On Saturday morning, the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations sent a RO-ALERT message to the localities in the northern part of Tulcea County and to part of the population of Galati, informing that, in the context of the war in Ukraine, there is aOn Saturday morning, the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations sent a RO-ALERT message to the localities in the northern part of Tulcea County and to part of the population of Galati, informing that, in the context of the war in Ukraine, there is a risk of falling objects from the airspace. The RO-ALERT message was issued by IGSU around 6:45 and had as purpose the information of the population in the area in the close vicinity of the Romanian-Ukrainian border with regard to the behavior in such situations, the recommendation to keep calm and self-protection measures. Such messages were sent to the population starting with the autumn of last year when on the territory of Tulcea county drones fell, following the attacks of the Russian Federation on the Ukrainian ports on the Danube.According to MApN,in the Tulcea county, last year were identified in four cases unmanned aircraft wreckage (UAV) on 5 September in the forest on the right shore of Chilia channel, close to Plauru on 9the September in the same area, on 13th September close to Nufaru and during the night of 13 to 14 December – close to Grindu. These were the only drone wreckage found by the army in Romania last year.
Participation in cultural education activities continues to be limited, with the main barriers being difficult access, insufficient knowledge, and cost, the recently released Cultural Consumption Barometer 2024 shows. The report showed that many Romanians still associate culture with entertainment rather than with personal development or furthering their knowledge. The need for relaxation dominates in cultural […]
Roughly 84% of Romanians say that the pace of the state’s digitalization is slow or very slow, according to an Edge Institute & AtlasIntel study presented at the Digital Governance Summit 2025, which took place on Tuesday, November 25, at the presidential palace in Bucharest. The survey aims to capture the way citizens relate to […]
Romania’s Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) issued a negative opinion on the new bill regarding magistrates’ pensions. The move is only the latest development concerning a heated issue that led to tensions between the executive and the judiciary branch. CSM’s opinion is consultative, and the government led by Ilie Bolojan can still take responsibility for […]
Romania took the presidency of the Central European Initiative (or CEI) on Wednesday, November 26, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The organization is a regional intergovernmental forum established in 1989, following the fall of the Berlin Wall. It gathers 17 Member States in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe […]
Trade between Romania and Poland continues to grow, with annual bilateral exchanges in goods now valued at more than EUR 12 billion, according to figures presented by the Polish-Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PRBCC). The data was released during a reception in Bucharest marking Poland’s Independence Day and Romania’s National Day. Polish investments […]
As Romania moves closer to implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, local employers are preparing for one of the most consequential shifts in workplace regulation in over a decade. The directive, set for transposition by June 2026, introduces strict new rules on salary disclosure, pay reporting, and equal-pay verification, aiming to close persistent gender gaps […]
