Daniel Florea

Romania and Ireland support the project to strengthen the European design, focusing on a European Union that is closer to its citizens, Romania's Minister-delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu said at a meeting in Dublin on Wednesday with Helen McEntee, state minister for European affairs with Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The Executive supports the Government Internship Program, as shown by the fact that compared to the 2017 edition, when 100 seats were allocated, this year the number of participants is 200, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Monday at the launch of the sixth edition of the program.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Melescanu discussed in Bucharest with the Special Representative of the European Union for Central Asia, Peter Burian, about the situation in Central Asia and the cooperation between the EU and this region.

Romania has reached its goals at the recent NATO summit in Brussels, with the most important of them being hosting a three-star army corps NATO headquarters whose future architecture will be configured by this autumn, Romania's Defence Minister Mihai Fifor said on Friday.

At a working dinner of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday, part of a NATO summit meeting there, Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu highlighted the importance of NATO continuing its support for its eastern partners - Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.

The Government will continue to adopt also in its Thursday's sitting measures to support the people in the flood-affected areas, on the list of priorities being the rehabilitation of county roads and bridges for connecting localities, as well as providing the diesel fuel required by the local authorities, said PM Viorica Dancila.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila had a meeting with Phil Hogan, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, on Tuesday, in the context of her working visit to Brussels, with the agenda of the discussions including the Common Agricultural Policy and the situation regarding swine fever and the floods Romania has been confronted with.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila met on Tuesday with President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Miroslav Lajcak, who is paying an official visit to Romania, context in which the Romanian PM showed that the success of implementing the 2030 Agenda will contribute to the construction of a balanced society, based on inclusive principles, with the main purpose of ensuring sustainable develo

Interior Minister Carmen Dan met on Friday, on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting of the Salzburg Forum (SF), with executive director of Europol Catherine de Bolle. The discussions focused on Romania's contribution to the functioning of this European agency.

At a meeting with a visiting delegation of the Friendship Parliamentary Group with Romania in the French National Assembly, Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu highlighted the special nature of the Franco-Romanian relations and the prospects for its consolidation amidst preparations for large-scale events in the bilateral relationship: the Romania-France season, the Celebration