Prices for fixed and mobile phone calls in Romania will drop, as of January 1, 2022, as a result of the EC Delegate Regulation 2021/654, ANCOM informs. Mobile phone operators active in the Romanian market will apply a price of 0.55 euro cents/minute for mobile calls in their own networks, while fixed telephone operators will have prices of 0.07 euro cents/ minute for fixed calls in their own networks. “Prices for mobile phone calls will drop by 22% compared to the present one and will be applied by all mobile phone operators,” ANCOM points out. According to the source, the EC Regulation also establishes prices for the following years, also to be applied in Romania. They will be 0.4 euro cents/minute over January 1 – December 31, 2023 and 0.2 euro cents/minute since January 1, 2024. On the other hand, prices of fixed calls will be about 10% lower than the present one and will be applied by all fixed phone operators, ANCOM mentioned. ANCOM is the institution promoting interests of service users by promoting competition and innovation in the electronic communication markets and postal services, the pro- competitive administration of limited resources (radio spectrum, numbering resources and associate technical resources), encouraging efficient investments in networks and infrastructure and promoting ultra rapid connections.
Participation in cultural education activities continues to be limited, with the main barriers being difficult access, insufficient knowledge, and cost, the recently released Cultural Consumption Barometer 2024 shows. The report showed that many Romanians still associate culture with entertainment rather than with personal development or furthering their knowledge. The need for relaxation dominates in cultural […]
Roughly 84% of Romanians say that the pace of the state’s digitalization is slow or very slow, according to an Edge Institute & AtlasIntel study presented at the Digital Governance Summit 2025, which took place on Tuesday, November 25, at the presidential palace in Bucharest. The survey aims to capture the way citizens relate to […]
Romania’s Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) issued a negative opinion on the new bill regarding magistrates’ pensions. The move is only the latest development concerning a heated issue that led to tensions between the executive and the judiciary branch. CSM’s opinion is consultative, and the government led by Ilie Bolojan can still take responsibility for […]
Romania took the presidency of the Central European Initiative (or CEI) on Wednesday, November 26, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The organization is a regional intergovernmental forum established in 1989, following the fall of the Berlin Wall. It gathers 17 Member States in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe […]
Trade between Romania and Poland continues to grow, with annual bilateral exchanges in goods now valued at more than EUR 12 billion, according to figures presented by the Polish-Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PRBCC). The data was released during a reception in Bucharest marking Poland’s Independence Day and Romania’s National Day. Polish investments […]
As Romania moves closer to implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, local employers are preparing for one of the most consequential shifts in workplace regulation in over a decade. The directive, set for transposition by June 2026, introduces strict new rules on salary disclosure, pay reporting, and equal-pay verification, aiming to close persistent gender gaps […]
