Georgiana Tanasescu

Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Melescanu on Monday stated that Romania's foreign affairs and diplomacy can and have the duty to continue to work as "a fundamental binder of the society."

Senate President Calin Popescu Tariceanu declared on Monday that there is sufficient evidence to prove that in Romania, street movements are not autonomous, but rather "resonance boxes of political groups which occupy positions at the head of the state, but also of some special type of institutions, such as the prosecution ones, as well as the intelligence services."

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader announced that he is initiating the procedure to assess the managerial activity of Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar, in the context of the protocols concluded with the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI).

He says that the assessment results, which are to be accompanied by possible proposals, will be made public within no more than 30 days.

Military prosecutors ordered the forensic probe of the tear gas and irritant incapacitants present in the ammunition and containers taken from the headquarters of the Romanian Gendarmerie as part of ongoing investigations into the gendarmes' use of force during the August 10 protest.

The President Klaus Iohannis's move to block the adoption of the first budget rectification negatively affects the economy and the Romanians' fundamental rights, the Goverment specified, in a press release sent to AGERPRES on Friday.

President Klaus Iohannis has decided to call on the Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) to convene in session on September 4 to look into proposals to revise the 2018 budgets of the national security organisations.

The National News Agency AGERPRES has concluded a partnership with RADEF RomaniaFilm, under which AGERPRES documentary "The Greater Union - Romania at 100" will run in the cinema halls owned by the company throughout the country, August 24 until the end of the year.

Romania's Prime Minister Viorica Dancila is starting today a three-day Western Balkans tour that includes official visits to Montenegro and Macedonia, where she is scheduled to meet state officials.

Chamber of Deputies Speaker Liviu Dragnea said on Tuesday that the fiscal amnesty is an act that is adopted and is not spoken much about, mentioning that an analysis must be made in the Government based on some simulations, and the measures must be good for the business environment and not "frustrating" for those who have paid their debts to date.

The celebration of Romanian Aviation Day and of the Air Forces has, in this year of the Centennial, an added symbolic charge, being the most appropriate opportunity to express gratitude and cherish for all those who during the course of history, served the Romanian Wings with dedication and abnegation, declared on Friday, president Klaus Iohannis.