Adina Panaitescu

ForMin Melescanu at informal EU foreign ministers meeting: Support for Western Balkans - a priority for Romania

Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu attended an informal meeting of the EU foreign affairs ministers (Gymnich) in Sofia on Thursday and Friday, where he reconfirmed Romania's commitment to the EU continuing its enlargement policy and support for the Western Balkans, the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE) reported in a press statement on Friday.

PM Dancila: Deepening relationship with Israel represents priority for Romania

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila met on Friday at the Victoria Palace with Ambassador of the State of Israel Tamar Samash, occasion on which the symbolic importance of 2018 for the dynamic of the bilateral relations was underscored, as well as the interest of the Romanian side for completing the project for the opening of Romania's National Museum of Jewish History and the Holocaust.

UPDATE/JusMin Toader: I will present report on Public Ministry, DIICOT and DNA activity before Parliament

Minister of Justice Tudorel Toader on Thursday stated that he will present the report regarding the activity of the Public Ministry, the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) and the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) next week before the joint chambers of Parliament.

DefMin Fifor highlights importance of allied commitment to further implement tasks established in Warsaw

Minister of Defence Mihai Fifor on Thursday highlighted in Brussels the importance of maintaining the allied commitment to further continue the implementation of the tasks established in Warsaw, on all dimensions related to the resolutions on strengthening the deterrence and defence posture, visibly materialized in the enhanced presence on the field of the allied troops along the Eastern flank.

ForMin Melescanu: Romania's future, Mediterranean region stability, development

Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu says the future of Romania is greatly linked to stability and development in the Mediterranean region, and the current relations between Romania and the countries in this region are all the more stronger for being "cemented by the bonds that exist at the human level."

Romania deploys 370 police officers, four boats for FRONTEX operations in 2017

The Romanian Border Police in 2017 participated in 13 joint operations and a pilot project organised under the aegis of the FRONTEX European Border and Coast Guard Agency, having deployed 370 border guards and four sea-going boats, according to the 2017 activity report released by head of the General Border Police Inspectorate (IGPF) Ioan Buda on Thursday.

Senate President welcomes Austria's Ambassador

Senate President Calin Popescu-Tariceanu on Thursday had a meeting with Republic of Austria Ambassador to Romania Isabel Rauscher, during a presentation visit, having reviewed the current stage and the prospects of consolidating the bilateral relations and parliamentary cooperation, including on the level of the presidencies of the two legislatures.

DNA's Kovesi: This attack aims to bring Romanian state to its knees, humiliate society

Chief Prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi said on Wednesday that the latest attack on justice is not by chance, as it is designed to "bring the Romanian state to its knees and humiliate the society."

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