Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration

The Romanian and Ukrainian authorities signed four financing contracts with a total of 19.3 million euro, of which 17.3 million euro in European funding, allocated through the Romania - Ukraine 2014-2020 Joint Operational Program, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration (MDRAP) informs.

Tourism is a priority sector in Romania, and the current Government has taken concrete steps that have led to its substantial growth, Deputy Prime Minister Viorel Stefan said on Thursday at the opening of the 41st edition of Romania's Tourism Fair (TTR).

The Urban Agenda for the European Union is one of the priorities of the Ministry for Regional Development and Public Administration (MDRAP) during the Romanian presidency of the Council of EU.

Minister for European Funds Marius Nica is paying on Monday his first working visit to Brussels, in the context of the priorities set for the next period, the relevant Ministry informed in a release.

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Head of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi sent Romania's Prosecutor-general the papers needed for the notification of the Chamber of Deputies in connection with the request for the start of the prosecution of deputy Elena Udrea, who, at the time when the suspected crimes were perpetrated, was filling the position of Minister of Regional Development and Tourism.

The European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Corina Cretu announced on Friday after a meeting with deputy prime minister Liviu Dragnea, minister of Regional Development that specialists of the EC will come next Monday to Bucharest to help implementing the operational programmes from European funds.