Implementing NATO Readiness Action Plan, the long term Adaptation Measures with a view to the Summit in Warsaw of 2016 and Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan were the main topics on the discussion agenda. As to the progress in reviewing and optimizing NATO Response Force (NRF), ministerDuşa pointed out that Romania will augment and improve its contribution to NRF, also by identifying forces and capabilities for NATO's Very High Readiness Joint Task Force. ...more »

Liviu Dragnea announced that he resigned from the position of Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration and will submit its mandate as executive president of the PSD, following the Supreme Court's decision to sentence him to one year of probation prison in the case of fraud in the referendum of 2012 to the dismissal of President Traian Basescu. ...more »

The final version of Romania's operational programme regional development, for which 8.25 billion euros are earmarked in the financial framework 2014-2020, will be submitted to the European Commission this month says Minister of Regional Development Liviu Dragnea. 'We have virtually closed negotiations with Directorate General Regio for operational programme regional development and the final version of the programme will be submitted to the European Commission today or tomorrow, no later than the weekend of May 9, 2015....more »

Romania has sound macroeconomic policies and the country's GDP has returned to the pre-crisis level, states Prime Minister Victor Ponta, citing a set of data from the most recent International Monetary Fund evaluation report. "Some of Romania's macroeconomic strengths (as per the most recent IMF evaluation): it has sound macroeconomic policies in place and the GDP has returned to the pre-crisis level. The healthy fiscal policy has reduced vulnerabilities and the baseline scenario of the evaluation team projects sustained growth that is seen reaching about 3 percent in the medium term," said the Prime Minister....more »

Eugen Orlando Teodorovici and Marius Nica took oath of office before President Klaus Iohannis during the investiture ceremony for their appointment as Ministers of Finance and European Funds, which was held at the Victoria Palace on March 30, 2015....more »

The Romanian Government has approved the Tax Code and new fiscal procedures draft which will be submitted to Senate for including them on the Permanent Bureau's agenda for the next week....more »

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 »