Romania participated on Wednesday in The Hague before the International Court of Justice, as an intervening State, in oral arguments in the case brought by Ukraine against the Russian Federation on charges of genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for reasons of efficiency and good administration of justice and given the extremely close legal positions in this case and the very large number of interveners, Romania, together with Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg and Sweden, will present a joint pleading. The current procedural step concerns the examination of the preliminary objections raised by the Russian Federation regarding the Court's jurisdiction in this case, the MFA says. ''The oral phase of the proceedings is organised as a continuation of the written phase, in the context of which Romania submitted written observations to the Court on 3 July 2023, with a view to supporting the determination of the Court's jurisdiction to deal with this case,'' the source said. The hearings are attended by a delegation led by the Director General for Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, designated as Romania's Co-Agent before the ICJ in this case. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs underlines that participation in these proceedings reflects the importance Romania attaches to compliance with the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, as well as its confidence in the role of the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the UN, in clarifying the correct interpretation and application of the Convention's provisions.
Interim president Ilie Bolojan has convened the Supreme Council of National Defense on Wednesday, April 30, to discuss essential defense topics such as Romania’s participation in the ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030, the draft Law on National Defense of Romania, and the National Plan on Military Mobility. Other topics concern the draft Law on certain measures […]
The photography exhibition World Unseen, which allows both blind and sighted visitors to experience images through touch and sound, is opening its doors in Iași after attracting over 100,000 visitors in Bucharest. Hosted at the Palace of Culture, the exhibition will be on display from April 29 to July 29. Organized by Canon Romania in […]
Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport in central Romania recorded a total of 56,897 passengers in the first quarter of this year, more than double the number from the same period in 2024, when 27,885 travelers were registered. According to statistics published by the Romanian Airports Association, the Brașov-Ghimbav Airport has returned to 9th place in the national […]
DAAS Epta Romania, part of the international Epta group, is set to open the first Training Center for refrigeration technicians in the country with an EUR 500,000 investment. The company also announced the accelerated expansion of the remote monitoring service center, or TLM. The Training Center is a pilot project developed based on the model […]
Knauf Insulation, part of the Knauf Group, has invested EUR 140 mln in state-of-the-art production facilities and brought together world-class expertise to transform the Târnăveni plant in Romania into the most technologically advanced facility in Central Eastern Europe. Industrial services provider Bilfinger has played a significant role in the project by undertaking a comprehensive range […]
The seventh edition of Neversea, one of Europe’s largest beach music festivals, will not take place in 2025, the organizers announced. The event is now scheduled to return in 2026 in Constanța, Romania, after challenges in securing a suitable beach venue. Organizers from Untold Universe explained in a press release that they were unable to […]
