Florin Marin

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday evening in Bucharest that it is important that the European Union's defense efforts do not compete with those of the North Atlantic Alliance but are complementary.

The Government takes on the objective of Romania adopting the euro currency in 2024, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila stated.

The public data of the budget execution for 2018 shows that the Government fulfilled with responsibility all the commitments and took good measures, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila stated on Wednesday in the beginning of the Government sitting.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila has announced on Wednesday that on February 6 and 7 she will be paying a working visit to Brussels, where she will participate in a conference on the fight against anti-Semitism and she will present, in the plenary session of the European Committee of Regions, the priorities of Romania's Presidency at the Council of the European Union.

German ambassador in Bucharest Cord Meier-Klodt stated on Tuesday that the Government's decisions regarding the taxation of certain sectors are being followed with some concern, showing that some of the new German investments already planned in Romania are being reanalyzed, postponed, or alternative locations are being sought.

President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday said that a series of governmental measures show a serious lack of responsibility, seriousness and vision regarding the economy flow and he asked the Government to cease the taxation experiments.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila met on Tuesday with Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Romania Andrew Noble, context in which the issue of UK's withdrawal from the EU was especially addressed, especially in view of the Presidency of the EU Council, which is currently exercised by Romania.

Minister-delegate for European Affairs George Ciamba presented on Tuesday the priorities of Romania's Presidency at the Council of the European Union in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) of the European Parliament (EP).

President Klaus Iohannis stated on Monday that the existence of the National Museum of Jewish History and Holocaust is vital.

The GDP and the budget revenues would have been by at least 10 per cent higher if all the state institutions had pursued Romania's interest, instead of just attempting to destabilize this ruling coalition, PSD (Social Democratic Party) leader Liviu Dragnea wrote on his Facebook page, in reply to a post regarding last year's budget revenues.