At the ongoing Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting, Romania applied with the European Commission for the extension of the Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework in the sector of agriculture until June 30, 2025, as well for the increase of the individual aid amount to EUR 560,000 per agricultural enterprise, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a release on Monday.The ministry's Secretary of State Sorin Moise participates in the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council taking place in Luxembourg between October 21 - 22.An important point on the Council's agenda is represented by the conclusions regarding a post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) oriented towards farmers, and in this sense the Agriculture ministers will seek to approve a set of conclusions regarding the future post-2027 CAP.Also, based on the information provided by the EU Presidency, the Council will discuss the main challenges facing the EU food chain."Romania reiterates the need to extend the application of the Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework in the agricultural sector, as well as to increase the individual aid amount per agricultural enterprise. Thus, Romania and its partners request the European Commission to urgently analyze the realities faced by farmers and put up the individual ceiling applicable to the primary agricultural sector to EUR 560,000 per beneficiary. In order to prevent the farmers' bankruptcy and support the sector's recovery, Romania suggests the extension of the timeframe of this aid until at least June 30, 2025," the release states.The Hungarian EU Presidency will publicly provide the Council with information on: the outcome of the conference on the prevention of food waste (Budapest, October 1, 2024), the outcome of the meeting of the CAP directors (Budapest, September 10 - 12, 2024), and the outcome of the conference of the directors of EU payment agencies (Budapest, October 16 - 18, 2024).
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu will be part of the jury that will judge the films in the main competition of this year’s Venice Film Festival - Venezia 82. The jury, headed by American director Alexander Payne, includes French director and screenwriter Stéphane Brizé, Italian director and screenwriter Maura Delpero, Iranian director and writer Mohammad Rasoulof, Brazilian actress, writer, and […]
Romania continues to face significant prison overcrowding, according to the Council of Europe’s latest data, released on Friday, July 18. The 2024 Annual Penal Statistics on Prison Populations (SPACE I) show that Romania is among six countries in Europe with severe overcrowding, housing 116 inmates for every 100 available places. The report, which...
Chris Hemsworth returns to Disney+ in August with a new season of the National Geographic documentary series Limitless, this time focused not just on longevity, but on discovering how to live better. Titled Limitless: Live Better Now, the three-part season follows Hemsworth through physical, emotional, and mental challenges across six countries, with one standout episode […]
The Black Sea 200 Regatta 2025, Romania’s first non-stop offshore regatta with a 200 nautical mile route, takes place between July 21 and 27. Now in its first edition, the event brings together more than 10 boats from Romania and Bulgaria, according to the organizers. The endurance course will start and finish in the Romanian […]
The National Environmental Guard has fined an illegally operating zoo in Dâmbovița county, southern Romania, a total of RON 120,000 following a joint inspection that uncovered serious violations, including the lack of environmental authorization and inadequate conditions for wild animals kept in captivity. The zoo was reportedly charging RON 50 per person for entry and […]
The National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC) and engineering company Enevo Group have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to strengthen cybersecurity in Romania’s energy sector. The partnership aims to test and develop monitoring and alerting technologies for cyberattacks, and to improve national response coordination to incidents affecting critical infrastructure, the companies said. The agreement focuses on sharing […]
