The governments of Romania and the State of Kuwait have signed an agreement on cooperation in the military field, the Ministry of National Defense (MApN) announced on Wednesday, in a press release sent on Tuesday.Secretary of State and Head of the Department for Defence Policy, Planning and International Relations Simona Cojocaru and Brigadier General Fawaz Al-Harbi, Assistant Chief of Staff, Kuwaiti Army, signed on Wednesday the Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the State Kuwait on military cooperation.The signing ceremony was also attended by the ambassador of the State of Kuwait in Bucharest, Talal Mansour Alhajeri, and the ambassador of Romania to Kuwait, Mugurel Ioan Stanescu, the press release reads.The agreement will provide the legal framework for cooperation between the two parties in areas of mutual interest such as military training and education, intelligence exchange, military history and geography, cultural activities.According to MApN, discussions revolving around the bilateral political-military dialogue also took place during the visit of the delegation from Kuwait."Against this background, the discussions focused on bilateral cooperation, the approach to the security situation in the area of the Black Sea and the Middle East and the efforts of the two countries to ensure stability at the regional level," the MApN release further mentions.
Participation in cultural education activities continues to be limited, with the main barriers being difficult access, insufficient knowledge, and cost, the recently released Cultural Consumption Barometer 2024 shows. The report showed that many Romanians still associate culture with entertainment rather than with personal development or furthering their knowledge. The need for relaxation dominates in cultural […]
Roughly 84% of Romanians say that the pace of the state’s digitalization is slow or very slow, according to an Edge Institute & AtlasIntel study presented at the Digital Governance Summit 2025, which took place on Tuesday, November 25, at the presidential palace in Bucharest. The survey aims to capture the way citizens relate to […]
Romania’s Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) issued a negative opinion on the new bill regarding magistrates’ pensions. The move is only the latest development concerning a heated issue that led to tensions between the executive and the judiciary branch. CSM’s opinion is consultative, and the government led by Ilie Bolojan can still take responsibility for […]
Romania took the presidency of the Central European Initiative (or CEI) on Wednesday, November 26, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The organization is a regional intergovernmental forum established in 1989, following the fall of the Berlin Wall. It gathers 17 Member States in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe […]
Trade between Romania and Poland continues to grow, with annual bilateral exchanges in goods now valued at more than EUR 12 billion, according to figures presented by the Polish-Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PRBCC). The data was released during a reception in Bucharest marking Poland’s Independence Day and Romania’s National Day. Polish investments […]
As Romania moves closer to implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, local employers are preparing for one of the most consequential shifts in workplace regulation in over a decade. The directive, set for transposition by June 2026, introduces strict new rules on salary disclosure, pay reporting, and equal-pay verification, aiming to close persistent gender gaps […]
