Ludovic Orban

PM Citu, dissatisfied bill on foreign investments in state-owned companies is blocked in Chamber of Deputies

Prime Minister Florin Citu today voiced his dissatisfaction that a bill repealing a regulatory act that prohibits foreign investments in state-owned companies is blocked in the Chamber of Deputies. "I am not very happy that this law did not clear the Romanian Parliament. In fact, I am very upset that it did not pass.

Ramona Saseanu, Liviu Popescu, appointed interim national media general directors

At a joint meeting on Thursday, the standing bureaus of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies appointed Ramona Saseanu as interim head of Romania's National Television Broadcasting Corporation (SRTv) and Liviu Popescu as interim head of the Romanian National Radio Broadcasting Corporation (SRR) for 60 days each.

Citu on the 'new lease of life' in PNL: A state of mind starting from the top

Prime Minister Florin Citu spoke on Tuesday about the modernisation of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and what the "new lease of life" in the party means, showing that, in the end, it is a state of mind and it starts from the top, with changing the party's national leader. "After all, it's a state of mind and it starts from the top, right?

PSD's Ciolacu: No catastrophe if Romania held early elections for the first time in 30 years

Chairman of the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) Marcel Ciolacu declared on Friday in Timisoara that PSD will never support a Liberal minority government and that there would be "no catastrophe" if early elections were organized in Romania after 30 years.

Speaker Orban: Renate Weber has truly been 'devil's advocate', her revocation, expected outcome

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Ludovic Orban considers that the revocation of Renate Weber from the position of Ombudsman was "an expected outcome", that he supported primarily because she "endangered" the life and the health of Romanians. "Renate Weber was not the Romanian Ombudsman, but the PSD [Social Democratic Party]'s lawyer and the lawyer of PSD interests'.

Orban: By the end of current parliamentary session we will appoint a new ombudsman

Removing Renate Weber from the position of ombudsman was made in accordance with constitutional procedures, and a new person will be appointed to the office by the end of the current parliamentary session, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Ludovic Orban said on Wednesday.

Orban: Romania needs qualitative and quantitative improvement in diplomacy

Romania needs the "qualitative and quantitative improvement" in the field of diplomacy, and the country's representation must be carried out at all levels of interaction and communication, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Ludovic Orban said on Thursday at the 8th edition of the Bucharest Model NATO Conference.

President Iohannis: The heroes of our nation are genuine symbols of selflessness, courage, sense of duty

The heroes of the Romanian nation were and continue to be genuine symbols of selflessness, courage and a sense of duty, President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday at a Heroes' Day ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Bucharest.

Speaker Orban: Draft law on pension - salary cumulation must be constitutionally solid

The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Ludovic Orban, believes that the draft law on the elimination of the pension - salary cumulation, currently in debate at the level of the Government, is necessary, since it has to be "solid from a constitutional standpoint".

MP Biro: Romania has consistently supported Ukraine's European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations

After a recent meeting with Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna, Chair of the Foreign Policy Committee of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies MP Biro Rozalia of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) said that Romania has consistently supported Ukraine's European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations.

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