A C-27J Spartan aircraft took off on Saturday evening from Otopeni Airport bound for Cairo, to transport the necessary materials to remedy the malfunction reported on board the C-130 Hercules aircraft, which was supposed to bring the 41 Romanian citizens and family members to the country recently evacuated from the Gaza Strip."As a result of the technical team on board the C-130 Hercules aircraft in Cairo being unable to procure locally the spare part to remedy the reported malfunction, a C-27J Spartan aircraft took off shortly after, in around 6:50 p.m., from Otopeni Airport bound for Cairo, to transport the necessary materials," the Ministry of National Defense (MApN) announces.According to the cited source, the two military aircraft will take off from Cairo immediately after the repair of the Hercules aircraft malfunction, the estimated arrival of the passengers at Otopeni was around 3:00, Sunday morning.The 41 Romanian citizens and family members recently evacuated from the Gaza Strip will leave for Romania on a flight made with the support of the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Saturday.The Romanian citizens and their family members arrived on the territory of the Arab Republic of Egypt through the Rafah border point, during the day of November 9, and were later taken over by the representatives of the Romanian Embassy in Egypt. A mobile team of the Crisis Cell of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) then accompanied them to Cairo, MAE stated. (Photo:www.mae.ro)
President Nicusor Dan signed on Thursday the decree appointing Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan as interim Vice Prime Minister on the areas coordinated by Dragos Anastasiu, the Presidential Administration informed.On 27 July, Dragos Anastasiu announced he was stepping down from the vice prime minister office, mentioning that he could no longer accept "being denigrated and thus […]
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan continued consultations on Thursday with representatives of the Association of Communes of Romania, telling them there is a strong chance to overcome the current difficult period if the approach of "responsibility toward public funds" is maintained."The reform of local public administration will be part of the second package of government measures […]
Financing the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) projects will continue for those already initiated and will stop only in case investment has not begun, where not a single euro was spent for construction, Development minister Cseke Attila explained on Thursday. “PNRR will not stop, neither will financing investments which have already been initiated, […]
The Justice Ministry announced on Thursday having developed in cooperation with the Finance Ministry and the National Tax Administration Agency a set of proposals to amend the Insolvency Law, which will be included in the second reform package.Some of the amendments provide for a higher recovery rate of the taxes and fees owed by insolvent […]
Romania is in the antechamber of recession, with the risk that its economy will decline in the third or fourth quarter, especially amid an increase in taxes, a significant drop in sales and record inflation at European level, says business consultant Adrian Negrescu."We are currently in the antechamber of recession. It is a moment […]
The Ministry of Culture announced on Thursday that is set to adapt national legislation for enforcing the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which supports media pluralism, editorial responsibility, protects journalists from abusive surveillance and intimidation, and provides protection for sources.According to a Culture Ministry release, the implementation in Romania of Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 of the […]
