• In 2023, the agricultural production value increased by 0.6% compared to the previous year. • The crop production and agricultural services increased by 2.1% respectively 0.4%, while the animal production decreased by 2.5%. According to the data of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) published on Monday, in 2023, the structure of the agricultural production value presented slight variations compared to the previous year. The share of crop production was 60.3%, lower by 5.3 percentage points than the previous year; the share of animal production was 37.0%, higher by 5.2 percentage points than the previous year. The agricultural services had a share of 2.7%. The structure of the crop production value in 2023, by main crop groups, shows the following differences compared to the previous year: - increases in the production value shares were registered for: vegetables and melons (+2.0 percentage points), fruit and grapes (+1.3 percentage points), potatoes (+0.6 percentage points) and fodder plants (+0.2 percentage points); - decreases in the production value shares were registered for: cereals (-2.2 percentage points), oilseed crops (-1.3 percentage points) and other product groups (-0.6 percentage points). The structure of the animal production value in 2023, by main species and product groups, shows the following differences compared to the previous year: - increases in the production value shares were registered for: products obtained by processing milk in the animal farm (+2.8 percentage points) and poultry (+0.9 percentage points); - decreases in the production value shares were registered for: sheep and goats (-2.2 percentage points), cattle (-1.2 percentage points), other product groups (-0.2 percentage points) and pigs (-0.1 percentage points).
Victor Ponta, who served as Romania’s prime minister between 2012 and 2015, announced on Wednesday, May 7, that he is founding a party under the name "Romania First.” The platform will bring together PRO Romania, the party he founded after leaving the center-left Social Democratic Party, with the Romanian Ecologist Party, and other specialists and […]
Romania will receive CHF 10 million in funding for the development of dual education, as part of a second Swiss contribution, the Switzerland - Romania Chamber of Commerce (CCE-R) announced. The funding is part of a program for the development of dual education that aims to support the integration of young people into the labor […]
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The second edition of the Learning Tapestry Conference takes place in Bucharest, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, on May 14th, and will bring together global experts in psychology, business strategy, education, and leadership. They will debate how we can build an education system capable of preparing young people to adapt, reinvent, and thrive in a […]
OMV Petrom, a major energy provider in Romania, announced the opening of the largest electric vehicle charging hub in Romania on the A1 motorway, at Miercurea Sibiului. It features a total of 34 fast-charging points: 17 in each direction, 16 for electric cars and 18 for electric trucks. The charging stations are high-capacity: each charger […]
The Romanian airline Dan Air recently announced that it will begin operating regular flights to Damascus from cities such as Bucharest, Frankfurt, Berlin, and Stockholm. The company is the only one from the European Union currently operating commercial flights to Syria. The flights will begin on June 15, and tickets are already available. The routes […]
