Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced she will participate on Friday in Varna in a new high level meeting Romania-Bulgaria-Greece-Serbia, Prime Minister of the State of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu being also invited in the working lunch organised on the sidelines of the meeting. “On Friday, November 2, I will be participating in a new high-level meeting in Varna, in a Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia format. On the sidelines of the meeting, the Prime Minister The State of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu was also invited at the working lunch organized by the Bulgarian side,” premier Dancila informed at the beginning of Wednesday’s Gov’t sitting. According to the head of the Executive, the meeting in Varna will be the occasion for further discussions on the interconnection of the region, with a focus on the transport, energy and telecommunications sectors. “At the same time, the meeting will allow for a presentation of the objectives of the future Presidency of the Council of the European Union held by Romania starting January 1, 2019, and which will have an impact on regional cooperation,” Dancila said. Official visits to Sultanate of Oman, State of Qatar, 3-8 November Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced that 3 to 8 November she will carry out official visits to the Sultanate of Oman and the State of Qatar. “On this occasion, we will open the Romanian Embassy in the Sultanate of Oman and we will inaugurate the Honorary Consulate of Romania. The visit to Doha represents the second contact between a Romanian Prime Minister and his counterpart in Qatar since the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the two states on October 22, 1990. Through this high-level meeting, we are interested in the strengthening of the bilateral relations both diplomatically and economically,” Viorica Dancila said on Wednesday at the opening of the Government sitting.
Low-cost airline Wizz Air, a major operator in Romania, announced the largest expansion of its network in the country so far for the 2025 winter season on Thursday, August 14. The expansion includes 15 new routes from all over Romania to destinations in the EU. The new routes will connect Bucharest Otopeni, Cluj-Napoca, Iași, and […]
Social and political activists within the Declic Community have contested the appointment of controversial judge Lia Savonea as president of the High Court in Romania with the Superior Council of Magistracy, or CSM. The motion to contest Savonea’s appointment is based on several irregularities in the appointment process. The legal action is supported by a […]
The official teaser for The Yellow Tie/Cravata Galbenă, a biographical drama inspired by the life of famed Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache, was released on Thursday, August 14. The film stars John Malkovich alongside Miranda Richardson, Ben Schnetzer, Kate Phillips, Sean Bean, Anton Lesser, and Charlie Rowe. Covering more than seven decades, the film follows Celibidache's […]
According to data from the Ministry of Education's report on the state of higher education in Romania, for the years 2022–2023, only 1,948 out of a total of 240,000 teachers in state education in Romania have completed postgraduate studies and courses. As such, only 0.8% of all teachers at the national level follow advanced forms […]
Romanian border police announced on August 13 that they had seized 473 mobile phones suspected of being counterfeit, with an estimated value exceeding RON 3 million. The discovery was made the day before, on August 12, during a routine patrol near the Nădlac border area. ...
Seven performances from the OFF Avignon Festival, one of the world's largest theater events, will be held at the International Shakespeare Festival in Craiova in 2026, following the establishment of a partnership between the two. The official launch conference of Shakespeare Of(f) Avignon, which took place at the Village du OFF, was attended by H.E. […]
