Presidential Administration

President Klaus Iohannis had a talk in video-conference system with his Estonian counterpart, Kersti Kaljulaid, context in which the Romanian president accepted the latter's invitation to pay a state visit to the Republic of Estonia in June, if the epidemiological conditions allows, informs the Presidential Administration.

President Klaus Iohannis will participate on Thursday and Friday in an extraordinary meeting of the European Council via videoconference, according to the Presidential Administration.

The representatives of the Publisind Federation are protesting on Wednesday in front of the Presidential Administration against the salaries' and bonuses' freezing and not indexing pensions with the inflation value, as well as for a rise in the minimum wage, linked with the prices' hikes. "We are public workers and this should not be a stigma!

The Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) approved, on Friday, the budget proposals for 2021 for the institutions with duties in the field of defense and national security. The CSAT meeting, chaired by President Klaus Iohannis, took place in a special video-conferencing system.

President Klaus Iohannis received on Wednesday visiting Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, with the two officials emphasizing the excellent bilateral relation marked this year by the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Romania and the Kingdom of Spain, the Presidential Administration informs in a release.

On Friday, President Klaus Iohannis signed accreditation decrees for several Romanian ambassadors, including Cristian Istrate to Russia, Bogdan Manoiu to Canada and Daniela-Laura Popescu to the UK.

At the beginning of a new Presidential Administration in the US, and perhaps a new era in US-Greece relations, Kathimerini English Edition is partnering with the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) to create an expanded Greek Current podcast.

The second stage of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign starts on Friday for the population most at risk from COVID-19 and the employees who carry out activities in key, essential areas. President Klaus Iohannis is to be vaccinated publicly later today.

On Wednesday, President Klaus Iohannis signed a decree for the decoration of outgoing US ambassador to Romania Adrian Zuckerman.

President Klaus Iohannis sent today to Justice Minister Stelian Ion the request for the start of the criminal investigation of former Prime Minister and former Senate Chairman Calin Popescu-Tariceanu.