Romania is pleading, beyond the accession to Schengen with the air borders, for a clear deadline, as soon as possible in 2024, for access to the free movement area with the land borders, with a clear mechanism for the transition from air to land accession, political sources said on Friday.On Thursday, President Klaus Iohannis and Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov met with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer. The meeting took place at the invitation of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the sidelines of the European Council meeting in Brussels.So far, the sources said, Austria has only put forward proposals on air borders, and even "backtracked" on its position, no longer wanting to discuss accession with the land borders next year or the link between the entry with the air borders and the one with the land borders.Austria's gesture is seen as "insufficient," as the country's motivation is to get rid of as many migrants as possible from its territory, this being one of the conditions set for the decision on the airspace accession.According to the European Commission, the Schengen airspace cannot be opened and the entry with the land borders be left uncertain. In this context it is "absolutely necessary to have a very well established sequencing" and defined in the agreement between the parties involved.Romania's approach, say the quoted sources, is based on President Klaus Iohannis's conviction that Romanians who, in very large numbers, come or go abroad by car and spend a lot of time in traffic and at the border, like carriers, must be particularly supported.
President Nicușor Dan stated on Monday, November 10, that Romania meets all the conditions to become an innovation and production hub in the defense industry in Southeast Europe. “Romania meets all the conditions to become an innovation and production hub in the defense industry in Southeast Europe. Why? First of all, because it has a […]
Officials in the mountain resort town of Râșnov, central Romania, have issued an urban planning certificate for the transformation of a Boeing 737 airplane into a premium accommodation unit. The plane will be placed near the famous Bran Castle, and organizers expect it to become a tourist attraction. “The project is located in the Pănicel […]
Traffic (Jaful Secolului), a Romania-Belgium-Netherlands co-production directed by Belgian-Romanian director Teodora Ana Mihai from a screenplay by Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu, has received the award for best film at the Tertio Millennio International Film Festival in Rome. The jury of the festival noted in its motivation the film's "ability to combine formal rigor and human […]
The Romanian Justice Ministry advanced a legislative initiative according to which femicide could be punished with life imprisonment. The proposal comes after numerous women were killed this year by former partners, despite protection orders. The debate about femicide in Romania was brought back to the fore after another tragedy took place on Saturday, November 9, […]
Cultural center Apollo111, located in downtown Bucharest’s Universul Palace, has announced the program of arthouse films Apollo111 Cinema. The performance venue of Apollo 111 has been refurbished and endowed for professional film screenings. It will run a weekly program of contemporary and classic auteur films, meetings with filmmakers, and an experimental area, meant to “explore […]
Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer Xiaomi announced the official opening of its first own store in Romania, in Bucharest, inside the ParkLake shopping center, on the ground floor, on November 22. The new store will have a surface area of 150 square meters and will bring to the public the latest smartphones, accessories, and smart devices […]
