Premier Nicolae Ciuca stated on Sunday, at Digi 24 that Romania does not have any risk to remain without gas and that we have as first objective to open the interconnector between Greece and Bulgaria, so that starting with the autumn we can use American liquified gas. About the offshore law, the head of the executive said that the leaders of the coalition committed to bring it into the parliament. ‘We have no risk to be left without gas. Romania imports approximately 20% of the necessary, we had meetings and discussions with the premiers of the countries in the region, that of Greece, that of Bulgaria, we had phone conversations. (…) We are connected and our first objective is to open the interconnector between Greece and Bulgaria, it will happen in June’ the premier said, in autumn, or at the end of the year we will have gas injected through this interconnector and we will use liquefied gas through the terminal in Alexandroupoli’. Asked if Romania manages to use American liquified gas, the premier said :’ of course, yes, in the autumn, or at most at the end of the year’. About the moment when Romania can get gas from the Black Sea, the premier reminded that the commitment of the leaders of the coalition had is that, during the period to come, the offshore law gets into the parliament, and said that ‘ it is not more than one month, maximum two’. The head of the government confirmed that, the discussion at this moment concerning the offshore law is 60% of the revenue for the Romanian state and 40% for the other parties: ‘ it is win-win (…) The figures are the ones you mentioned ‘ he said. ‘Those who support and present the draft must be satisfied, I don’t know much about energy and I can’t say if I need to be satisfied. There is need for a law which could ensure the exploitation of gas and Romania be the beneficiary of this draft’ the premier said.
PPC blue Romania, the electric mobility division of the PPC group, announced the expansion of its national charging infrastructure through the acquisition of the Hermes Flow network, adding 116 new charging points for electric vehicles. Most are located in the Bucharest-Ilfov region, with the rest in 10 other counties. Once fully integrated, users will have […]
Developer Nusco announced on Thursday, November 27, that it has obtained the construction permit for Phase III of the Nusco City project, which will continue the development of one of the largest urban revitalization projects in Bucharest. Mirroring Phase II, this stage will consist of seven buildings with an estimated investment of over EUR 150 million. […]
Romanian tennis player Iulian Chiriță secured two medals at the ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 in Cluj-Napoca, after qualifying for the finals in the mixed and men’s doubles. In mixed doubles in the Under-19 juniors’ competition, Chiriță and Welsh player Anna Hursey defeated the French pair Flavien Coton/Leana Hochart 3-2 in the quarterfinals, and in […]
Romania has signed a major contract with France for the acquisition of Mistral portable short-range air defense missile systems. The agreement was concluded on Tuesday, November 25, between Romania’s Ministry of National Defense and France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans, through their respective General Directorates for Armaments. The acquisition is valued at EUR […]
The European Parliament called on November 26 for EU-wide rules to strengthen the protection of minors online, recommending a minimum age of sixteen for accessing social networks, video-sharing platforms, and AI chatbots, according to a statement from the institution,
The government of Romania will be empowered to establish, ex officio or upon request, by Government Decision, an extended surveillance regime over local companies strongly affected by economic sanctions imposed by other states, according to the legislative project prepared by the government, given that the situation of the assets held by the Russian giant Lukoil […]
