President Nicusor Dan estimates that ‘in ten days’ Romania will have a sworn-in government. ‘We are in a phase of discussions. I appreciate that everybody is reasonable, I am talking ab out the party leaders. We expect to come with the assumed set of, measures. There will be, let’s say a draft, tomorrow about the way things will go. It will not be a final variant (of the fiscal measures –editor’s note).It will be a draft agreed by the parties’ said the head of state on Sunday.According to the president’ at present, all are working scenarios’.‘The moment you see a package assumed by the parties, this will be, but now they are working scenarios. Everything now is in a stage of discussion’ reiterated President Nicusor Dan.A first draft of the future governing programme is expected on Monday, as Nicusor Dan stated this week.'We want to have a first draft of the government programme on Monday (...) We haven't discussed the names (of the prime minister - editor's note) so far. All discussions have been on the programme', the head of state said on Wednesday in his first press conference held at the Cotroceni Palace. A day later, on Thursday, the president said that all the parties currently in talks - PSD, PNL, USR, and UDMR - want to enter the government. 'There will be a simultaneous discussion with the discussion on the other chapters of the programme, to be finalised on Monday. There will be a long discussion on Monday afternoon on the whole package,' Nicusor Dan explained at the time.
President Nicușor Dan stated on Monday, November 10, that Romania meets all the conditions to become an innovation and production hub in the defense industry in Southeast Europe. “Romania meets all the conditions to become an innovation and production hub in the defense industry in Southeast Europe. Why? First of all, because it has a […]
Officials in the mountain resort town of Râșnov, central Romania, have issued an urban planning certificate for the transformation of a Boeing 737 airplane into a premium accommodation unit. The plane will be placed near the famous Bran Castle, and organizers expect it to become a tourist attraction. “The project is located in the Pănicel […]
Traffic (Jaful Secolului), a Romania-Belgium-Netherlands co-production directed by Belgian-Romanian director Teodora Ana Mihai from a screenplay by Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu, has received the award for best film at the Tertio Millennio International Film Festival in Rome. The jury of the festival noted in its motivation the film's "ability to combine formal rigor and human […]
The Romanian Justice Ministry advanced a legislative initiative according to which femicide could be punished with life imprisonment. The proposal comes after numerous women were killed this year by former partners, despite protection orders. The debate about femicide in Romania was brought back to the fore after another tragedy took place on Saturday, November 9, […]
Cultural center Apollo111, located in downtown Bucharest’s Universul Palace, has announced the program of arthouse films Apollo111 Cinema. The performance venue of Apollo 111 has been refurbished and endowed for professional film screenings. It will run a weekly program of contemporary and classic auteur films, meetings with filmmakers, and an experimental area, meant to “explore […]
Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer Xiaomi announced the official opening of its first own store in Romania, in Bucharest, inside the ParkLake shopping center, on the ground floor, on November 22. The new store will have a surface area of 150 square meters and will bring to the public the latest smartphones, accessories, and smart devices […]
