News about Romania

Vasile Tofan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, will make a working visit to Bucharest on Thursday, July 30, will pay a working visit to Bucharest, where he will hold meetings with Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan and President Nicușor Dan, as well as with the leadership of the Romanian Parliament. The talks will focus on strategic joint projects, economic cooperation, regional security, and the Republic of Moldova’s European integration.

In Tulcea County, located on the border with Ukraine, air raid alerts were issued twice on July 27 due to the threat of falling objects.

Romanian farmers are at risk of becoming the most vulnerable group of diesel fuel buyers. The price of diesel for Romanian farmers surpassed the psychological threshold of 10 RON per liter yesterday.

Anatol Shalaru, former minister of defense and transportation, believes that President Maia Sandu should revoke the Moldovan citizenship of Dan Dungaciu, first vice president of the Romanian party AUR.

The first official visit by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Vasile Tofan, will be to Bucharest, where he is scheduled to discuss with Romanian officials the situation on the fuel market and the identification of joint solutions.

The Romanian Parliament may pass a bill that would allow only “certified biomass” to be used for heating homes and other domestic purposes. That is, sawdust, wood shavings, and other wood waste, but not logs or firewood.

On Friday, around 11:00 a.m., the pilot of an F-16 fighter jet shot down a drone in the southern part of Buzău County. The drone crashed in an uninhabited area, posing no danger to the public.

Freight rates for barge transport from the Ukrainian Danube ports of Reni and Izmail to the Romanian port of Constanța have risen twice since the beginning of July. At the start of this week, they averaged about $28 per metric ton. Two factors contributed to the price increase: natural conditions and the logic of war.   

Romanian President Nicușor Dan reported on X that last night, the Liberian-flagged propane tanker Gas Lisbon sank approximately 20 nautical miles off the Romanian coast.

The Romanian Ministry of Defense announced deals totaling 1 billion euros for the purchase of radars and helicopters from European aerospace giant Airbus and French defense company Thales.

Healthcare workers at hundreds of hospitals across Romania are staging a warning strike. If their demands are not met, the protest will escalate into a general strike starting on July 28.

As of June 2026, real estate in Romania is undervalued; however, sales are declining.

The National Agency for Communications Regulation of the Republic of Moldova (ARCOM) and the National Authority for Communications Administration and Regulation of Romania (ANCOM) have published a joint report on the evolution of bilateral relations in the field of electronic communications between Romania and the Republic of Moldova in 2025.

“It would be better to keep secret” what kind of military aid Bucharest provided to Kyiv,” said Romanian President Nicușor Dan during a visit to the Ukrainian capital, noting that declassification could reveal where Romania’s own defense capabilities have been weakened as a result of military shipments to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Tourists in Bucharest are booking apartments in buildings that Romanian authorities consider the most dangerous in the event of an earthquake. An investigation revealed more than 200 listings on Airbnb and Booking.com in buildings where renting out units is prohibited due to high risk.

Daniel Buda, Member of the European Parliament and Vice Chair of the Committee on Agriculture (Daniel Buda) reported that during a dialogue with a representative of the European Commission, he received firm assurances that Romanian livestock farmers would be compensated for losses resulting from the suspension of sheep and goat exports to third countries due to biosecurity concerns.

Teachers and administrators from 76 educational institutions in Moldova will visit schools in Romania and Estonia over the next six months to learn about modern educational practices. Following these visits, participants are expected to implement what they have learned at their own institutions as part of the Education Quality Improvement Project (EQIP).

Dan Dungaciu, a Romanian sociologist and first deputy chairman of the Alliance for the Unification of Romanians (AUR) party, believes it is time for Romania to stop providing financial support to other countries during this extremely difficult period. He criticizes the lack of transparency in how these funds are used.

Restrictions on commercial shipping in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait as early as last Friday triggered a 10-euro-per-metric-ton increase in food wheat prices on the Paris Matif (Euronext) exchange. This week began with a significant rise in prices in major European grain-exporting countries, including Romania.

During Monday’s consultations with President Nicușor Dan, the Romanian Social Democrats proposed abandoning efforts to form a new government and instead considering the option of dissolving Parliament and holding early legislative elections.