The draft budget for 2025 will be finalized on Thursday, and Saturday it will be approved in the government and next week in the parliament, announced on Wednesday night the minister of finances, Tanczos Barna.‘It is a frugal budget (…). We have the figures and the calculations done. Tomorrow the budget is finalized and we will present the figures exactly (…). The calendar is finalized. On Saturday we adopt the budget in the government. On Saturday it is sent to the parliament, there will follow the period of amendments lodging and next Saturday, surely, the budget is approved in the parliament’ explained Tanczos Barna in a statement sent by TVRInfo.He mentioned that the budget includes money for investments in infrastructure, for salary and pension payments at the level of November 2024. ‘The budget covers highways for 20 million Romanians, the budget includes money for all the Romanians for the rural infrastructure development, we have money to pay the salaries in Education, the ministry of interior affairs, all the ministries needing salaries, at the level of 2024, we have ensured financing for all pensions (…).What I can tell you about the pensions is that the necessary sums for pensions payment are in the budget. All pensions can be sure that pensions, as they were calculated and paid last year in November-December will be paid in 2025 every month’ said the minister of finances, also mentioning that the Ministry of Defence will have a larger budget than the one in 2024. (Photo:https://www.facebook.com/)
Romanian deep-tech startup .lumen, the developer of what it says are the world’s first AI-powered glasses for the blind, has secured a new investment from EIT Urban Mobility, the European innovation community focused on advancing sustainable and inclusive urban mobility solutions. The value of the new funding round was not disclosed. The investment aligns with […]
The health spending per capita in Romania was the lowest in the EU, with spending less than half the EU average in 2023, the recently released report, State of Health in the EU - Romania Country Health Profile 2025, shows. At the same time, life expectancy in Romania is 5.1 years below the EU average, […]
Romania’s annual inflation rate stood at roughly 9.8% in November 2025, similar to October, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). Food prices increased by 7.6% last month, while services rose roughly 11% and non-food goods climbed 10.7%. The consumer price index rose by 0.42% in November compared with October, while […]
Three French soldiers deployed in Romania as part of NATO’s Multinational Battle Group at Cincu intervened to save a truck driver following a serious traffic accident on the A3 Bucharest–Ploiești motorway, the Romanian Ministry of Defense said. The incident occurred earlier this week as the soldiers were traveling toward Ploiești and witnessed the truck crash...
Eight contemporary art galleries will present the works of the artists they represent at the third edition of the Smallest Art Fair in Town, an event dedicated to works on paper. This edition showcases works “investigating the state of wandering, disorientation, and rediscovery in the face of uncertainty.” Under the title In Dark Woods, A […]
Parents everywhere are asking an important question: What skills will truly prepare a child for a world defined by rapid change, global uncertainty, and the rise of artificial intelligence? For decades, schools focused entirely on academics. Today, research from neuroscience, performance psychology, and leading universities shows a different reality: The students who thrive long-term are […]
