Claudia Stanescu

President Klaus Iohannis has stated on Tuesday that the vision for Romania's development in the next years will be based on innovation, competitiveness and massive investments in transport, energy infrastructure, but also in the healthcare one, and requested the support of "credible" political forces and business milieu to provide confidence to employees and entrepreneurs.

Romania's Prime Minister Ludovic Orban attended an informal meeting on Tuesday, in a quadrilateral format that comprised Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and Serbia, with the Bulgarian and Greek prime ministers and the president of Serbia, as the four leaders discussed possible future measures to ease travel restrictions among the four states.

The decision adopted by the Government on Monday, under the provisions of Law No. 55/2020, on the establishment of the state of alert in the entire country starting with May 18 for 30 days has been published in the Official Journal.

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban has stated on Monday that the Government will put into practice a plan based on the principle "of producing in Romania what can be produced in Romania," mentioning that he will also set up a scheme to guarantee loans for companies that cannot access IMM Invest (programme for SMEs) .

Culture Minister Bogdan Gheorghiu conveyed on Monday a message occasioned by the International Museum Day, in which he underscored that the challenges of this period will be overcome together and extends the invitation to visit the museum institutions which will open these days.

Bucharest, May 16 /Agerpres/ - The National Authority for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Children and Adoptions (ANDPDCA) informs that, in the period March 10 - May 14 (end of state of emergency), 657 persons in the social assistance system were infected with the novel coronavirus, 122 elderly persons and adults with disabilities dying.

Bucharest, May 16 /Agerpres/ - The Strategic Communication Group (GCS) mentioned, on Saturday, that the option of institutionalized quarantine for persons that have traveled alone abroad and who do not want to expose their family upon returning home. "According to Decision no.

Bucharest, May 16 /Agerpres/ - The Strategic Communication Group (GCS) mentioned, on Saturday, that persons not wearing masks in the enclosed spaces mentioned by the Decision of the National Committee for Emergency Situation (CNSU) may be fined between 500 and 2,500 RON, and that the purpose of authorities is not to fine citizens, but to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Bucharest, May 16 /Agerpres/ - A number of 267 new cases of persons infected with the novel coronavirus were recorded in Romania since the last informative bulletin, the total number of infections thus reaching 16,704, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on Saturday. Of the persons confirmed positive, 9,574 were declared healed and discharged.

Bucharest, May 16 /Agerpres/ - Another seven persons infected with the novel coronavirus have died, the death toll reaching 1,081, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Saturday. The dead were five women and two men with ages between 59 and 91 years old. AGERPRES (RO - author: Livia Popescu, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - editor: Razvan-Adrian Pandea)