Slovakia fully supports Romania's accession to the Schengen area and the OECD, Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar said at a press conference in Bucharest on Friday after talks with his Romanian counterpart Luminita Odobescu, https://www.tasr.sk/ reports. "Romania and Bulgaria are full-fledged members of the EU and we see no reason why Romania, if it's met all the conditions that Slovakia also had to meet, shouldn't be a member of the Schengen area," Blanar said, praising the fact that border checks for sea and air transport between the countries in the Schengen area and Romania and Bulgaria will cease from March 31. Blanar noted that he believes that the process of full-fledged accession of both Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen will be completed this year. At the same time, he said that he also expressed his support for Romania at a meeting with the foreign minister of Austria, which until recently had blocked the accession of the two countries into the Schengen area because of concerns about illegal migration. Slovakia also supports Romania's full-fledged membership in the OECD and believes that it will happen in 2025, Blanar added. With an annual turnover exceeding €4 billion euros, Romania is one of Slovakia's most important trade partners in South-Eastern Europe, Blanar remarked, highlighting upcoming cooperation in the energy sector and defence industry. According to Blanar, Slovakia and Romania share the same opinion on the issue of the war in Ukraine. "We are in favour of a democratic, peaceful Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders. This is a position that won't change," he stressed. Slovakia, he said, as a country of 5.5 million people, must rely primarily on respect for international law in security issues.
Exim Banca Romaneasca and Maschio Gaspardo Romania are carrying out a strategic partnership through which the Bank, in its capacity as Romania’s Export Credit Agency, supports the company’s exports, providing protection against various commercial and political risks associated with external markets. Maschio Gaspardo Romania, the largest local producer of agricultural machinery, with a production unit […]
Baritone Mihai Damian, a soloist of the Romanian National Opera in Cluj-Napoca, has won the Male Voice category’s first prize at this year’s edition of Operalia, the competition for young opera artists established by Plácido Domingo. He also won the competition’s Audience Award and the special award offered by the Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria, […]
Romanian apocalyptic sci-fi horror feature “We Put the World to Sleep” had its world premiere on October 18 at the Nightmares Film Festival, one of the most important horror and fantastic film festivals in the US. The film, a product of 9 years of work, won Best Midnight Feature and Best Supporting Performance. Next, it […]
Romanian president Nicușor Dan visited a team of researchers and students from ‘Grigore T. Popa’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, the creators of the smallest artificial heart with applications for both adults and children, on Saturday, October 25. In 2023, UMF “Grigore Popa” announced that the Mavis Artificial Heart team from the higher […]
Brașov, the popular mountain city in central Romania, will no longer host a fireworks display on New Year’s Eve, the City Hall announced. The decision, the authorities say, aims to protect pets and wildlife from the stress and harm caused by loud explosions, as well as the environment from chemical pollution. Instead of fireworks, the […]
Romania’s Social Democratic Party (PSD), part of the governing centrist coalition, is backing District 4 mayor Daniel Băluță for the general mayor of Bucharest. Elections will take place on December 7. Interim party leader Sorin Grindeanu first talked about the appointment following discussions with the PSD in Bucharest. “We had a meeting with colleagues from […]
