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.
President Nicusor Dan signed on Thursday the decree appointing Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan as interim Vice Prime Minister on the areas coordinated by Dragos Anastasiu, the Presidential Administration informed.On 27 July, Dragos Anastasiu announced he was stepping down from the vice prime minister office, mentioning that he could no longer accept "being denigrated and thus […]
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan continued consultations on Thursday with representatives of the Association of Communes of Romania, telling them there is a strong chance to overcome the current difficult period if the approach of "responsibility toward public funds" is maintained."The reform of local public administration will be part of the second package of government measures […]
Financing the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) projects will continue for those already initiated and will stop only in case investment has not begun, where not a single euro was spent for construction, Development minister Cseke Attila explained on Thursday. “PNRR will not stop, neither will financing investments which have already been initiated, […]
The Justice Ministry announced on Thursday having developed in cooperation with the Finance Ministry and the National Tax Administration Agency a set of proposals to amend the Insolvency Law, which will be included in the second reform package.Some of the amendments provide for a higher recovery rate of the taxes and fees owed by insolvent […]
Romania is in the antechamber of recession, with the risk that its economy will decline in the third or fourth quarter, especially amid an increase in taxes, a significant drop in sales and record inflation at European level, says business consultant Adrian Negrescu."We are currently in the antechamber of recession. It is a moment […]
The Ministry of Culture announced on Thursday that is set to adapt national legislation for enforcing the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which supports media pluralism, editorial responsibility, protects journalists from abusive surveillance and intimidation, and provides protection for sources.According to a Culture Ministry release, the implementation in Romania of Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 of the […]
