Corina Cretu

European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu called on Romania's Transport Ministry to prepare "mature projects" for European financing.

The Court of Appeals (CA) Alba Iulia on Monday admitted the demand of extradition to the United States of America of the hacker Marcel Lehel Lazar, alias 'Guccifer' or 'Little Smoke' his extradition being postponed until he is released on parole or after the serving of the 7-year sentence he has in Romania, reads the website of the said CA.

The European Commission will do whatever it can to disburse the first installment of the relief aid for those affected by the wildfires in Attica as soon as possible, the European Commissioner for regional policy, Corina Cretu, said on Friday.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila presented, within a meeting in Brussels with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, "the latest developments in respect to the reform and the amendments of the judicial system of Romania."

The Government will adopt more measures to support the people affected by floods that will receive emergency supplies, construction materials and financial aid, in its Thursday's sitting, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced.

Bosnian officials reacted angrily to Croatia's signing of a contract on Monday to build the Peljesac Bridge on the Adriatic Sea coast in Dubrovnik, arguing that Zagreb must resolve its outstanding sea border issues with Sarajevo first.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila is carrying out an official visit in Brussels, on which occasion she will hold a series of meetings with high European officials on Tuesday and Wednesday, a press release of the Executive announces.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said she wants a much better relationship with the leaders of the EU institutions, a "fair and transparent" one, where the information is taken from the Government so that to avoid the debates in the European Parliament on Romania's problems based on "misinformation" made by some Romanians in Brussels, mentioning Monica Macovei in the context.

The eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, which was struck by a deadly earthquake last summer, is set to receive 1.3 million euros from the European Union's Solidarity Fund, according to a proposal by the EU's Regional Policy Commission.

The sum is part of a total 104 million euros that the Commission wants to disburse to four EU member-states that were hit by natural disasters in 2017.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu in Belgrade late Thursday.