Immediately after the announcement of the European Commission, which has decided to send Romania to the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) for not adopting an emergency plan under the (EU) Regulation No. 994/2010 on security of gas supply, the government announced Thursday evening (18 June) that it has finalized on Wednesday, June [...]
More than 390,000 people visited the retrospective dedicated to the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncuşi at the Centre Pompidou in 2024, the museum announced. The show, which closed its doors on July 1 of last year, had a daily average of nearly 5,000 entries, the institution said. Overall, the Centre Pompidou welcomed 3,204,369 visitors in 2024, […]
The Romanian-American actor Sebastian Stan won his first Golden Globe for his role in the film A Different Man. In his acceptance speech, the artist thanked the people on his team and the film crew, as well as his parents, and concluded his speech by saying “România, te iubesc” (Romania, I love you). In the […]
Former Liberal (PNL) president Crin Antonescu declared his presidential candidacy "unilaterally suspended." Antonescu had accepted to run for president after the proposal of the ruling coalition formed by the Liberals (PNL), Social Democrats (PSD), the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), and the minorities' group in Parliament. Antonescu confirmed his commitment to running in […]
The decision of the Romanian Constitutional Court (CCR) to annul the presidential elections is considered by most respondents (28%) as the most important event of the year 2024 in Romania, according to an IRES telephone survey. CCR's decision to cancel the first round of the presidential elections is considered good by just over a third […]
Moldova will import from Romania some 62% of the electricity it needs in January for the territory controlled by the constitutional authorities (not including separatist region Transnistria), and the imports’ instant share will drop towards 50% only during night hours when the consumption decreases, according to the projections drafted...
The 7%-of-GDP public deficit target is "extremely restrictive," but the Finance Ministry will do its best to avoid VAT and income tax hikes this year, the Minister of Finance Tanczos Barna said on December 30, speaking of the 2025 budget planning. This year's budget could be approved by the end of January if things go […]
