Romania has so far collected funds under the Cohesion Policy in the amount of 23.84 billion euros, in the financial exercise 2014-2020, and has reached an absorption rate of 99.1% , informs the Minister of Investments and European Projects, Adrian Caciu, in a post published on Wednesday on his Facebook page."Romania has so far collected funds from the Cohesion Policy in the amount of 23.84 billion euros in the financial exercise 2014-2020, reaching a degree of absorption of 99.1%. I took over the absorption of funds at a level of 74%, when I became the Minister of Investments and European Projects. When the PSD (Social Democratic Party) was at the government, the absorption rate was 51.3 per cent, which means a progress of 47.8 percentage points (that is half of the free money that Romania had allocated, but which stayed in Brussels back then) in European money, but especially thousands of projects that have been financed and contributed to the development of our country, that have been carried out in these 2 years and 8 months. I continue to believe that, beyond the political agitation between the two parties that govern Romania today, the key ministers from the two governments from the period November 2021 - present have done their job and worked in the interest of the Romanians," said Caciu.The official added that Romania's priority now will be represented by the financial exercise 2021 - 2027, within which there are already contracts signed worth more than 17.5 billion euros.
In the context in which agri-food systems are responsible for almost one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, Auchan Romania assumes an active role in the transition of its supply chain toward a more sustainable model. At the second edition of the Climate Supplier Event, organized under the aegis of the Climate Change Summit, the […]
Janiva Magness, the winner of seven Blues Music Awards following 26 nominations, and nominated for a Grammy for a career spanning 17 albums, is set to perform at the 14th edition of the Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival, which will take place between August 14–16, 2026. Magness is one of the most valuable and influential […]
Auction house Artmark announced a major auction for this winter featuring an engraving created by Francisco Goya, the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Romania's late communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu received this gift from King Juan Carlos I as a gesture of diplomacy. The engraving entitled “The Engagement – Capricho […]
Authorities managing Romania's Bicaz Gorges–Hășmaș National Park has built a fish ladder system on the Bicaz River, which will allow protected species to migrate and reproduce. There are several bridges and small bridge structures in the Bicaz River that have a “bottom sill,” meaning small waterfalls. Fish that do not jump like the trout cannot […]
The far-right opposition parties in the Romanian Parliament are set to file a motion of no confidence against the government headed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The motion, authored by senator Ninel Peia of the Peace – Romania First group, is specifically aimed at the reformist party Save Romania Union (USR), and is entitled “Romania […]
Romania's iconic rock singer Adrian Pleșca, known as “Artan,” died on Tuesday, December 2, after a fatal stroke, at the age of 64. The artist founded the well-known band “Timpuri Noi” in 1982 and “Partizan” in 2001, and was popular on the Romanian rock scene. Over the years, he left and returned to the two bands. Several […]
