Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Monday that the government is amending Romania's legislation on the corporate governance of state-owned enterprises and thus entirely fulfilling an essential milestone in the country's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR)."We are repealing all exceptions and applying these corporate rules to state-owned enterprises in the defence industry, as well as in the case of RA-APPS," the prime minister said at the beginning of a government meeting.Letter a) in Article 1 (6) regulating the exemption of the RA-APPS corporation managing state-owned real estate from Government Emergency Ordinance 109/2011 will be repealed.At the same time, the requirement regarding the additional security check for the selection of the members of the boards of directors in the field of the national defence and security industry should also apply to the selection of the members of the board of directors of state-owned enterprises dealing with the administration of state-owned property and real estate provided by RA-APPS that also entails requirements in the field of national safety and security.
Almost 180 magistrates in Romania joined an action group denouncing the compromised judicial system in the country, allegedly controlled by High Court president Lia Savonea, after judge Raluca Morosanu publicly confirmed the allegations expressed by Laurentiu Besu in the "Captured Judiciary" documentary released by investigative platform
Romania has confirmed its first case of leprosy in more than 40 years, with three other suspected cases currently under clinical and microbiological investigation, health minister Alexandru Rogobete announced on Thursday, December 11. All four individuals are women from Asia who were employed as masseuses at a spa salon in Cluj-Napoca. The first two patients, […]
The fund Cultura Face Bine, a national funding mechanism for cultural projects backed by private-sector financing, will begin supporting local cultural organizations in 2026. The fund aims to support grassroots cultural initiatives with a proven impact in their communities and which need resources to continue, develop, or transform their activities. The funding mechanism has been […]
The European Commission (EC) announced on Thursday, December 11, that it is referring Romania to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for failing to meet obligations under Ambient Air Quality Directives. According to the Commission, Romania has not ensured that its national air quality monitoring network complies with legally required standards on […]
The Bucharest Court of Appeal (CAB) held an unprecedented press conference on Thursday, December 11, in response to allegations raised in a recent media investigation published by Recorder, with court president Liana Arsenie firmly rejecting the claims. However, at the start of the press event, a judge from within the institution publicly stated that the […]
