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Although the merger of elections is not, in itself, contrary to international standards, the way in which the Ciolacu government adopted it through GEO 21/2024 raises serious questions of legality and legitimacy, state the members of the Venice...

The progressive tax is not on the agenda of the current government, as long as one of the coalition partners considers the approach to the subject as a red line regarding its participation in the Executive, said Marius Alin Andries, Secretary of...

In an unsurprising turn of events, Călin Georgescu, who for over four months has been posing as the great "savior of Romania" and defender of national values, was detained yesterday by police officers while in traffic and taken to the...

The Institute for the Investigation of the Crimes of Communism and the Memory of Romanian Exile (IICCMER) notified, yesterday, the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice (Prosecutor General) against MEP Diana...

The year 2024 was marked by economic-financial and socio-political convulsions, which accentuated Romania's vulnerabilities in the face of domestic and international challenges. From the alarming budget deficit to the uncontrolled increase in...

The second half of 2024 represented a critical turning point for Romania's economy and political stability. In an attempt to counter the ever-expanding budget deficit and ensure macroeconomic balance, the government implemented a series of...

According to a draft emergency ordinance currently in decisional transparency on the website of the Ministry of Finance, the Government wants to exempt 32 people from the budgetary system, civil servants, from the stability austerity measures for...

The last financial quarter of last year was a time of intense complexity for the Romanian economy, in which political and economic forces faced significant challenges generated by the general elections, the tense geopolitical context and an...

Over 9.4 million citizens who went to the polls on November 24 had their options canceled by the Constitutional Court of Romania, which, after validating the first round of the presidential elections on December 2, reversed its decision on...

The provisions of the government ordinance approved on Thursday by the Government for the organization of the presidential elections to be held on May 4 and 18 have attracted criticism from both the opposition and civil society, which accuses the...

The rigid approach of tightening the fiscal environment is the worst option the Government can take at the moment, said yesterday the participants at the press conference "What are we doing with the Romanian economy?", organized by the...

The rigid approach of tightening the fiscal environment is the worst option the Government can take at the moment, said yesterday the participants at the press conference "What are we doing with the Romanian economy?", organized by the...

Representatives of the National Alliance of Student Organizations of Romania (ANOSR) have requested clarification from the Ministry of Transport and the Authority for Railway Reform regarding the recent limitations on discounts for students on...

Klaus Iohannis was president of Romania between 2014 and 2024, serving two consecutive terms, which were marked by important political, social and economic events, but also by controversies and criticism. During his two terms, Klaus Iohannis...

The Government has approved the amendment to the Ordinance on Cinematography, establishing measures to finance this industry. According to the Executive: "The amendments and additions introduced by the emergency ordinance aim to provide...

The Association of Electricity and Gas Suppliers in Romania (AFEER) draws attention to a 10% increase in natural gas bills for household consumers, starting January 1, 2025, if Parliament does not quickly adopt a legislative amendment. The gas...

The preparation of the campaigns for the presidential and parliamentary elections that will take place on November 24, respectively December 1, led the Government to increase the amount of budget expenditures in the second month of autumn in...

• July 5th 

More than 30 months after the aggression illegally launched by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, the Government and the Parliament in Bucharest still do not have the necessary legislation - with a small exception regarding the powers of the...

The dependence of our country on energy imports, in certain periods, and the need for capitalization of companies in the energy sector, so that they can increase the energy production capacity at national level, are the reasons why the Ministry...

• September 2 

The first month of autumn brought a series of economic and financial challenges for our country, especially in the context of a growing budget deficit, high inflation and volatility of energy prices. However, the Ciolacu government continued to...

President Klaus Iohannis promulgated the law approving the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 87/2023, which establishes that the teaching career bonus and the professional career bonus for teaching and administrative staff, respectively, are...

The Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest begins the academic year 2024-2025 with a number of over 10,500 freshmen in the undergraduate, master's and doctoral university programs. ASE opens the new academic year on Monday with a...

• Marcel Ciolacu: "84% of the deficit goes to the investment area" • The Fiscal Council: "Undersized expenses, overestimated revenues, cash budget deficit of 8% at the end of 2024" • With an additional allocation of 5.48 billion lei,...  

Liviu Dragnea and PSD proposed, in February 2017, the establishment of the Sovereign Development and Investment Fund in 2017, the measure being part of the governing program of the social democrats for the period 2016-2020. As in the current...

Companies and natural persons who pay their outstanding main debts to the state budget by August 31, 2024, will benefit from the cancellation of the ancillary debts calculated for the payment obligations, according to the emergency ordinance...

The government has given the green light to the purchase of US arms and military equipment worth 12 billion dollars, on the basis of a loan through the Foreign Military Financing mechanism, offered by the US, an amount of which more than half...

In the context of the increase in defense spending at the European level and the need to quickly equip the Romanian armed forces with the latest equipment and technology, compatible with those of NATO allies, in order to ensure the stability of...

The medical expertise ordered in the 13 criminal files regarding the suspicious deaths of some patients in the ATI Covid section of the Sibiu Emergency Clinical County Hospital have not been completed, although 3 years and 5 months have passed...

The middle of the calendar summer constituted a real challenge for the national energy system, in view of the increase in electricity consumption due to a prolonged period of 10 consecutive hot days, when temperatures of over 40 degrees in the...

• 1st January 

Sources from the national company Transelectrica SA told us that the current selection procedure for the future members of the company's Board of Directors is a facade, the nominations of the five members will be made strictly on political...

Romanian citizens with the right to vote in the Diaspora will have two and a half days in the first round of the presidential and parliamentary elections to express their voting option, and two days in the second round of the presidential...

• April 9 

The budget deficit continued its decline in the second financial quarter as well, its growth being a little smoother compared to the first three months of 2024. Thus, if at the end of March the budget deficit recorded for the first quarter stood...

The first month of summer was more hectic than usual due to the fact that, in addition to the budgetary problems faced by the Government, on June 9 we had European parliamentary and local elections, new amendments to normative acts in the field...

The members of the Employers' Association of Accountants from Romania and other specialists in the field will protest on Monday, July 8, against "legislative abuses and oppressive fiscal measures" that deeply affect every...

The deadlines set out in GEO 70/2024 regarding the implementation of the e-VAT mechanism could be postponed tomorrow by the Government until January 1, 2025, stated yesterday Marcel Boloş, the Minister of Finance, faced in recent days with the...

The government decided yesterday to increase the minimum gross salary per country from the current 3300 lei to 3700 lei from July 1, 2024, which represents an increase of 12.12% compared to June. Thus, if in June the hourly rate is 19.96 lei/hour...