Romania's Parliament voted in favor of a censure motion against the current government led by Traian Razvan Ungureanu on Friday. The vote of 231 MPs was needed for the government to pass. 235 voted in favor of the government of a total of 248 votes. The Ungureanu Government thus loses the confidence of the Parliament in a motion submitted by the opposition union of Social Democrats and Liberals (USL). Shortly after the vote, USL leader Victor Ponta declared that the formation was ready to form a new government.
UPDATE The leader of the Democratic Liberals, Emil Boc, who led the government until Ungureanu took over as PM, said his party would not support another candidate for prime minister. He said those who voted for the motion in the Parliament today had to govern the country. President Traian Basescu meets political leaders on Friday evening over the formation of a new government.
The City Hall of Brașov announced that artificial snow production has started in Poiana Brașov, preparing the slopes for the upcoming ski season. Snow cannons and lances were activated on Friday morning, November 15, as temperatures reached -6 degrees Celsius at the top of Postăvaru Massif. “Considering the favorable weather conditions, with low temperatures in […]
On Thursday, November 14, the European Commission decided to refer Romania and Bulgaria to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to fully comply with the obligations regarding collection and treatment established in the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. Untreated or uncollected wastewater can endanger human health and pollute lakes, rivers, soil, […]
The big prize of the Romanian Lottery's 6/49 game was won on Thursday, November 14. The winning ticket, which brought almost EUR 9.6 million (RON 47.7 million) to the lucky player, was played at an agency in Galaţi and featured 630 combinations and one "noroc" play, costing a total of RON 4,413, the Romanian Lottery […]
New record: sales of RON 1.14 billion in the first 9 months, higher by 6.4% compared to the same period in 2023 Normalized net profit increase of 66.3% compared to 9 months 2023, to RON 71.4 million, almost 90% of the normalized profit of the entire previous year EBITDA margin reached 11.3% in the first […]
Romania's interior minister, Cătălin Predoiu, expressed cautious optimism about the country's prospects for full Schengen accession following a meeting scheduled for November 22 with Austrian interior minister Gerhard Karner. Speaking on local news channel Antena 3, Predoiu stated that "the pieces are quite well placed" for progress on accession with land borders,
Romgaz (BVB: SNG), the largest producer and main supplier of natural gas in Romania, will list its first bond issue, worth EUR 500 million and aimed to finance the Neptun Deep offshore gas project, on the Bucharest Stock Exchange on November 19. In October, Romgaz issued the first EUR 500 million tranche of a EUR […]
