Joe Biden’s two-day visit in Romania ended after meetings with President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Victor Ponta. The Vice President of the United States discussed with the Romanian leadership on energy security in the context of the Ukrainian crisis, on American investments in our country and trade commerce, also reinforcing their support as partners in the NATO alliance....more »

Joe Biden, the Vice President of the United States is paying a visit to Bucharest on Tuesday and Wednesday to meet President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Victor Ponta for discussing the international community’s response to Russia’s ille...more »

The Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Titus Corlatean, had yesterday a meeting with the United States Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz, discussing about a possible assistance in view of updating Romania’s National Strategy in the Energy field. ...more »

Romania’s President, Traian Basescu, and Prime Minister, Victor Ponta, reached an agreement yesterday concerning the reshuffled government, hence, Basescu eventually confirmed the ministers proposed by the latter.“We have reached an agreement ...more »

Traian Basescu yesterday announced that he approved the Memorandum which supports the Letter of Intent to the International Monetary Fund. He said during the investiture ceremony of the new Cabinet that he hopes that the arrangement with the Fund, by the measures it involves, will improve Romania’s competitiveness which is still the major issue, especially within state-owned companies....more »

The new ministers who have been proposed by Prime Minister Victor Ponta to be part of the reshuffled government may be invested today in the afternoon, following the Parliament’s vote. Currently, the Specialized Committees are hearing them and provided they get the required approvals they will go into the Parliament to be voted by the MPs....more »

The Social Liberal Union, USL, broke following yesterday’s decision of the Liberal wing of withdrawing from the governing alliance. The Permanent Delegation of the National Liberal Party, PNL, met Tuesday evening when adopted a resolution to support the Liberal ministers’ withdrawal from the Romanian Government given the crisis which has sparked inside the union and lead to bitter disputes amongst its leaders....more »

Following Daniel Chitoiu’s resignation, further changes within the Government have been announced earlier today by PNL’s leader, Crin Antonescu, who announced at the end of the Party’s Standing Bureau meeting that four Liberal ministers will be replaced....more »

Crin Antonescu, Head of the Senate and President of the National-Liberal Party, yesterday announced the resignation of Daniel Chitoiu, Minister of Public Finance, during a press conference, attended by the latter as well....more »

The Government will enforce all the measures undertook through the letter of intent and the economic memorandum concluded with the foreign financiers – the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the World Bank, whether or not Traian Basescu will sign or not these documents, Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced, quoted by Agerpres...more »