Adina Panaitescu
Romania, first in NATO in terms of equipment expenditure as percentage of defence expenditure
Romania is ranked first in NATO in terms of equipment expenditure as a share of defence expenditure, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's 2017 annual report, according to country's Ministry of Defence (MApN).
Negrescu: Under Romania's EU Council Presidency, 250 meetings will be held in the country, 1,400 in Brussels
Minister-delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu told Europa FM private radio broadcaster in an interview on Friday that in the six months in which Romania holds the EU Council presidency, about 250 meetings in the country and 1,400 in Brussels will be held.
IMF: Capping interest rates would adversely affect financial stability
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended Romania to avoid legislative initiatives aimed at capping interest rates for household lending and the prices at which individuals re-purchase debts acquired by third parties, according to a concluding statement released on Friday at the end of consultations with Romania under Article IV.
IMF mission chief Jaewoo Lee says fight against corruption must continue
The fight against corruption must continue because it would help improve the governmental revenues and increase the expenditure efficiency, new International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission chief for Romania Jaewoo Lee told a news conference on Friday.
JusMin Toader: I'd like CVM to be confined to its scope without being exported to other mechanisms
Justice Minister Tudorel Toader said on Thursday at a meeting with a delegation of the European Commission assessing Romania's progress with judiciary reform and the fight against corruption under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) that he would like the CVM to be confined to its intended scope without being exported to other categories of mechanisms, adding that the obje
Iohannis: Regrettably, Centennial events and projects are being prepared in the absence of a legal framework
President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday said it is regrettable that the events and projects for the Centennial of Romania's December 1, 1918 Greater Union are being prepared in the absence of a legal framework that should have been adopted by Parliament.
Gov't passes memorandum mandating state-own enterprises to bid in public auctions
The Government approved a memorandum on Thursday mandating state-owned enterprises to participate in public auctions.
"It is a memorandum that increases (...) competitiveness of the majority or wholly state-owned companies through public procurement procedures," said Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici at a news conference at Victoria Palace.
President Iohannis welcomes incoming UAE, India, Ghana's ambassadors to Bucharest to receive their credentials
President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday welcomed incoming United Arab Emirates' (UAE) ambassador in Romania Ahmed Abdullah Bin Saeed Al Matrooshi; India's Thanglura Darlong, and Ghana's Virginia Hesse, to receive their of letters of credence.
President Iohannis asks Parliament to reexamine amendments to ANI law
President Klaus Iohannis has called on Parliament to reexamine a law supplementing Law 176/2010 on integrity in the discharge of public duties, amending and supplementing Law 144/2007 on the establishment, organisation and operation of the National Integrity Agency (ANI).
PM Dancila welcomes Turkey's Ambassador Osman Koray Ertas; Romania-Turkey bilateral relation on agenda
Prime Minister Viorica Dancila welcomed on Wednesday, at the Victoria Palace, Turkey's Ambassador to Romania Osman Koray Ertas, on a courtesy visit, a release of the Government sent to AGERPRES informs.