The spokesperson of the government, Dan Carbunaru said, on Wednesday that ‘there are no problems with fuel stocks and premier Nicolae Ciuca required checks on the filling stations, after, in several areas of the country, there were long lines at the stations, the Romanians wanting to buy petrol, due to the worries concerning the increase of the fuel price. A short time after, minister of energy, Virgil Popescu said that Romania has no problem with fuel supply in filling stations. ‘ I want to tell the Romanians they do not need to panic and stay in lines’ he said. ‘There are no real reasons for accelerated increase of price in Romania. Our country has sufficient fuel stocks. The premier Nicolae Ciuca required ample checks in filling stations. The Romanian government will not allow any derailment, any attempt of speculation’ Dan Carbunaru said in his message to the media. The minister of energy, Virgil Popescu wrote, on Facebook, that ‘ Romania has no problem with fuel supply in the filling stations’. ‘We had meetings with the representatives Rompetrol and OMVPetrom and we received ensurance that there is sufficient stock of fuel and they will ensure delivery to the clients. At the same time, I want to tell the Romanians they do not need to panic and stay in lines. We have sufficient stock’ Popescu said. There were lines of cars in Timisoara and the neighbouring localities and the roads were blocked as the drivers were scared by the increase in fuel prices. On Wednesday, the prices presented were 7.48 lei/l of fuel, and the people say that on Thursday the price could get to 10 lei/liter or even more.
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 […]
