illegal logging

Before performing in Bucharest’s Constitution Square on June 5, members of US rock group Maroon 5 sent a letter to Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis, offering their support for Romania in its fight against illegal logging. The letter also…

The President of the Competition Council, Bogdan Chiriţoiu, said on Wednesday, while in Miercurea Ciuc (central Romania), referring to the issues raised at the auctions on the use of wood, that this is an exaggerated crisis and that he…

Schweighofer Holzindustrie: We have all the necessary permits required by the law. The Austrian company Schweighofer Holzindustrie, the largest processor and exporter of wood in Romania, has carried out operations with ghost companies…

Austria’s Holzindustrie Schweighofer began operations in the new sawmill at Reci, Covasna county, following an investment of EUR 150 million and will generate 650 jobs for those interested to work at the plant and more than 2,000 jobs in…

The innovative Action Plan launched by the Commission in 2003 was a welcome initiative. However, twelve years later the results overall are meagre, a new report from the European Court of Auditors released on Thursday reads. “Four…

The damages caused by illegal logging in Romania recorded during 2013-2014 worth about EUR 52.1 million (about RON 231 million), and 79% of the total amount was quantified in the counties of Cluj, Alba and Maramures, where the largest…

Extensive researches have taken place in the illegal logging scandal. The Ministry of Environment has submitted to the Prosecutor’s Office the results of the investigation on timber exporting companies, including Austria's Holzindustrie…

President Klaus Iohannis said he could challenge to the Constitutional Court the amendments to the Criminal Code, if they are adopted. "Attempts to amend laws are not good. I will try to publicly express myself against such initiatives.…

The Austrian company Schweighofer Holzindustrie has warned on Friday that it might withdraw from Romania, due to the new Forest Code, whose impact cannot be predicted. Such a decision would endanger 3,000 jobs, according to agency APA…

The DNA prosecutors have conducted searches on Thursday morning at 13 addresses in Bistri?a-N?s?ud, including at the county Forestry Directorate in a case concerning illegal logging of forests, in a criminal investigation concerning…