Roxana Minzatu

Romania has an European funds absorption rate of 32 per cent, for the 2014-2020 programming period, which is below the European average, Minister of European Funds Roxana Minzatu told a press conference on major infrastructure projects on Wednesday .

Investment in road infrastructure should be a priority for Romania, Minister of European Funds Roxana Minzatu said in Botosani on Friday.

European Funds Minister Roxana Minzatu argues that President Klaus Iohannis "is knowingly blocking" governmental environment projects, funded with European funds, by refusing to appoint a new relevant minister. Minzatu gave as an example six water and wastewater projects worth a total of 1,558,685,670 euro, which are subjected to obtaining the green light from the Minister of Environment.

Minister of European Funds Roxana Minzatu said on Wednesday that she is inviting the National Women's Entrepreneurship Confederation - CONAF and other organizations to join the working groups tasked with managing the future operational programs and working out programs and public policies that will contribute to the development of a flexible labor market.

Skilled labour shortage and its impact on companies, attracting skill labour and surveying market trends are some of the subjects to be discussed on Wednesday at a Labour Pact conference in Cluj-Napoca. "Romania needs a stable, predictable economy, where economic laws are not changed every year, an economy where the country's budget is built on real bases.

Digitalisation remains the answer and the solution to most of the challenges faced by today's Romanian administration, Communications Minister Alexandru Petrescu said at the signing ceremony for three EU financing contracts for the digitalisation of public services, which took place at the Victoria Palace of Government.

President Klaus Iohannis on Friday signed the decrees appointing Ana Birchall as Justice Minister, Roxana Minzatu as European Funds Minister and Natalia Intotero as Minister for Romanians Abroad, the Presidential Administration informed. AGERPRES (RO - author: Florentina Peia, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - editor: Adina Panaitescu)

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila is the new PSD executive chair, the extraordinary Congress of PSD has decided on Saturday.

Marian Neacsu has been elected secretary general of the PSD.

The extraordinary Congress has validated vice-chairs by development regions: