The minister of energy, Virgil Popescu announced that he had a working meeting with several representatives of the government in Azerbaijan, as well as with the SOCAR leadership. There were also representatives of other companies in the domain of energy, both from Romania and Azerbaijan. The meeting was attended by Rovnaq Abdulalayev – deputy minister of the ministry of economy, Elnur Soltanov – deputy minister of the ministry of energy, Elshad Nassiro – vice chairman SOCAR, Vitali Baylarbayov – deputy vice chairman SOCAR, Vugar Shahmuradov – vice chairman ‘AzerEnergy’ OJSC, Fuad Ahmedov, executive manager SOCAR Midstream Operation, Farid Sadikov – deputy head of the Administrative Department SOCAR, Afgan Isayev – general manager of CJSC ‘The south gas corridor’, Hamza Karimov, CEO SOCAR Petroleum, Ramil Asudulzade – CFO SOCAR Petroleum and H.E.Dr. Huseyn N.Najafov – the ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Bucharest. On the part of the Romanian state participated Ion Sterian – general manager Transgaz, Aristotel Jude – general manager Romgaz and Razvan Popescu – economic manager Romgaz. Romania analyses all possibilities for supply with gas, either natural liquefied gas, Azer gas or gas from other sources, American, Quatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates stated on 7th March, the minister of energy, Virgil Popescu who made sure that there will be no problem with the supply with natural gas during the winter of 2022 – 2023.
Romania was formally designated the 43rd country to join the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP) on Friday, January 10. According to the Romanian ambassador to Washington, Andrei Muraru, Romanian citizens will be able to travel to the US without the need for a visa starting March 31, 2025. "Romania becomes the first country in the […]
Cluj-Napoca, the city in Romania with some of the highest rents and a fast-growing IT industry, is closer to banning smoking in playgrounds and parks after mayor Emil Boc expressed his support for the measure. The mayor cited the prioritization of public health as the reason behind such a ban. He mentioned that he has […]
Romania's Sibiu County Emergency Clinical Hospital will receive a robotic system to prepare cytostatic drugs needed by cancer patients, along with other equipment, after the County Council obtained funds from the European Regional Development Fund. With an estimated value of EUR 1 million, the "Robotic Composition System for Sterile Preparations of Cytostatic Drugs" is among […]
Romania’s government adopted in its January 10 meeting a decision granting an extra day off to public sector employees at the beginning of May. Thus, Friday, May 2, will be an official day off for public sector workers, linking the legal holiday of May 1 (Labor Day) with the weekend (May 3-4). This...
The Ministry of Environment announced that 2024 was the hottest year in the history of Romania's meteorological records. Red alerts for heat waves began in June of 2024, with the longest consecutive periods of persistent and intense heat waves, six consecutive days, between July 13-18 and August 15-20. "The year 2024 is the hottest year...
Supporters of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu gathered outside the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, which houses the Constitutional Court, on January 10, demanding a rerun of the second round of the presidential elections. The protest, dubbed "The Great Judicial Union," was initiated by Georgescu, who called on his supporters to challenge the election annulment, as […]
