The debts owed to the Treasury by Romaero, a strategic state defense company specializing in aeronautics and insolvent since January, will be assumed by the Authority for the Administration of State Assets (AAAS). This institution, which operates under the Ministry of Economy and is the majority shareholder of Romaero, will take on the debts following a government decision today. The goal of this measure is to attract investors to the company. The procedure as such, which is applicable to all state companies insolvent, bankrupt or in preventive arrangement, was recently regulated by emergency ordinance. The budgetary claims held by ANAF on Romaero, to be transferred to AAAS, currently amount to more than 466 million lei, which represents more than half of the company’s total credit balance, amounting to more than 851 million lei. ″Although it made efforts to partially pay the amounts owed to the state budget and the social insurance budget, given that the activity was disrupted by several factors that caused fluctuations in the volume of activity and contracted works, it was not possible to fully comply with due dates. If the current situation were to remain unchanged, the company would face a risk of bankruptcy, and all the efforts made so far to stabilize it and the relations with the other creditors would be practically cancelled. Based on the specific procedures, AAAS can contribute to attracting investors interested in developing the company’s activity segment, while ANAF mainly aims to capitalize on assets and recover debts in a relatively short time”, states the explanatory note of the decision regarding the takeover by AAAS of Romaero’s tax debts. The American defense group Lockheed Martin and Aerostar Bacau very recently opened the first certified maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service center for the S-70 Black Hawk helicopter in Europe. The center was originally supposed to be opened in Romaero, but the idea was dropped due to the company’s financial problems.
The Ministry of Defense (MApN) said the Romanian Air Force detected two drone incursions into national airspace on Tuesday morning, November 25, triggering the deployment of German and Romanian fighter jets and emergency alerts in two eastern counties, near the border with Ukraine. According to the ministry, radar systems identified an aerial target approaching Romania’s […]
New legislative proposals in Romania aim to ban the euthanasia of healthy dogs and formally recognize animals as living beings with rights and protections under national law, Digi24 reported. The package unveiled on Monday, November 24, by Andrei Baciu, an MP from the National Liberal...
Cambridge School of Bucharest (CSB) has been shortlisted for the Student Mental Health Initiative of the Year category in the Tes Awards for International Schools 2025, becoming the only school in Romania to appear on this year’s shortlist. The nomination recognises CSB’s pioneering, student-led approach to promoting well-being across the Secondary School and reflects the […]
The Romanian Film Festival UK (RFF25UK) begins this week with a program showcasing a selection of new and archive Romanian feature films, documentaries, and shorts. The festival will open with the UK premiere of Traffic, Romania's 2026 Academy Awards entry. The film is directed by Teodora Ana Mihai from a screenplay by Palme d'Or–winning filmmaker […]
The government is preparing a major overhaul of state-owned companies, deputy prime minister Oana Gheorghiu announced on Monday, November 24, unveiling plans for a unified registry and initial reforms targeting 10 key enterprises. According to her, Romania currently has 1,502 state-owned companies, including 230 at central level and 1,272 under local authorities. Among central entities, […]
Two Romanians reportedly forced open an emergency exit and ran after the plane that was preparing to take off for Bucharest from Cologne, southwestern Germany, on Friday, November 21. The two, aged 28 and 47, were late for boarding, at which point they broke an emergency window and activated a button to open a secured […]
