Hungarian PM Viktor Orban will hold talks with Bulgarian leaders in Sofia on Friday and then come to Bucharest, where he will meet with Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, Bertalan Havasi, the Hungarian prime minister’s spokesman, announced on Wednesday, as quoted by the state agency MTI. Hungarian premier Orban is to speak about the results of the Hungarian presidency of the EU Council at a joint press conference with the presidents of the European Council and the European Commission. On Friday, the Hungarian prime minister will hold talks in Sofia with Bulgarian leaders, before continuing his tour to Bucharest to meet with his Romanian counterpart Marcel Ciolacu, the same statement said. The visit to Romania and Bulgaria comes in the context of the two states achieving full Schengen accession during Hungary’s mandate at the head of the EU Council. According to the official program presented by Havasi, Orban will travel to Brussels on Wednesday, where the summit of the European Union and the Western Balkan countries will take place, and on Thursday he will participate in the European Council meeting. At the closing press conference of the summit, Viktor Orban, who will also be joined by the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission, will provide information on the results of the six months of the Hungarian EU presidency, said Bertalan Havasi. Viktor Orban will then travel to Bulgaria and Romania, states that have achieved full membership, as of 1 January 2025, during Hungary’s mandate at the Council of the European Union. Hungary has set the goal of completing the accession of the two states to Schengen upon taking over the mandate. “It is in Hungary’s national interest,” Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in October about Romania and Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen. EU interior ministers voted on December 12 for Romania and Bulgaria to join Schengen with land borders from January 1. The two states had already been in Schengen with sea and air borders since March. “Signed and initialed – dear Bulgarian and Romanian friends, welcome to the Schengen area!” was the message of the Hungarian EU presidency, immediately after the unanimous vote on accession.
Some dinners are eaten. Others are remembered. At Corinthia Grand Hotel du Boulevard, the past few months have unfolded like a quiet culinary opera. One by one, Europe’s most celebrated chefs arrived, took over the kitchen of Boulevard 73 and left behind more than menus; they left stories. Now, on December 4, the curtain falls. […]
HORIZON CITY, a €130 million residential project, is emerging as one of the most solid and forward-thinking developments in the Pipera area—both through its scale and through the modern direction it sets for the new residential standards in the north. Developed across nearly 23,000 sqm, with 699 apartments and 926 parking spaces, the project brings […]
Romania’s National Forest Administration, or Romsilva, announced that it is putting over 16,000 Christmas trees up for sale over the winter in a press release published on Thursday, November 27. The trees can be purchased directly from the offices of the forestry districts. Prices range between RON 17 (EUR 3.3) for a spruce...
Lot 3 Pietroasele–Buzău of Romania's A7 highway, also known as the Moldova highway, was inaugurated on Thursday, November 27. The newly inaugurated segment is 13.9 km long. The A7 connects Romania’s historic regions of Muntenia, the southern part of the country, with Moldova, the eastern part. “We are opening another 13 km of the Moldova Motorway […]
The City Hall of Sinaia, a popular mountain town roughly 120 km north of Bucharest, announced that a new attraction, the alpine coaster on Pârtia Nouă, will officially open on December 1. The installation, located in the ski area near the Sinaia Gondola, features what the authorities say is the longest track of its kind […]
The Romanian national team debuted with a victory in Group A of the Women’s Handball World Championship, organized in the Netherlands and Germany. Romania won 33–24 (13–12) against Croatia in the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam on Thursday, November 27. The Romanian team dominated the match in the second half, left backer Sorina-Maria Grozav scoring 7 […]
