April 9, 2026
A roundup of local and world news
Newsroom, 09.04.2026, 13:55
DRAFT In its session today the Romanian government is expected to endorse a draft emergency ordinance on setting up a Data Network on agricultural durability. The Common Agricultural Policy and the European Green Deal clearly stipulate the following objectives – reducing the loss of nutrients, as well as the use of fertilizers and pesticides; reducing the sales of antimicrobial agents, increasing bio agriculture. They also provide for increasing the characteristics of the landscape with high diversity. The Executive will be debating upon a memorandum over increasing the number of jobs of the National Agency for Employment by 600, funded through the European Social Fund.
EASTER Orthodox believers, who are a majority in Romania, and Greek-Catholics, are today on Holy Thursday, marking the Last Supper, the arrest and trial of Jesus Christ by the religious and political authority of the time. According to the gospels, on this day Jesus instated the Holy Liturgy, lowered Himself by washing the feet of his disciples, and was betrayed by Judas. We recall that Catholic and Protestant believers celebrated Easter last Sunday.
TENNIS The Romanian tennis player, Sorana Cirstea, has qualified for the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 tournament in Linz, Austria, a competition with total prizes over one million Euros after Dalma Galfi of Hungary abandoned due to injuries. Fifth-seeded Cirstea will be up against the odds-on favourite, Mirra Andreeva of Russia. Gabriela Ruse, also from Romania, who outperformed Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska in a three-setter, will be up against Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the quarterfinals. Both matches will be taking place on Friday.
APPOINTMENTS Romania’s President, Nicusor Dan, has signed the decrees of appointing the new heads of the Prosecutor’s Office and their deputies, following the interviews staged by the Justice Ministry and the auditions in the Superior Council of Magistracy. So, Cristina Chiriac will be the future Prosecutor General, Viorel Cerbu will be the head of the National Anti-corruption Directorate while Codrin Miron will be chief of the Directorate for Investing Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT). The head of the Romanian state says the priority of the new heads must be the fight against corruption and the big drug trafficking networks as well as tax evasion. Dan also says that he expects the new leadership make the activity of the aforementioned institutions more dynamic.
GROWTH Romania’s economy last year witnessed a real economic growth of 0.7%, as compared to the year 2024 but in the last quarter of 2025, the country’s Gross Domestic Product was 1.8% lower than in the previous quarter, says provisional data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Thursday. The INS had earlier announced that in the last quarter of 2025, Romania’s GDP was 1.9 lower than in the previous quarter. Over January and February this year, trade deficit stood at 4.76 billion Euros, 15.6% lower as compared to the similar period last year.
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