Romania will be among the approximately 50 delegates present at the support conference for Ukraine, taking place on Tuesday in Paris and which aims to demonstrate solidarity with this country and it is also meant to raise funds, French ambassador in Bucharest Laurence Auer announced, on Monday.The international event "Solidarity with the Ukrainian people" is organized at the initiative of the presidents of France, Emmanuel Macron, and of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who will have an intervention via video conference system.The more than 50 delegates come not only from the European Union, but also from countries on the transatlantic axis, as well as from Asia. More heads of state are going to take part. The Ukrainian Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal, will co-chair this event together with President Macron."We believe it is an international duty to help the Ukrainians. The main topic will be energy, but it will not be the only one. There will be two conferences in Paris. In the morning there will be an international conference on the resilience of the Ukrainian people, and in the afternoon there will be a bilateral conference for the reconstruction of Ukraine. (...) Romania will also be part of the coordination mechanism, represented at the level of the Prime Minister's Office. In Romania, the prime minister is the one who coordinates the aid granted to Ukraine, through a mechanism that provides long-term solutions for the reception of refugees," said Auer.The president of the EBRD and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will also take part in the event.
Although Romania is not on the Western Balkan migration route and is not "a relevant source" of migrant flows within the EU, our country is ready to continue supporting the EU's efforts to combat illegal migration, President Klaus Iohannis told the EU - Western Balkans summit in Tirana on Tuesday."As far as migration is concerned, […]
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer stated that Austria opposes the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area. He made this statement during the EU-Western Balkans summit in Tirana, https://www.novinite.com/ reports. "The Minister of the Interior made it clear. There is no approval from Austria for the enlargement with Bulgaria and Romania. More time is needed. We have 75,000 unregistered illegal immigrants in Austria. […]
Chief of the Defense Staff, General Daniel Petrescu was on an official visit to Portugal, Sunday to Tuesday, at the invitation of his counterpart, Admiral Antonio Manuel Fernandes da Silva Ribeiro, the officials analysing, in context, the regional security situation.The visit also included meetings with the Portuguese Minister of National Defense, Maria Helena Chaves […]
Interreg VI-A Romania- Bulgaria programme was approved by the European Commission, the Romanian Development Ministry announced. The programme has a budget of over 200 million euros and is devoted to communities from seven Romanian counties and eight Bulgarian districts. The Development, Public Works and Administration Ministry declared, in a press release, that the Programme […]
The draft budget for next year is configured on an economic growth of 2.8%, in the context in which the economic shock caused by the pandemic is one of the most significant in recent history, shows the draft state budget law for 2023 published on Tuesday by the Ministry of Finance.The gross domestic product in […]
A survey carried out by INSCOP Research reveals that the majority of Romanians believe that the Romania of tomorrow led by today's children will look better, as 54pct of the respondents shared this particular opinion, while 25.2pct said the situation in the country will get worse when led by the children today and 15.7% say […]