Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu estimated on Wednesday that by the end of 2024 inflation would drop below 5% and that Romania would fall within the proposed budget deficit."With certainty, until the end of the year, we will have an inflation below 5%. Do I have to remind you what inflation I took over as prime minister, with two digits? We brought it to a reasonable area and it will continue to decrease. If PSD had not entered the government and we had not come with the cap on energy, we would have had an inflation of 30%," said Ciolacu on Thursday.Ciolacu specified that in December Romania would fall within the proposed deficit, just like last year."In January, we always have this discussion. Last year we fell within the deficit that we announced to you when I took over the mandate of prime minister, although it was 6.8%, we exceeded that moment. Now you ask me what it will happen in December. We will go into deficit. The deficit at this time is not overcome by consumption, but by investment. And you will see that these investments will return to the economy and will be found in taxes and duties. All developed countries have done that," explained Ciolacu.Referring to a possible progressive taxation, Ciolacu explained that it does not concern salaries, but exceptional incomes."Nobody talked about the progressive taxation of salaries, not even me, as a fan of progressive taxation. On the contrary, I said about a hundred times that we are talking about the progressive taxation of cumulative incomes or exceptional incomes. I also gave an example, if you buy a plot of land for 10,000 euros and you sell it for 10 million euros, nowhere in the world do you pay a tax of 1% or a maximum of 10%. You pay a differentiated tax, because it is an exceptional income," Ciolacu added.
Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan stated during an interview on Wednesday, December 17, that there should be no statute of limitations in cases of serious corruption. The statement comes after a Recorder investigation, which showed that several heads of the major institutions in the Romanian justice system allegedly delayed trials for years until wrongdoings were […]
President Nicușor Dan has challenged, before the Constitutional Court (CCR), the constitutionality of the law that requires that at least 40% of the athletes who play on a team in official national competitions be Romanian. Dan noted that the law violates the principle of non-discrimination and the free movement of workers, enshrined both in the […]
Craiova International Airport will open its new passenger terminal on Thursday, December 18, completing a major infrastructure investment aimed at significantly expanding capacity and improving air connectivity in southwestern Romania. It is part of a broader expansion and modernization project financed through the Large Infrastructure Operational Programme (POIM) 2014–2020, with a total value exceeding EUR […]
Romania is set to be connected to the Western European energy network thanks to grid investments worth EUR 30 billion. The funds will be provided by the EU by 2035, and the project will link Romania to Hungary and Austria in a joint project. Romanian energy minister Bogdan Ivan signaled the signing of the new […]
Franck Bagouet has been appointed managing director of TotalEnergies Marketing Romania SA and managing director of Automotive Southeast Europe Hub TotalEnergies Marketing. He succeeds Didier Grimault, who has accepted a new position within the TotalEnergies company. “I am glad to join this dynamic affiliate and confident that, together with our talented team, we will reinforce […]
Databricks, the data analytics and artificial intelligence company co-founded by Romanian professors Ion Stoica and Matei Zaharia, announced on Tuesday, December 16, that it is raising USD 4 billion in funding at a valuation of USD 134 billion, according to CNBC. The new valuation represents a 34% increase compared to the August round, when Databricks […]
