Romania's parliament

President Klaus Iohannis invites at the Cotroceni Palace on Monday the parties and political groups in Parliament for consultations referring to the stage of the electoral law and the parliamentary procedures for approving the Justice requests.

Photo credit: (c) Alex MICSIK / AGERPRES PHOTO

Victoria Popescu, Minister Plenipotentiary with the Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) and National Correspondent for the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF or La Francophonie for short), on Friday highlighted the vocation of partnership, dialogue and solidarity specific of La Francophonie, manifested in the effervescence of events organised around the international day of

Romania's parliament is to vote on Monday whether to appoint Hellvig as the director of the country's intelligence service, SRI, after he was nominated for the post by President Klaus Iohannis.

He is to replace former director George Maior, who resigned at the end of January.

A commission within Romania's parliament is to debate a draft personal bankruptcy law next week, designed to help borrowers escape from increasingly expensive loans taken out in Swiss francs.

The deputies and senators of Romania's Parliament have approved on Saturday, in joint sitting, the filling of eight vacancies in the Administration Council of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation (SRR).

381 MPs voted in favor of the candidate proposals while 22 MPs voted against, out of a total of 403 valid votes expressed.

Candidate of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) in the November 16 presidential runoff election Klaus Iohannis is accepting the proposal of the Institute for Public Policy (IPP) to attend an electoral debate with runoff candidate of the alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) and the Conservative Party (PC), ACL reported in

Presidential hopeful of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) Klaus Iohannis, told an election rally on Saturday in Cluj-Napoca, central Romania, that if he wins the office of Romania's president he will take action to change the parliamentary election legislation.

MP Sonia Maria Draghici has been referred to the court by prosecutors with the Supreme Court of Justice and Cassation for conflict of interest.

Region calls for diplomatic solution of Ukrainian crisis

Diplomacy is the only way out of the deadlock in Crimea, officials say.

The wives of Ukrainian soldiers hold a banner reading "No War" during a rally outside the Sevastopol tactical military brigade base in Sevastopol. [AFP]