Adina Panaitescu

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) expresses the hope that "the intention to extend the transition period reflects the Ukrainian authorities' commitment to fully address the issues related to the impact of the Education Act on the persons belonging to the Romanian minority."

Minister of National Defense Mihai Fifor said on Tuesday that there is an urgent need to take a step further in the psychological assistance to the Romanian Army, adding that, very probably, a new concept in the field will be presented by early March.

Fifor is having on Tuesday a meeting with psychologists in the Romanian Army.

Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu had a meeting on Monday with Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto within a working lunch and spoke with him about regional security and the relationship of the two neighboring countries.

Romanian companies must be encouraged to acquire competitors from other countries, for right now there is a fiscal discrimination between financing through banking loan and new bonds issues, says Lucian Anghel, head of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB).

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced that the activity of each minister in her Cabinet will be assessed on a monthly basis, together with the leaders of the Social Democrat Party (PSD) - the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) coalition, Liviu Dragnea and Calin Popescu Tariceanu.

The caravan of Romania - Republic of Moldova - Cernauti Romanian cinematographic works organized under the banner 'Romanian Film Centennial - 100 Years, 100 Films, 100 Cities' was launched on Saturday in Iasi.

Secretary of State for Strategic and Bilateral Affairs in the Euro-Atlantic Space George Ciamba paid a visit on Friday to HMS Duncan British destroyer and Gaziantep Turkish frigate, on the occasion of the presence of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 in Constanta.

Former President of Romania Emil Constantinescu and AGERPRES Director General Alexandru Giboi were among the people welcomed by the Romanian Crown Custodian, Margareta, and Prince Radu, at the Elisabeta Palace this week, the Royal House informs.

Bucharest, Feb 2 /Agerpres/ - Romania will allocate this year 13 million lei for the Program for the development and optimization of the National Air Quality Monitoring Network, and 20 million lei to reduce the impact of pollution on the atmosphere, water and soil, including air quality monitoring, reads the substantiation note for the budget blueprint of the Environmental Fund and the Environm

Bucharest, Feb 2 /Agerpres/ - The rights of the Romanians currently living in the UK remain fully guaranteed, Minister-delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu said in a release issued on Friday by the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) to AGERPRES.