Irinela Visan

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.

Romania's Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said at a joint meeting of the Romanian government and the European Commission in Brussels on Wednesday that the members of the European Commission are convinced that Romania can successfully hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Romania is facing a century since the most important achievement of the Romanians - the fathering of the national unity, and the politicians must answer whether they will go on promising a lot and delivering little, President Klaus Iohannis said in the plenary session of the Joint Chambers of Parliament devoted to the celebration of the Greater Union Centennial.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said Wednesday, at the end of a convention of the National Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), main at rule, that Lia Olguta Vasilescu is the party's pick for minister of regional development and public administration, and Mircea Draghici for minister of transport.

The Government approved on Friday the National Strategy for Sustainable Development of Romania 2030, a document prepared under the coordination of the Department for Sustainable Development.

Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Stef Block stated on Monday upon meeting his Romanian counterpart Teodor Melescanu that his country upholds the priorities Romania has set for itself during the presidency of the Council of the European Union, in view of promoting the EU's values and also underscored that these values must focus on human rights.

AGERPRES Romanian National News Agency Director General Alexandru Giboi was elected Secretary General of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA), on Friday, during the EANA conference held in Warsaw, Poland.

At a joint news conference with visiting India's Vice-President Venkaiah M. Naidu at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace on Wednesday, President Klaus Iohannis said that while holding the presidency of the Council of the Union European Union Romania will explore avenues to bring India and the European Union closer together.

AGERPRES' documentary "The Greater Union - Romania at 100" was presented in the garden of the National Romanian Literature Museum (MNLR) Tuesday evening at the end of the second edition of the 'Film and Literature' project.

In a speech at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace on Monday, President Klaus Iohannis said that the Three Seas Initiative has matured politically and conceptually and that all conditions are met to start concrete projects.