Romania is a trusted partner of NATO and will not be intimidated by aggressive declarations of the Russian diplomacy, Prime Minister Ponta was quoted in a media release of the Executive. Ponta hailed NATO's reaction to the "aggressive stance" of the Russian Foreign Ministry towards Romania. '"Romania is a NATO member state and will only take the decisions it finds correct and opportune for the security goals of its own and of the North Atlantic Alliance. ...more »

Bucharest tops the national corruption rankings, followed by the counties of Maramures, Bacau and Caras-Severin; the capital city has 4.71 convictions per 10,000 inhabitants, while the counties of Salaj and Mehedinti are at the opposite end, reveals the "Local Corruption Map" drawn by the "Clean Romania" initiative and the Romanian Academic Society (SAR) and reported by Agerpress....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 »

Romanian President Klaus Johannis and his Polish counterpart, Bronislaw Komorowski, adopted on March 12, 2015 a Joint Statement which strengthens the cooperation between the two EU Member States as the field of energy security has gained increasing importance in the current geopolitical context....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 »

Klaus Iohannis is traveling to the Republic of Moldova in its first official trip as Romania’s President. Iohannis scheduled a two-day state visit to Chisinau between February 24 and 25 where will meet with his Moldavian counterpart, Nicolae Timofti, the newly-appointed Prime Minister Chiril Gaburici, as well as with leaders of the liberal and democrat parties in our neighboring country....more »