The 2022 budget is a responsible, balanced and realistic one, capable of meeting the imperative financing needs and consolidate the economy in the medium and long term, Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca said on Wednesday."Today we are discussing the state budget and the state social insurance budget for next year, the most important annual budgetary programming legislation. We have before us a balanced, responsible and realistic budget, capable of meeting the imperative financing needs and strengthen the economy in the medium and long term, capitalizing on the financial resources provided by the European Union. Romania has a responsible vision of fiscal and budgetary policies, a strategy of gradual fiscal consolidation, which can enhance and maintain economic growth at a level of over 4-5 percent on the reference horizon, aware that we need to use all the levers to prepare the economy in the event of future shocks," the prime minister said in Parliament's plenary.He noted that the 2022 budget is based on principles such as transparency, realism, avoidance of waste of public money, reconsideration of funding priorities in line with the European agenda.
The merger between Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Romania and First Bank has entered its final stage and is scheduled for completion on October 31, pending all necessary legal and regulatory approvals, including from the National Bank. According to the two institutions, First Bank will merge by absorption with Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Romania, transferring its clients, products, […]
The Feldioara Uranium Concentrate Processing Plant (FPCU), owned by the state-owned company Nuclearelectrica, the operator of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant, will deliver nuclear fuel in the form of uranium dioxide (UO2) to Argentina, a first for the Romanian nuclear industry. The Uranium Concentrate Processing Factory (FPCU) Feldioara, a subsidiary of Nuclearelectrica (BSE: SNN), won […]
Romania’s isolationist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) has consolidated its leading position with 40% of voting intentions, according to an INSCOP Research poll conducted between October 6 and 10. The party’s support remains more than double that of the second-placed Social Democratic Party (PSD), which registered 17.6%. The governing coalition parties - PSD […]
Romania's Social Democratic Party (PSD), the largest in the ruling coalition, will hold its congress and implicitly elect a new president on November 7, announced the party's interim head, Sorin Grindeanu, who is at this moment the sole candidate for a full term, according to Ziarul Financiar. ...
The minister of investments and European projects, Dragoș Pîslaru, stated on October 13 that the milestone 215 in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) regarding special pensions has not been met and, therefore, the EUR 231 million funds have been suspended. He thus contradicted the Supreme Council of Magistracy (CSM) and defended prime minister […]
Recycllux is tackling marine plastic pollution with a platform connecting companies seeking to offset their plastic footprint with the local cleanup capacity. From the more than 400 million tonnes of plastic that are produced yearly worldwide, more than 10 million tonnes end up in lakes, rivers, and seas annually, UN data shows. As awareness of […]
