Gabriel Oprea

Iohannis to call consultations with parties over funding Army 2 pct of GDP from 2017

President Klaus Iohannis announced on Tuesday he will call consultations with the parliamentary parties with a view to forging an agreement meant to provide 2 percent of gross domestic product to defence starting 2017 and keeping such goal for at least ten years.

Photo credit: (c) Alex MICSIK / AGERPRES PHOTO

Lieutenant General Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca is the new Chief of Staff's head as of January 2015

President Klaus Iohannis has signed on Monday a decree for the appointment of three star Lieutenant General Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca as Chief of Staff's head, as of January 1 2015, when the mandate of the current head of the Chief of Staff, General Stefan Danila comes to an end, the Presidential Administration informs.

Vice Premier Gabriel Oprea hopeful 2016 budget will include wealth tax collections

Chairman of the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR), Vice Premier Gabriel Oprea, reiterated on Saturday in the mountain resort of Sinaia the need to have large fortunes taxed, voicing hopes that the 2016 budget will also include amounts from this source of revenues.

Military parade on Romania National Day in Constitution Square

The military parade on the occasion of Romania National Day - December 1 - started with the arrival of incumbent president, Traian Basescu at the Constitution Square in front of the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, at 11:00 a.m.

The president hailed the military gathered there, after that the national anthem was sung.

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