the National Trade Registry Office, as of June 30, 2024, there were 7,011 trading companies with British capital registered in Romania.
Romanian president Nicușor Dan and acting prime minister Ilie Bolojan marked the start of the 2026-2027 school year on Monday, September 7, with messages for students, teachers, and parents. Dan focused on the need for critical thinking and equitable access to education, while Bolojan presented the results of a major investment program in the sector. […]
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The meeting will take place at the Cotroceni Palace starting at 3 pm, according to the Presidential Administration. The agenda includes the Romanian Army’s 2027-2036 Endowment Plan and the Romanian Army 2044 Programme, as well as an assessment of SAFE programme implementation. The assessment document was approved at an inter-institutional working meeting on August 13. […]
A fragment of an aerial drone carrying an explosive load was found on Friday, September 4, five nautical miles east of the entrance to the Sulina branch of the Danube, Romania’s Ministry of Defense (MApN) announced. It was safely neutralized by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team of the Romanian Naval Forces, MApN said. On […]
Mihai Bordeanu, Managing Director for South-Eastern Europe at Dacia and Country Head for Romania, said the company was waiting for the government to act after discussions with “various government representatives”. “I’m waiting for the next five months. At this point the ball is in the court of the Romanian Government, which must have a more […]
Besides representatives of the companies involved, among those attending the ceremony were the US ambassadors to the countries of South-Eastern Europe: H.E. Ms. Kimberly Guilfoyle – the US Ambassador to Greece, Ms. Nicole Varnes - Chargé d'Affaires a.i. at the U.S. Embassy in North Macedonia and Mr. Joshua Volz - Special Envoy for Energy Integration […]
