Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca announced on Tuesday that the Romanian authorities, in coordination with those at EU level, have planned, depending on the duration and size of the flow of equipment and materials intended for Ukraine, to open two more humanitarian hubs in Sighet and in the area of southeastern Isaccea locality."A humanitarian aid hub has currently been opened and is operating in Suceava, and the implications of the Romanian state are those carried out by the institutions responsible for this activity and, of course, there is this coordination and involvement at EU level, which, depending on the duration and size of the flow of equipment and materials, we have already planned to additionally (...) set up two [humanitarian aid centres - ed.n.] on the main transport routes, namely Sighet and one here, in the area of Isaccea locality," premier Ciuca said at the end of the visit made at the Isaccea Border Crossing Point in Tulcea County.He was asked by a foreign journalist if there is support from the European Union through Romania for Ukrainian refugees."We have had meetings and discussions at the level of the President of the European Commission, Mrs von der Leyen, we have had meetings at the level of the Commissioner for Home Affairs, we have had meetings with several officials from the European Union and there are already mechanisms in place, allow me to give you an example, the RESCUE Mechanism. There is also readiness, so that all the expenditures that are made by the countries on the border with Ukraine and, are presently ensuring an effort, both material and budgetary, to be able to receive settlements for all the expenditure incurred," Nicolae Ciuca specified.
The Romanian software company Life is Hard, listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange under the ticker LIH, announced a strategic investment of EUR 250,000 in RepsMate, a deep-tech startup, on Friday, May 23. RepsMate specializes in conversational AI and the intelligent automation of company-customer interactions. The investment reinforces the growth in LIH’s ENGINE division, which […]
An autonomous, driverless bus was tested on Thursday, May 22, in Cluj-Napoca during the International Summit for Climate Neutrality, held under the slogan "Carbon OFF. Future ON,” to demonstrate the integration of modern technology into public transport. The bus performed a demonstration tour on a short route, starting from the Radisson hotel, crossing George Coșbuc […]
Romania’s national railway company CFR Călători announced on Thursday, May 22, that it will provide a daily direct connection from Bucharest to Varna starting June 13, and to Sofia and Istanbul/Halkali starting June 14. According to the cited source, the train will run on the new route from June 13 to October 13, 2025, and […]
Romanian filmmaker Bogdan Mureșanu will premiere his first animated short film, Magicianul/The Magician, at the prestigious Annecy International Animation Film Festival, taking place in France from June 8 to 14. The film, written, directed, and produced by Mureșanu, is the only Romanian title selected in the official competition, which features 35 productions...
US general Ben Hodges, the former head of the United States Army in Europe, said on Thursday, May 22, that if Russia attacks NATO, it will first bomb Romania’s port of Constanța and civilian targets. Hodges spoke in an interview about the possibility of reducing American troops in Europe, and implicitly in Romania. He added […]
Romania's national women’s handball team faces an uphill battle against Denmark, Japan, and Croatia in the group stage at the 2025 World Championship. The teams were selected on Thursday, May 22, at the Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Romania was part of the second seeding pot at the draw for the groups of the 27th edition […]
