The national strategy on public procurement procedures will be completed by June, 2015, along with other four related bills, announced Eugen Teodorovici, the Minister of European Funds, according to Agerpres....more »

Romanian Minister of Finance, Darius Valcov, has resigned after the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) placed him under criminal prosecution for a charge of influence peddling related to the period during which he had served as mayor of Slatina city....more »

The Romanian Government approved on February 25, 2015 the General Transport Master Plan, which will be submitted to the EU Commission for fulfilment of ex ante conditionality, required to access structural funds....more »

The draft Tax Code and Fiscal Procedure will be discussed by the Government between March 18 and 25, 2015, in view of approving them, announced Prime Minister Victor Ponta....more »

As the Budget and Economic Committees have approved the renewal of the term of office for both the president and the vicepresident of the Competition Council – Bogdan Chiritoiu and Otilian Neagoe, respectively, the Romanian Parliament is going to send the related notification to President Klaus Iohannis for validation....more »

The Government and the representatives of the International Monetary Fund, and of the EU Commission have not reach an agreement in relation to the ongoing assessment mission, announced Prime Minister Victor Ponta....more »

A Mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headed by Andrea Schaechter has begun the visit in Romania for the third assessment of the 2-billion euro stand-by agreement with talks with BNR representatives upon possible solutions to the Swiss franc currency crisis, according to Agerpres which quotes official sources....more »

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta said, in the context of the upcoming visit of an IMF mission, that the Government aims to bring to an end the ongoing stand-by agreement and that a decision with respect to a possible new financing agreement will be taken this fall, reads Mediafax....more »

President Klaus Iohannis is paying a visit to Brussels between January 15 and 16, the first external visit since took office where will meet with representatives of EU and Euro-Atlantic institutions....more »

President Klaus Iohannis announced after the first talks with delegates of the parties represented in the Romanian Parliament that he received a positive response from their behalf to his initiative to conclude an agreement with the entire political spectrum with respect to national defense. ...more »