The deputy general secretary of NATO, Mircea Geoana, confirmed on Saturday that his mandate in his position was extended with one year, until October 2023.‘I am honored by the decision of the general secretary Jens Stoltenberg to extend my mandate with one year, until October 2023’ wrote Mircea Geoana on his Facebook account.‘Two yearsa go, on 15th October 2019, I took over the position of Deputy General Secretary of NATO.A great honour, but a challenge as well, to be the first leader from Central and Eastern Europe to occupy such a position’ said Geoana, mentioning that ‘ there were two intense years, full of challenges, but with important satisfactions’. He says that, by the extension of the mandate, he will ‘ be able to contribute to the negotiation, adoption and implementation of the new Strategic Concept and the 2030 NATO Agenda’. Nothing more important than to ensure the adaptation of our Alliance to an environment of security profoundly modified and to continue to protect ourselves against any threats to security and the prosperity to the 30 allied nations and one billion citizens, whose trust makes our success essential’ writes the deputy general secretary of NATO in his message.
The famous Constanța Casino on the Romanian Black Sea coast has been fully restored and will be officially handed over to the Constanța City Hall in the coming days, the Ministry of Development has announced. The final inspection for the completion of the restoration work is scheduled for March 20, marking the last step before […]
Romania is one of five countries - alongside Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, and Slovakia - where the executive has "deliberately undermined the rule of law in almost every aspect," according to a report by the Civil Liberties Union for Europe, or Liberties. Liberties launched its annual exercise in 2019 to track the European Commission’s rule-of-law reports, […]
Artiss Gallery is set to open a new exhibition, Temporal Harmonies: From Classical to Contemporary in Visual Art, at the Noblesse Palace in Bucharest on March 26. The event will feature a diverse selection of works from iconic classical painters like Theodor Aman to internationally recognized contemporary artists such as Adrian Ghenie. The exhibition highlights […]
Romania is assisting North Macedonia after the deadly nightclub fire on Sunday, March 16, by transporting four patients to hospitals abroad. The fire that broke out at a club in Kočani claimed the lives of at least 59 people and injured 155 others. The four young people in critical condition are being flown to Lithuania […]
Romania’s Constitutional Court (CCR) cleared the main candidacies for president of Romania, including that of far-right politician and leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) George Simion. Former Social Democratic Party (PSD) prime minister Victor Ponta, now an independent, Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan, also an independent, and the ruling coalition candidate Crin […]
The White Symphony Orchestra, Romania's only all-female orchestra, will perform at Sala Palatului in Bucharest on April 29 to mark the 200th anniversary of Johann Strauss II's birth. Under the baton of the talented conductor Donna Bianca and concertmaster Monica Calofir, the orchestra will enchant the audience with some of the most beloved waltzes, polkas, […]
