Several film festivals are happening in Bucharest, alongside a coffee culture festival, concerts, and exhibitions.
The Court had already found that Romania had failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law in a judgment delivered in 2018 EU law 1 aims to prevent or reduce as far as possible the negative effects of the landfill of waste on the environment. In 2018 2 , the Court held that Romania had failed to fulfil the obligation to put a stop to the landfill of waste and to close down 68 landfills whose operation was not authorised. In 2022, taking the view that Romania had still not complied with the 2018 judgment, the European Commission brought a further action for failure to fulfil obligations. In its judgment, the Court of Justice notes that Romania has still not closed 31 sites not authorised to be in operation. It orders Romania to pay a lump sum of €1.5 million and a penalty payment of €600 per landfill and per day of delay. In fixing the amount of the penalty payment, the Court takes into account the seriousness of the infringement, its duration and Romania’s ability to pay. The incomplete implementation of the 2018 judgment entails a significant risk of pollution and serious consequences for human health, in particular through the release of harmful chemicals into soil, air and water. In addition, the failure to fulfil obligations has persisted for more than four years, which is a considerable duration. Due to the risk to the environment and human health posed by that failure to fulfil obligations, and in order to prevent the recurrence of similar infringements, the Court also orders Romania to pay a lump sum appropriate to the circumstances and proportionate to the infringement committed. (Source:https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2023-12/cp230192en.pdf)
Several film festivals are happening in Bucharest, alongside a coffee culture festival, concerts, and exhibitions.
La French Tech Bucharest announces the third edition of its highly anticipated flagship event, Sustainability meets Profitability, set to take place on April 8th, 2025, at the Romanian - American University (1B Expoziției Boulevard, Bucharest), starting at 18:30. Sustainability meets Profitability event will explore the new regulations companies—big or small—must navigate and how they can turn […]
The builders of Romania’s important A1 Sibiu – Pitești highway are set to start the construction of a bridge over 300 meters long and at least 100 meters wide, allowing the animals of the Southern Carpathians to cross from one side to the other. The investment will pay off as a corridor for large mammals […]
The local business services industry has potential for growth, even if it will see a slower pace because the market is a mature one and given the high regional and global competitiveness, according to a report carried out by the Association of Business Service Leaders in Romania (ABSL) in partnership with Deloitte Romania. Still, the […]
Several Romanian military personnel who were on parental leave went to Congo as mercenaries, according to a statement from the Ministry of National Defense. The issue of active soldiers taking mercenary work first came up on the public agenda after PressOne...
The European Investment Bank and the government of Ukraine have agreed to allocate EUR 50 million from EIB funding to Ukraine's national railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia, for the modernization of key railway border crossings with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. The project includes repairs to worn-out railway tracks, the relocation of wagon inspections, the reconstruction of […]