Romania’s Schengen accession will not be subject to a vote during the Justice and Home Affairs Council’s (JHA) meeting on 5 December, according to political sources cited by News.ro, Euractiv.com informs. During the upcoming JHA Council next week, the discussion on Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen accession is expected without a formal vote, given ongoing negotiations for a new government in the Netherlands. The provisional agenda of the JHA indicates that on 5 December, there will be discussions on the overall situation in the Schengen area, along with a potential debate on the Council Decision concerning the full application of Schengen provisions in Bulgaria and Romania. According to sources cited by News.ro, Romania is striving to convene an Extraordinary Council by the end of December to decide on Romania’s accession in two stages, commencing with air borders in March next year, followed by road and sea borders. The sources affirm that a separation from Bulgaria is not being considered. Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has explored this scenario with his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sanchez. The Netherlands has opposed Bulgaria’s entry into Schengen, and Austria has opposed both Romania’s and Bulgaria’s inclusion in the free movement area. Despite Vienna’s consistent signalling of maintaining its position, on Tuesday, Social Affairs Minister Johannes Rauch expressed on the X platform that Romania’s Schengen accession would benefit Austria and Romania. “Both Austria and Romania would benefit greatly from Romania’s Schengen accession. It would have advantages for many companies and would also be a great relief for the 30,000 24-hour caregivers on whom thousands of families in Austria depend”, Rauch wrote in the context of a meeting in Brussels with Romanian Labour and Social Solidarity Minister Simona Bucura-Oprescu. Last week, Bulgarian EPP MEP Andrey Kovatchev told journalists in Strasbourg that Bulgaria will not be admitted to Schengen before Austria’s 2024 parliamentary elections.
Céline Gauer, the director general of the Recovery and Resilience Task Force (or RECOVER) at the European Commission, arrived in Romania on Tuesday, July 15, to meet with officials regarding the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, or PNRR. As the coordinator of the PNRR, which offers funding in the form of advantageous […]
Aluminium producer ALRO, a subsidiary of Vimetco PLC from Cyprus, celebrated 28 years on the Romanian stock exchange (BVB) and 60 years of uninterrupted industrial activity. Its market capitalization has increased nearly 21 times since its listing and now exceeds RON 1 billion. The company’s history began with the first batch of Romanian aluminium, on June […]
Something is quietly shifting in Romania. In places where paperwork, patchy Wi-Fi, and long queues once ruled, change is starting to show. Towns are more connected, cities are getting smarter, and essential services are beginning to live online, not in line. A tidal wave of digitisation is common to other areas of the globe, that’s […]
Several segments in Romania's A7 and A8 highway projects have lost funding from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) due to project delays, the minister of investments and European projects, Dragoș Pîslaru, announced on Tuesday, July 15, as reported by Biziday.ro. He did not specify which segments of these highways were affected. The statement […]
Real estate developer Redport and businessman Dan Șucu officially inaugurated the showroom for their latest residential project, Vitality Est, and announced the start of construction work on the site near Pantelimon Park and Lake in eastern Bucharest. The project, estimated at EUR 50 million, will include 500 apartments and 400 square meters of commercial space. […]
According to an analysis from real estate consultant Colliers based on National Bank of Romania data, Romanians spent more than EUR 3 billion on international travel in the first four months of 2025, 15% more than in the same period of 2024. If the current pace continues, Romanians’ spending on foreign holidays and business travel […]
