The Social Democratic Party (PSD) makes its participation in coalition meetings conditional on the adoption of the privilege removal package, and on budget adjustment talks for the continuation of investments, PSD acting Chairman Sorin Grindeanu announced."The PSD links its participation in coalition meetings to the following: first of all, the adoption of a package for scrapping privileges, including special pensions, axing agencies both at central and county levels (...), reducing the number of members in boards of directors, slashing allowances and all things related to the elimination of privileges. As soon as all these points are adopted, the PSD will return to coalition meetings," Grindeanu declared on Monday after the meeting of the PSD National Standing Bureau.He specified that PSD is requesting to meet with representatives of the Finance Ministry to see an up-to-date execution of the state budget and discuss the budget adjustment because, he explained "it is absolutely necessary to talk about large and small-size investments, whether they are investments in highways, hospitals and all the other big projects, or projects under the Anghel Saligny program or carried out by the National Investment Company.""Once continuity for these plans is ensured and financing for 'Anghel Saligny' and for investments is secured, we will move on to stage three, the one related to the measures that have been in discussion for long now - health, administration, fiscal measures, plus measures to relaunch the economy, measures to reindustrialize Romania. These are the conditions tabled today by the PSD, these are the conditionalities that were unanimously adopted by my colleagues today, at my proposal, at the meeting of the National Standing Bureau," said Grindeanu.He pointed out that the package to eliminate privileges can be adopted in a fast-track procedure, by the government pledging responsibility in Parliament.The PSD acting Chairman said that he will inform Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan and the leader of the National Liberal Party about the decisions taken by the Social Democrats.
The third edition of Taifas Balkan Film and Culture Festival, set to take place in Timișoara between October 13 and October 19, will include a retrospective dedicated to Romanian director Radu Jude. The public will be able to see the director's short films, in addition to a preview of his latest production, Dracula, presented at […]
Sursa International Light Art Festival, an event featuring immersive installations, projections, and light structures, will take place at the National Library of Romania from October 13 to October 19. The event brings together international and Romanian artists “in a visual dialogue about technology, architecture and sensitivity,” the organizers announced. “We wanted to build the opportunity […]
Romania’s Defense Ministry has signed a contract worth RON 50.4 million with Rheinnmetall Automecanica, a subsidiary of the German defense industry giant Rheinmetall, for the delivery of drone detection systems, Economedia.ro reported. The radar system will be delivered within 18 months at most and will reportedly be...
The former Steaua Roșie cinema in Cluj-Napoca will reopen as Edison-House of Music, a cultural hub dedicated to music and community, the organizers of the Jazz in the Park festival announced. Built in the early 1900s, the Edison building became, after World War II, the Steaua Roșie cinema. After 1989, the venue underwent several changes […]
Unprecedented amounts of precipitation have been recorded in Romania as cyclone Barbara hit the country on October 5-8, according to the authorities. At the same time, Bucharest exceeded the absolute maximum levels of rain for October. “Between October 5–8, 2025, Romania was affected by the Mediterranean cyclone Barbara, which formed over the Ionian Sea and […]
Romania is one of six European countries recently selected to develop a new artificial intelligence and supercomputing center under the EuroHPC – AI Factories program. The project, known as the AI Factory, will be Romania’s first national AI infrastructure, marking a major step toward strengthening its digital and research capabilities. The initiative will be led […]
