The agency Standard& Poor?s reconfirms, on Friday 15th April this year the sovereign rating for the governmental debt of Romania at BBB-/A-3 for the long and short term debt in local and foreign currency, as well as the outlook stable, shows the press release sent by the Ministry of Finances. According to the agency, Romania’s rating is supported by the statute of member of the European Union and the robust access to financing on the international capital markets. Similarly, the risks generated by the conflict in Ukraine are diminished by the perspective of absorption of an important volume of European funds (Romania being one of the main beneficiaries of the structural funds included in the Multiannual Framework of the EU and the Facility for Recovdry and Resilience) as well as the low energy dependence of our country on the natural gas and oil coming from Russia. ‘The Romanian government takes efficient measures to counteract the effects of the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine. We are not the only ones to say that, Standard&Poor’s are also confirming the country rating and the high degree of safety for investors keeing the stable perspective’ said minister Adrian Caciu. According to the ageny, sustainable economic growth cumulated with the reduction of the fiscal deficit of the government could lead to the consolidation of the productive capacity of Romania’s economy and as a result to a possible action of improving the sovereign rating of our country.
Romania was formally designated the 43rd country to join the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP) on Friday, January 10. According to the Romanian ambassador to Washington, Andrei Muraru, Romanian citizens will be able to travel to the US without the need for a visa starting March 31, 2025. "Romania becomes the first country in the […]
Cluj-Napoca, the city in Romania with some of the highest rents and a fast-growing IT industry, is closer to banning smoking in playgrounds and parks after mayor Emil Boc expressed his support for the measure. The mayor cited the prioritization of public health as the reason behind such a ban. He mentioned that he has […]
Romania's Sibiu County Emergency Clinical Hospital will receive a robotic system to prepare cytostatic drugs needed by cancer patients, along with other equipment, after the County Council obtained funds from the European Regional Development Fund. With an estimated value of EUR 1 million, the "Robotic Composition System for Sterile Preparations of Cytostatic Drugs" is among […]
Romania’s government adopted in its January 10 meeting a decision granting an extra day off to public sector employees at the beginning of May. Thus, Friday, May 2, will be an official day off for public sector workers, linking the legal holiday of May 1 (Labor Day) with the weekend (May 3-4). This...
The Ministry of Environment announced that 2024 was the hottest year in the history of Romania's meteorological records. Red alerts for heat waves began in June of 2024, with the longest consecutive periods of persistent and intense heat waves, six consecutive days, between July 13-18 and August 15-20. "The year 2024 is the hottest year...
Supporters of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu gathered outside the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, which houses the Constitutional Court, on January 10, demanding a rerun of the second round of the presidential elections. The protest, dubbed "The Great Judicial Union," was initiated by Georgescu, who called on his supporters to challenge the election annulment, as […]
