Georgiana Tanasescu

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader stated on Monday that Social Democratic party (PSD)'s National Council agreed that amnesty and pardon should be the last resort to correct justice abuse.

The priorities of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the regional cooperation and the economic interconnection projects were among the topics tackled by Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu during his meeting on Wednesday in Bucharest with representatives of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the National Assemblies of Bulgaria and Serbia.

The priorities of Romania's Presidency of the Council of the European Union are organized on four pillars: Europe of convergence, Europe of safety, Europe - global actor and Europe of common values, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Wednesday.

She pointed out that the first pillar - Europe of convergence - is based on "growth, cohesion, competitiveness, connectivity".

President Klaus Iohannis said on Friday that he is awaiting a ruling from the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) on a complaint filed by the government over his delaying in appointing the new transport minister and the new regional development minister following a recent reshuffle, and then act constitutionally.

President Klaus Iohannis said on Friday that the referral made by the Government to the Constitutional Court (CCR) in the case of the appointment of the new Ministers of Transport and Regional Development cannot solve the problem, which is of a political not constitutional nature.

Premier Viorica Dancila on Thursday had a phone talk with her Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki, reaffirming on the occasion Romania's full commitment to ensuring a successful Presidency of the EU Council, the government said in a release.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila and the members of her cabinet will be convening today in a solemn meeting to celebrate the National Day of Romania in the centennial year of the Greater Union of December 1, 1918, in Alba Iulia on Thursday.

The meeting will take place from 10:30hrs, EET, at the Alba Carolina Fortress, the Union Hall, according to the PM's schedule.

Romania will pay special attention to the social dimension and the principles that make it - gender equality, social inclusion, occupational safety, work-life balance - when holding the six-month rotating Presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2019, Romania's Deputy Prime Minister Ana Birchall told the Women Leaders Global Forum (WPL).

Senate Chairman Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said on Tuesday that it is in the hands of the Upper House plenary to decide whether he should be prosecuted or not, while the prosecutors can only look into the legality, not the timeliness of the Government's decisions.

AGERPRES special correspondent Florentina Peia reports: President Klaus Iohannis and French President Emmanuel Macron signed on Tuesday at the Elysee Palace a political statement on the two states' Strategic Partnership.