Bucharest

AGERPRES National News Agency has won for the 14th time the Trophy at section "News Agencies" granted by the Gaudeamus International Book Fair organisers.

The prize was handed in by Georgica Severin, President Managing Director of the Romanian Radio Company (SRR), at the festivity unfolded on Sunday at Bucharest's Romexpo exhibition pavilion.

Romanians went on a mammoth shopping spree on Friday, as the country's biggest retailers started the 2018 Black Friday sales marathon.

The turnover of Romania's home appliances retailers could pass the 2 billion-euro mark this year, amid the increased appetite of the Romanians for Black Friday and Christmas shopping seasons, according to a KeysFin analysis released on Friday.

A Romanian police raid on Thursday revealed that thousands of Moldovans have paid for fake addresses to get citizenship of EU-member Romania and an official residence in Bucharest.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila has said that the resolution adopted on Tuesday by the European Parliament on the rule of law in Romania is "political" and "profoundly incorrect."

The European Commission partially suspends monitoring of Bulgaria from next year. The Commission presents the regular reports on Romania and Bulgaria under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. This is the latest progress report for Bulgaria and Romania, prepared by the team of Jean-Claude Juncker.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution expressing concern about the rule of law in Romania on Tuesday, the same day as the European Commission released a monitoring report criticising the country for backtracking on the fight against corruption.

The non-legislative resolution on the rule of law in Romania was passed on Tuesday by the European Parliament 473 -to- 151 votes and 40 abstentions, a text that affirms the MEPs' "deep concern" towards the judicial and criminal legislation's reform in Romania and "condemns the violent and disproportionate intervention of the police forces during the Bucharest protests" in August

UEFA representatives have paid their third visit to Bucharest to find out about the latest developments in Romania's preparations for hosting EURO 2020.

Bucharest, Nov 10 /Agerpres/ - The Minister of Internal Affairs, Carmen Dan, had a meeting, in Washington, with the Acting United States Attorney General, Matthew Whitaker, in the context of the EU - US ministerial meeting in the context of the EU - US Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI) informs, on Saturday, in a release sent to AGERPRES.