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.
Almost half (45%) of births to mothers under the age of 15 in the European Union (EU) states come from Romania, where one in ten newborns has a teenage mother, according to a recent study by Save the Children. Although only 4.59% of births in the EU were from Romania in 2022, the percentage grows […]
The mayor of Bucharest’s District 1, Clotilde Armand, is facing serious legal implications after she was indicted. Prosecutors have accused her of self-appointing as the manager of an anti-corruption project, a move that allegedly led to an increase in her monthly allowance. The case was opened following a complaint by the National Integrity Agency, which […]
Nearly two-thirds of the respondents to a recent INSCOP survey believe that Romania met all the criteria also to join the Schengen area with its land borders, but some states block the country’s full accession for economic reasons,
Central and Eastern European startup nPloy has expanded its job posting offering with remote, location-flexible jobs in the technology industry to over 1,000 remote posts provided by more than 100 global tech companies, such as GitLab, Brevo, Airalo, Binance, AngelList, Polygon, Kraken, and Zapier. "And from what we see in the last few weeks since we […]
In the day when the opening of Arges Mall in Pitesti (April 25) brought the third Mcdonald's and also the third KFC fast food restaurant in the city, as well as a long array of fashion outlets such as Zara, Pull&Bear, Bershka, Stradivarius, Reserved, House, Cropp, Sinsay,...
Romania’s leading financial group Banca Transilvania (BVB: TLV) announced that its shareholders endorsed the disbursement of RON 1 billion (EUR 200 million) as dividends, out of last year’s RON 2.5 billion net profit, at a gross yield of 4.4% based on the most recent trading price. The shareholders also approved a capital increase by the […]
