Romania’s cabinet meeting
Romania’s cabinet is meeting in an informal session on Monday. The meeting is expected to focus on the national energy strategy. Ministers are also expected to discuss the country’s Integrated National Plan for Energy and Climate Change along with a financing strategy in the next eight years (by 2030). Romania plans to cut by some 44 percent its gas emissions while also increase its energy production from renewable sources by almost 31 percent. The Romanian government has adopted an integrated energy plan that calls for two new CANDU reactors at Cernavodă by 2031 and refurbishment of an existing unit there in 2037. It would double the country’s nuclear power supply in a decade. The plan is designed to address the five main aspects of collective energy policy for countries in the EU: energy security, energy efficiency, domestic energy market, and research, innovation and competitiveness.
Romanian foreign trade in facts
Romania’s FOB exports hit €7087.7 million while CIF imports hit €9246.7 million with a trade deficit of €2159.0 million, according to data issued by Romania’s National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Monday. Exports increased by 17.5% while imports increased by 21.5% in November 2021 as compared with similar data in November 2020. In the period 1.01 – 30.11.2021, FOB exports hit €68166.4 million while CIF imports hit €89536.2 million, INS revealed.
Romania coronavirus updates
Romania reported 4,104 new COVID-19 cases on Monday with 16 deaths (9 men, 7 women), and another 414 people under intensive care. In the capital Bucharest, the number of cases hit 729, according to data issued by the country’s Strategic Communication Group (GSC). With its 729 cases reported, Bucharest still leads among other regions across the country, followed by the north-western county of Cluj, with 440 cases, western county of Timiș, with 327 cases, and south-eastern county of Constantza, with 318 cases.
Alexandru Danga
