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/)
East Grain Group and Poultry Investment SA have acquired the 45% stake previously held by UBM Group in UBM Feed Romania, thus becoming equal shareholders in one of Romania's largest feed producers, which will now operate under the brand Protena. East Grain is controlled by Czech agri-food group Agrofert, one of the largest agribusiness groups […]
The Foreign Investors Council (FIC) has appointed Ruxandra Băndilă as its executive director. Băndilă will coordinate FIC's activity and "will contribute to strengthening the dialogue with authorities, consolidating the organization's positioning as a reliable partner in promoting a stable and predictable business environment, as well as supporting Romania's becoming a competitive and attractive destination for […]
Romania’s European projects and investments minister, Dragoș Pîslaru, announced that he will notify the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) regarding the purchase of electric minibuses for students with EU funds. The minister said that “multiple dysfunctions” were noted in how the EU funds were used in the project. Aside from notifying the EPPO, the minister […]
Only about 44% of employees in Romania say they have used AI in the past year, while the average usage rate in the 48 countries included in the report was 57%, according to the PwC Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2025 report. India and Vietnam are at the top, with 84%, followed by China (78%). […]
A new four-star hotel is set to rise next to Bucharest’s Henri Coandă International Airport, following a EUR 45.5 million investment announced by real estate developer D. GROUP. The Wyndham Garden Bucharest Airport Hotel, scheduled to open in July 2027, will introduce the Wyndham Garden brand to Romania for the first time. Located 150 metres […]
Romania ranks 3rd in a European heatwave vulnerability ranking and will experience 3 heatwave events annually, lasting 17 cumulative days with average temperatures of 36.82°C, placing it ahead of all Mediterranean countries, according to new research from climate system experts at Reinders Corporation. The study analysed climate modelling data, heatwave frequency, and average temperatures across […]
