MEPs are set to call on EU countries to admit Romania and Bulgaria as full members of the Schengen area without further delay, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/ reports. In a debate with the Commission on Tuesday afternoon, MEPs are expected to urge the Council to swiftly finalise the work on Romania and Bulgaria’s full accession to the Schengen free-travel area. Border checks between the two countries and other Schengen members were lifted în March 2024 for maritime and air traffic, but checks remain in place at land borders. Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and Bulgarian Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev have recently told the media that they expect a Council decision on Romania and Bulgaria’s full accession soon, to be effective in the first months of 2025. Background All EU member states except Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ireland and Romania are part of the Schengen free-travel area, which also includes Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The Parliament has repeatedly supported the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, most recently in resolutions on 18 October 2022 and 12 July 2023, and called on the Council to ensure that the two member states can join without delay.
Exim Banca Românească will organize, in the coming period, a series of meetings with representatives of the business communities in the main economic centres of the country, an initiative that is part of the Bank’s strategic endeavour to strengthen the partnership with the business environment and to gather relevant market perspectives, to underpin the development […]
Romanian Border Police have seized roughly 22 kilograms of cannabis at Bucharest’s Henri Coandă International Airport (Otopeni) after discovering the drugs in the checked luggage of a 35-year-old Albanian citizen arriving from Athens, Greece. According to the official statement, officers from the Bucharest Airports...
The hacker inmate at Târgu Jiu Penitentiary who was able to modify sentences and detention conditions was assisted by a prison officer who provided the credentials used to log into the system, according to an investigation. The checks carried out by the Penitentiary Inspection Directorate indicated that the inmate’s unauthorized access to the IT systems […]
LIBfest 2025 takes place between October 21–26 and explores how reading evolves alongside technology. LIBfest, the book and cultural experiences fair organized by Libris.ro returns with an edition that examines how reading habits are being transformed in a world shaped by speed, technology, and AI. Between October 21 and 26, LIBfest 2025 brings together authors […]
Romanian technology executive Bogdan Putinică has been appointed Executive General Manager at Wonderful, a fast-growing global company specializing in agentic AI solutions for customer service. In his new role, he will oversee operations across 29 countries in Central and South-Eastern Europe and the CIS, the company announced. Putinicǎ will lead the company’s accelerated expansion and […]
Medicana, one of Turkey’s most prominent health groups, announced its entry in the Romanian market, along with the appointment of Ana Herkmen as head of the country office. The group operates 19 hospitals across Turkey and Europe, and treats more than 5 million patients worldwide. It has centers of expertise in oncology, organ and stem […]
