President Klaus Iohannis will participate on Monday, November 30, in 21st the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) at the Framework Convention of the UN on Climate Change, which will take place in Paris, the Presidential Administration announced on Sunday. The opening of the COP 21 will be attended by heads of state and government from more than 145 countries. The main goal of the conference, which will be held in Paris November 30 to December 11, is the adoption of a new international agreement on climate change to be binding legally and applicable to all states as of January 1, 2021. The new international agreement on climate change will incorporate a set of ambitious and mandatory rules on quantifiable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and which will be in line with the latest scientific and technological discoveries, the said release also mentions.
London’s New Bond Street has been crowned the world’s priciest retail destination for the first time, while Bucharest’s Calea Victoriei is in 39th place globally, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s latest Main Streets Across the World report. Rents in Calea Victoriei recorded the 3rd highest growth among the 50 analysed markets worldwide. Calea Victoriei, the […]
The Defense Ministry said early Wednesday, November 19, that its Air Force detected a drone entering national airspace overnight, prompting the scramble of German and Romanian fighter jets amid ongoing Russian attacks near Romania’s border with Ukraine. Two German Eurofighter Typhoon jets stationed at the Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base took off at 00:25 on November […]
The government will radically amend the legislation on foreign labour and repeal the current law, said Ciprian Văcaru, state secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity (MMFTSS), as reported by Economedia.ro...
The Romanian government is preparing an emergency ordinance to ban salary-pension cumulation in the public sector, according to the document consulted by Economedia.ro. The draft ordinance includes other measures to reduce spending in public administration, such as suspending secondments and transfers. The...
Although the Romanian ruling coalition announced a principle agreement over cutting by 10% the payroll of the central administration, no formal agreement has been drafted yet, and the technical specifications are not yet clear. In any case, it seems broadly agreed that the ministries and other central administrative units will be given flexibility in deciding […]
Romania’s BlueSpace Technology is preparing for the first public presentation of its VLAH (Hydramatic Autonomous Combat Vehicle) prototype, scheduled for the first half of December, according to a press release cited by Bursa.ro. The 4x4 armoured vehicle is the first...
