Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Hakan Fidan will pay a visit Bucharest on Wednesday.According to the Romanian Foreign Ministry, the Turkish official will have a meeting with the head of diplomacy in Bucharest, Luminita Odobescu, at the ministry headquarters, the bilateral consultations being followed by joint press statements, starting at 12,15.In the context of his visit to Romania, the Turkish Foreign minister will be welcomed by Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, at the Victoria Governmental Palace, and by President of the Senate Nicolae Ciuca, at the Parliament Palace.From 28 to 31 January, Hakan Fidan was scheduled to visit Albania, Bulgaria and Romania.According to Turkish news agency Anadolu, which quoted diplomatic sources, Hakan Fidan is meeting his counterparts "to discuss bilateral relations as well as current regional and global developments." The Ankara official is also scheduled to meet with Turkish businessmen and representatives of the Turkish community in the three countries.Relations between Romania and the Republic of Turkey are conducted under the sign of the Strategic Partnership signed in 2011 at presidential level, which was followed by a Joint Action Plan signed in 2013 by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, informs the Foreign Ministry website."Bilateral relations are traditionally good, characterised by cooperation and consistent dialogue on many levels: economic and trade sectoral, security (within NATO), Turkey is also a dialogue partner on the security dimension in trilateral format, along with Poland. Turkey is also a constructive partner in regional cooperation platforms and processes, such as BSEC [Black Sea Economic Cooperation] or SEECP [South-East European Cooperation Process]," the MAE mentions.
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Roughly 70% of Romanians are “very” or “moderately” concerned about how AI accesses and uses their data, according to the latest survey conducted by RoCoach in partnership with Novel Research between May and June 2025. Distrust in automated decision-making and the demand for regulation are becoming more pronounced, as Romania rolls out major digitalization projects […]
The Armenian Street Festival returns for a 9th edition between August 1 and 3, 2025, in the “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden in Bucharest. The festival brings into focus the living heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and the diaspora. According to the organizers, this year’s edition aims to strengthen the Bucharest–Chișinău–Yerevan cultural axis, articulated […]
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions market registered a total of 122 announced transactions in the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding EUR 2.7 billion, marking a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by George Ureche, partner at PwC Romania. […]
