The Minister of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu had a meeting on Thursday with the leader of the opposition in Belarus, Sviatlana Tikhanovskaya, on the sidelines of the 16th reunion of the Bled (Slovenia) Strategic Forum, at her request, MAE (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) shows.According to the quoted source, during the meeting, Minister Bogdan Aurescu reiterated "the Romanian side's concern towards the continuous deterioration of the internal situation in Belarus and towards the severe and systematic violation of human rights in this country".Furthermore, the Romanian Minister saluted the aspirations and closeness of Belarus citizens for democratic values and fundamental rights and freedoms.The Romanian Minister reminded of the forms of support granted by Romania in the benefit of Belarus citizens, mentioning, among others, Romania's participation to activating OSCE's Moscow Mechanism, namely supporting the creation of of the "International Accountability Platform for Belarus" mechanism, targeted for documenting serious violations of human rights in this country, support of the four EU sanction package adopted until now, the contribution of 100,000 Euro granted through the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs last year through the European Endowment for Democracy (EED), for supporting civil society and independent mass media, as well as Romania granting 100 scholarships to Belarus students, persecuted by the regime.Furthermore, he reminded of the initiative in September 2020 of president Klaus Iohannis, who, along with the Polish and Lithuanian counterparts, proposed to prepare an economic support plan from the EU for a democratic Belarus, and based on this proposal, the European Commission presented this year a solid project worth 3 billion Euro.Minister Aurescu showed that the support will continue, where granting a similar sum this year is being examined in order to support the civil society and independent mass-media, also through the EED. Moreso, he condemned using immigrants by Belarus against some member states such as Lithuania, Latvia or Poland.
Romanian Social Democrat leader and prime minister, also running for the presidential seat this autumn, Marcel Ciolacu, named Liberal (PNL) regional leader Ilie Bolojan as his preferred would-be prime minister. Notably, Bolojan is also being circulated as a potential prime minister in case the Liberal leader Nicolae Ciuca wins the presidential elections. In fact, the […]
Romania’s agricultural sector faces significant setbacks this year, with the European Commission revising crop yield forecasts further downward due to severe drought and heavy rainfall in key producing regions. Grain corn yields are projected to drop to 3 tonnes per hectare - a 10% reduction from last month’s forecast and a staggering 36% decrease compared […]
Romania's Ministry of Energy extended a EUR 33 million grant under the Resilience Facility to Heliomit, a firm controlled by local entrepreneur Tudor Mihăilă (24), for the development of a PV panel assembly plant with an annual capacity of 1,500MW. The photovoltaic panel factory will be developed in Bârlad, Vaslui county. "The support of almost […]
Romania's Ministry of Energy announced it cleared the disbursement of grants under the Resilience Facility in the total amount of nearly EUR 36 million for five power storage projects with a combined capacity of over 790MWh. Among the recipients, there are investment vehicles of "a Dutch billionaire and an Austrian real estate developer," according to
German insurer Signal Iduna announced the signing of the agreement for the acquisition of a majority stake in the Romanian insurance firm Garanta Asigurări from Greece's market leader – The Ethniki, Hellenic General Insurance Company. Following the success recorded in 2021 through the acquisition and integration of the two Romanian subsidiaries (life and general) of […]
Major Romanian online retailer eMAG announced plans to expand operations in the Republic of Moldova in 2025 or 2026. "We are considering an expansion in the Republic of Moldova, but I don't know if it will be in 2025 or 2026," eMAG's CEO Tudor Manea said at the press conference dedicated to the Black Friday […]
