Eugen Teodorovici

Pro Romania and non-affiliated MPs are voting for the censure motion, the main reason being the ordinance announced by Minister Eugen Teodorovici, which would affect the entire Romanian economy, Pro Romania leader Victor Ponta announced on Thursday.

The draft of the Emergency Ordinance (OUG) providing for a set of measures among which the capping of the natural gas price is a proposal assumed by the Romanian Government to protect the population against possible price raises of the natural gas above the population's affordability, a release by the Ministry of Energy sent to AGERPRES reads.

President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday that the emergency ordinance announced by Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici, "introducing new taxes and duties", comes with "unheard of" ideas and "pushes the economy into chaos."

The level of the interbank offered rate ROBOR, which serves as benchmark for floating-rate loans in lei, is attributable to the entire country, it depends on the domestic realities and first of all on the inflation rate, therefore one cannot say that the banks are greedy because they increase this index due to certain disorders of the economic system, on Tuesday night said for the private Digi

The government puts forward as of 1 January 2019 a duty called "tax on greed" on the financial-banking institutions, in case the 3-month and 6-month interbank offered rate ROBOR, which serves as benchmark for floating-rate loans in lei go over a certain value, the impact of such measure being able to reach 3 billion lei (rd 645 million euro, ed.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila had a meeting with European Commissioners in Brussels on Wednesday, assuring them that Romania is fully prepared to take over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) on January 1, 2019, according to a press statement released by the Romanian government.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila conveyed on Saturday a message of unity, on the occasion of participating in the events taking place in Focsani, dedicated to the National Day of Romania, where she was both applauded and booed.

President Klaus Iohannis criticized on Thursday the statement of Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici regarding overseas Romanians' right to work, saying it is inappropriate and anti-Romanian.

The Government approved on Friday the second budget revision of 2018, and compared with the initial provisions there are now 9.5 billion lei in additional revenue and 10.7 billion lei in additional outlays, said Minister of Public Finance Eugen Teodorovici said at the Government House on Friday.

The new ministers of Education, Defence, Labor and Social Justice, Economy, Culture and National Identity, Communications and Information Society, as well as that of Youth and Sports have been sworn in, on Tuesday, at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in front of President Klaus Iohannis.