Ooni Koda
  1. Home
  2. /
  3. Newsfeed
  4. /
  5. President Iohannis meets President of the State of...

President Iohannis meets President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas: Romania reiterates will to get involved in the reconstruction of Palestine

March 10, 2016

On Thursday, President Iohannis has continued his state visit to Israel and Palestine with a meeting with President of the State of Palestine and Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas. “Romania and Palestine share a longstanding friendship. We are fully convinced there are outstanding prospects of enhancing our cooperation in various fields: economic exchanges, agriculture, healthcare, […]

Read in full - click here
Romanian students win four gold medals at 37th International Olympiad in Informatics

Romania achieved the best result in its history at the 37th edition of the International Olympiad in Informatics 2025. The four students representing the country each secured a gold medal. The olympiad took place in Sucre, Bolivia, and brought together participants from over 90 countries to compete in computer science.  Romania’s golden team consisted of […]

Romania remains among the most expensive electricity markets in first half of 2025

Romania has the third-highest electricity spot price in the EU from the beginning of the year to date, maintaining the position it held last year, according to data analyzed by Profit.ro. The average daily price of electricity traded on the day-ahead market operated by OPCOM (equivalent...

Like talking to a forest: Tamás Dávid-Barrett on conversations with AI, its impacts, and why using it matters

With AI's promise to elevate efficiency and access to knowledge comes the prospect of increased inequality for those who cannot access it. Against the backdrop of the many challenges AI poses, it is important to examine our truth bubbles, identities, and modes of organizing, behavioral scientist Tamás Dávid-Barrett argues. Tamás Dávid-Barrett, who trained as both […]

Romanians with average incomes increasingly unable to afford homes, study shows

Home prices continue to rise rapidly in most major cities across Europe and globally, including Romania. Bucharest and other large cities are nearing the critical threshold of inaccessibility for residents with average incomes, according to an analysis by the Social Monitor, a project of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania, based on data from Numbeo and Eurostat. In the […]

Romanian education trade unions protest austerity measures, threaten school boycott

Representatives of Romania’s main education trade union federations protested on August 4 for the fourth consecutive day in front of the Ministry of Education and Research, opposing austerity measures introduced under Law 141/2025, which came into force on August 1,

Civic association in Romania seeks public referendum on full-contributory public pensions

The Declic Community has submitted a petition signed by roughly 90,000 Romanians to the Presidential Administration, calling on president Nicușor Dan to initiate a national referendum on the reform of special pensions. The civic group is demanding that all pensions follow the contributory principle and that the retirement age be the same for all professions, […]