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 has nominated Senate president Ilie Bolojan, a leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and former interim president, for the prime minister seat. Dan said Bolojan is “the best person to carry out the needed adjustments in the state administration.” He pointed to Bolojan’s track record with reducing spending, and said he has […]
Balkanik Festival – Home of World Music, set to take place at Uranus Garden between September 5 and September 7, lines up this year artists who "celebrate that form of joy that does not ignore reality, but faces it with beauty, energy, and solidarity," the organizers said. The artists performing in September in Bucharest will […]
The mayor of Timișoara, Dominic Fritz, announced on Friday, June 20, that two new bridges over the Bega River will be built in the city. The bridges will be financed with EU-backed funds worth over RON 130 million. The bridges in question are the Solventul Bridge, which will connect Gării Street to Dâmbovița Boulevard and […]
A Sarmatian necropolis nearly 2,000 years old was discovered after archaeological excavations were carried out at the Mehala II site in the municipality of Timișoara, in western Romania. Researchers discovered 15 inhumation graves, most arranged in rectangular pits with rounded corners, although some no longer retain their original outline, having been disturbed by the passage […]
The George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra will deliver on June 26 a concert marking Romania Day at the Osaka World Expo. Additionally, the Bucharest-based orchestra will present a series of other concerts and recitals, both within the Romanian Pavilion and outside, at Toyonara Hall in Osaka. The George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra's concerts will be conducted by […]
Sphera Franchise Group, the largest food service group in Romania, has opened its first Cioccolatitaliani store in the seaside resort of Riccione, in Italy’s Rimini tourist area. This marks the official launch of Sphera Group’s development plan for the premium Italian brand of coffee, gelato, and pastry. Under the plan, it will open four locations […]
