Ukraine's foreign minister Dmitro Kuleba, supported on Tuesday the idea expressed by his Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu to organize a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Kiev, as an expression of the solidarity of the European community block with Ukraine, at moments of high tension with Russia as a result of the deployment of thousands of Russian militaries at the Russian-Ukrainian border, according to EFE. In a message posted in his Twitter account, Kuleba thanked Romania's foreign minister who spoke about this possibility at the Monday meeting of heads of European diplomacy. “Thank you for this excellent idea. At the beginning of December (2021), I asked Ukraine partners to make high level visits in Ukraine in January-February. We are ready to welcome EU foreign ministers in Kiev for a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council,”Kuleba wrote on Twitter. Bogdan Aurescu participated on January 24 in the meeting of foreign ministers of EU member states, held in Brussels, when the examination of organizing a meeting of the Kiev Foreign Affairs Council , as an expression of the EU solidarity with Ukraine, according to the Romanian Foreign Ministry press release.
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 […]
