Georgiana Tanasescu

The chairman of the parliamentary investigation committee regarding the European Parliament elections, Lia Olguta Vasilescu, announced, on Monday, that the Special Telecommunications Service (STS) has no problem using tablets in the next elections, the presidential ones, mentioning, though, that she sent STS a note requesting all data from the European Parliament elections be saved.

Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Ramona Manescu participates in the opening of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) 63rd General Conference in Vienna on Monday. According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE), Manescu will have meetings with IAEA acting Director General, ambassador Cornel Feruta, as well as with representatives of the participating states.

The new National Bureau of the Save Romania Union (USR) elected by the 5th congress will bring the party to govern, on Sunday said this political formation's chairman Dan Barna.

The Romanian firefighters stood out both in our history's critical times and in the daily fight against natural calamities and disasters - reads President Klaus Iohannis's message conveyed on the occasion of the national Firefighters' Day. The head of the state brings to mind that this day celebrates "the heroic fight of the military firefighters in defending the ideals of national freedom".

The Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFISCDI) announced on Wednesday the launch of the collaborative research projects competition within the "Research Programme," associated to the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021, which aims to support cooperation between researchers of Romania and Norway.

The Chairman of PRO Romania, Victor Ponta, specifies that the formation he leads will not support in Parliament a new Executive led by Viorica Dancila and will not be part of a right-wing government. "We will not vote for a new 'Dancila 2' government as incompetent and incapable as this one.

Chairperson of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Viorica Dancila argues that "the appointment of Rovana Plumb as European Commissioner on behalf of Romania" represents an accomplishment for our country. "Rovana Plumb's appointment as European Commissioner on behalf of Romania represents an accomplishment for our country.

Interim Minister of Education Valer-Daniel Breaz, on Monday, responded to the criticisms regarding the Order that pupils who took the average below 5 at the National Assessment will go to vocational schools, saying that no student will be denied access to education.

President Klaus Iohannis said on Monday, at the opening of the new pre-university school year, that some politicians are afraid of school because people in education institutions are trained to tax them for errors in logic or phrasing. "Some politicians are afraid of school. Here, in school, people are trained to tax them for logic errors and, of late, rather often, for phrasing errors.

The head of the Department for Emergency Situations, Raed Arafat, presented on Friday evening a milestone report that provides for 14 measures for the reorganization of the 112 emergency response service.