On Tuesday, July 23, 2024, through Wednesday, July 24, 2024, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm will travel to Romania to convene the 5th Ministerial Meeting of the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TECC) , a platform for energy security and clean energy cooperation, created by the United States and including 24 central and eastern European countries. During the visit, the Secretary will promote U.S. industrial policy, including the Inflation Reduction Act, and highlight how the Biden-Harris Administration is working with global partners in the clean energy transition. On Tuesday, Secretary Granholm will offer keynote remarks at the P-TECC Business Forum. Following her remarks, she and Minister Sebastian Burduja of Romania will witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Sage, a company specializing in geothermal energy and storage solutions, and Electrocentrale Bucuresti (ELCEN), Romania’s state-owned supplier of heat for Bucharest. On Wednesday, the Secretary will give keynote remarks at the P-TECC Ministerial, highlighting the shared benefits of industrial policy for energy security and the energy transition. Secretary Granholm will also applaud significant milestones on several key U.S.-Romania projects that aim to advance Romania’s strategic efforts to advance the country’s civil nuclear program. These projects include plans to modernize the Cernavoda nuclear power plant with U.S. companies Fluor and Sargent & Lundy, and the signing of engineering contracts to advance a Small Modular Reactor project. Secretary Granholm will conclude her trip with a media availability alongside Minister Burduja. Throughout the visit, Secretary Granholm will hold several bilateral meetings to discuss a variety of clean energy cooperation programs on-going and proposed with her ministerial counterparts from the European Union, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Ukraine. (Source: U.S. Mission Romania)
Romanian producers from Timiș and Tulcea claimed three gold medals at the 2025 edition of the Concours International de Lyon, one of Europe’s leading cheese and dairy competitions. Held in Lyon, the event brought together products from 15 countries and awarded a total of 680 medals, including 459 gold and 221 silver. From Romania, Asociația […]
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Romanian president Nicuşor Dan is paying an official visit to France on Monday and Tuesday, with a schedule that includes meetings with French leader Emmanuel Macron, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, and members of the Romanian community,
The December 7 elections in Bucharest marked the lowest turnout in the last decade, but were also a major win for the National Liberal Party (PNL) since its candidate, Ciprian Ciucu, won a majority of votes in 5 of the 6 districts of the capital. In District 1, Ciprian Ciucu obtained 40.29% of the votes. […]
Romania’s profit share, defined as the proportion of value added distributed by non-financial corporations to capital rather than labour, fell for the second consecutive year to 48.1% in 2024, Eurostat reported on December 7. The ratio was 40.0% on average in the European Union, with below-average ratios in more developed countries such as France (32.2%) […]
The pension law "brutally violates the independence of the judiciary" and "de facto eliminates the service pension for magistrates," according to the reasoning published by the High Court (ICCJ) along with its decision to refer the magistrates' pensions law to the Constitutional Court, Ziarul Financiar reported. ...
