Romania

BELGRADE - The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (PKS) hosted on Thursday in Belgrade a Serbia-Romania business forum attended by 43 Serbian and 31 Romanian companies.

PKS representative Mihailo Vesovic said Serbia had welcomed a Romanian business delegation for the first time in a decade.

Moldova, under constant threat of a reduction in Russian gas supplies, will buy a small amount of gas from Greece to test new import routes, state energy company Energocom said on Thursday.

The protests of European farmers are political and the supply of Ukrainian grain does not reduce the profitability of their business, said the union of Ukrainian food producers, quoted by "Reuters".

"At the end of the month in Sofia (April 25-26), a large-scale agreement is expected to be signed between several countries, including Azerbaijan, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, on the expansion of the gas infrastructure.

Romania will purchase F-35 Lightning II fighter jets from the US, the Supreme National Defense Council decided at its meeting today, BTA reported.

Members of Romania's Supreme Council of National Defense approved the so-called "Concept for achieving operational air defense capability with fifth-generation multi-role aircraft", announced the administration of President Klaus Iohannis.

BELGRADE - The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (PKS) will host a Serbia-Romania business forum in Belgrade on April 13.

It will be attended by 30 Romanian firms from several of the country's regions.

The Romanian business delegation will be comprised of companies from the construction, IT, textile, energy and transport industries, the PKS has announced.

Political analysts have criticised moves in Romania to make wiretappings carried out by the secret services usable once again as evidence in corruption cases.

The moves comes as Romania is to receive billions of euros from the EU funds, which are seen as likely to boost the temptation of corruption and embezzlement.

Rooted in the communist era, the politicisation of education remains widespread in Romania, fostering a culture of cheating and deception that's proving tough to root out.

TBI Bank on Monday reported net profits of 35.5 million euros in 2022, up 29% from the previous year.

The bank, which began activities in Greece in April 2022, said it received 1.3 million applications for financing in Romania, Greece and Bulgaria and disbursed funds worth €726 million in 2022, up 34% from 2021.

President of Romania Klaus Iohannis met today with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

"Today's discussions were aimed at strengthening our relations. I reminded of the authentic connection between the two countries, between the Romanian community in Germany and the ethnic Germans in Romania," announced Iohannis, quoted by stiripesurse.ro.