Cristina Zaharia

Net investments in the national economy amounted up to 84 billion lei in 2018, increasing by 0.8 percent compared to 2017, according to the provisional data published on Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said US Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland commended, during a meeting that she had with him in Brussels, the manner in which Romania has exercised its mandate so far at the rotating Presidency of the EU Council, adding that it has succeeded in concluding 62 files pending on the European agenda.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila stated that, on the occasion of her visit paid to Brussels, she agreed with First Vice-President of the European Commission (EC) Frans Timmermans to set up a joint committee, made up of experts of the Government and from Brussels, to punctually analyse the stage of the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) and re-confirmed that the Executive in Bucharest w

AGERPRES special correspondent Oana Ghita reports: Prime Minister Viorica Dancila delivered a speech within a conference organised in Brussels about gender equality and the efforts put in by the Romanian Presidency at the EU Council on this matter, underscoring that "women can be wise and charismatic leaders." "As the Prime Minister of Romania, as a woman, I strongly believe that women have equ

Romania proposed and already made "important" steps to support the strengthening of the European Union's global role during its term in office as the Presidency of the EU Council, Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Florin Iordache stated on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila stated on Wednesday that First Vice-President of the European Commission (EC) Frans Timmermans appreciated the "remarkable" manner in which Romania exercised the rotating Presidency of the EU Council.

The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) rejected on Wednesday the notification of President Klaus Iohannis regarding the state budget Law on 2019, establishing that the normative act is constitutional, officials of the CCR told AGERPRES. The quoted source mentioned that the decision was unanimous.

The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) rejected on Wednesday the notification of President Klaus Iohannis regarding the state budget Law on 2019, establishing that the normative act is constitutional, officials of the CCR told AGERPRES. AGERPRES (RO - author: Mihai Stoica, editor: Florin Marin; EN - author: Rodica State, editor: Cristina Zaharia)

Speaker of the Deputies' Chamber and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Liviu Dragnea says he agrees with the message conveyed by France's President Emmanuel Macron regarding the EU and points out that Romania should endorse "the organisation of a Conference for Europe, (...) it should actively get involved in this project." "I read the message of France's President, Mr Emmanuel Macr

Two Dutch citizens were caught on Monday at the Sighetu Marmatiei Border Crossing Point (PTF) hiding in a vehicle 167 packages with 84 kilograms of heroin, the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) informed.