The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced on Monday that Bulgarian authorities have revised the conditions for entry into Bulgaria amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and the new measures will come into force as of September 1, 2021. Romanians can enter Bulgaria only if they present a European digital certificate COVID-19 attesting to vaccination, testing or passing through the disease. According to the new provisions, Romanian citizens arriving from Romania, kept in the green area, can enter the Republic of Bulgaria under the condition of presenting, in addition to travel documents, one of the following documents: a European digital certificate COVID-19 attesting to the vaccination or a similar document containing the same data as the European digital certificate COVID-19; a European digital certificate COVID-19 attesting to the cure or a similar document containing the same data as the European digital certificate COVID-19; a European COVID-19 digital certificate attesting to the test or a similar document containing the same data as the European COVID-19 digital certificate. Among the categories of persons exempted from the requirement to present COVID-19 documents upon entry into the Republic of Bulgaria are persons transiting the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria, provided that immediate leave of the territory of that State is guaranteed, as well as children up to 12 years of age. years, the MFA said in a press statement. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reminds that Romanian citizens can request consular assistance at the telephone number of the Romanian Embassy in Sofia: 0035929733510, the calls being redirected to the Contact and Support Center of Romanian Citizens Abroad (CCSCRS) and taken over by Call Center operators, on a permanent basis . Also, the Romanian citizens who are facing a difficult, special situation, with an emergency character, have at their disposal the emergency telephone number of the Romanian diplomatic mission in the Republic of Bulgaria: 00359879440758. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends consulting the websites: https://www.mae.ro/node/51904 and http://sofia.mae.ro/, thorough information prior to traveling abroad and strict compliance with the measures applicable in the context of the pandemic of COVID-19.
Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan stated during an interview on Wednesday, December 17, that there should be no statute of limitations in cases of serious corruption. The statement comes after a Recorder investigation, which showed that several heads of the major institutions in the Romanian justice system allegedly delayed trials for years until wrongdoings were […]
President Nicușor Dan has challenged, before the Constitutional Court (CCR), the constitutionality of the law that requires that at least 40% of the athletes who play on a team in official national competitions be Romanian. Dan noted that the law violates the principle of non-discrimination and the free movement of workers, enshrined both in the […]
Craiova International Airport will open its new passenger terminal on Thursday, December 18, completing a major infrastructure investment aimed at significantly expanding capacity and improving air connectivity in southwestern Romania. It is part of a broader expansion and modernization project financed through the Large Infrastructure Operational Programme (POIM) 2014–2020, with a total value exceeding EUR […]
Romania is set to be connected to the Western European energy network thanks to grid investments worth EUR 30 billion. The funds will be provided by the EU by 2035, and the project will link Romania to Hungary and Austria in a joint project. Romanian energy minister Bogdan Ivan signaled the signing of the new […]
Franck Bagouet has been appointed managing director of TotalEnergies Marketing Romania SA and managing director of Automotive Southeast Europe Hub TotalEnergies Marketing. He succeeds Didier Grimault, who has accepted a new position within the TotalEnergies company. “I am glad to join this dynamic affiliate and confident that, together with our talented team, we will reinforce […]
Databricks, the data analytics and artificial intelligence company co-founded by Romanian professors Ion Stoica and Matei Zaharia, announced on Tuesday, December 16, that it is raising USD 4 billion in funding at a valuation of USD 134 billion, according to CNBC. The new valuation represents a 34% increase compared to the August round, when Databricks […]
