The ministers of the Ciolacu Cabinet were sworn in on Monday evening before of President Klaus Iohannis, during a ceremony held at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace. The senators and deputies gave their vote of confidence to the Government led by Marcel Ciolacu, on Monday, in a joint session.240 votes "for" and 143 votes "against" were registered, announced PSD deputy Daniel Suciu, who presented the minutes on the result of the vote.450 parliamentarians were present, with 383 votes cast.The executive is made up of the prime minister, 16 ministries, eight led by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), six by the National Liberal Party (PNL), and two by the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR). The government has three deputy prime minister positions, one of which is allocated to PSD - a deputy prime minister without portfolio, and the other two, with portfolios, to PNL and UDMR.The government begins its mandate as of the date of the oath of office.The composition of the new executive is as follows:* Prime Minister - Marcel Ciolacu* Deputy Prime Minister - Marian Neacsu* Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs - Catalin Predoiu* Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance - Tanczos Barna* Minister of Transport and Infrastructure - Sorin Grindeanu* Minister of Justice - Radu Marinescu* Minister of National Defence - Angel Tilvar* Minister of Economy, Digitisation, Entrepreneurship, and Tourism - Bogdan-Gruia Ivan* Minister of Health - Alexandru Rafila* Minister of Development, Public Works and Administration - Attila Cseke* Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development - Florin Barbu* Minister of Labour, Family, Youth, and Social Solidarity - Simona Bucura-Oprescu* Minister of Culture - Natalia Intotero* Minister of Education and Research - Daniel David* Minister of Foreign Affairs - Emil Hurezeanu* Minister of Investments and European Projects - Marcel Bolos* Minister of Energy - Sebastian Burduja* Minister of Environment, Waters, and Forests - Mircea Fechet. (Photo:https://www.presidency.ro/)
Romanians showed up in large numbers to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections, one of the most important democratic tests Romania has seen in the last three decades. At 14:00, exactly halfway through the voting process in the country, over 5.63 million Romanians have cast their votes, compared with 4.52 million […]
Romanians abroad have mobilized massively to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections. Update: By Sunday afternoon (15:00 Bucharest time), over 1.2 million Romanians have voted abroad for the country's next president. That's some 220,000 more votes than the overall total in the first round. The countries with the largest turnout are […]
Romanians abroad have mobilized massively to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections. The vote in Diaspora started on Friday morning, and by Saturday evening (at 19:00), over 609,000 Romanians had already cast their votes. The turnout is almost 90% higher than the one recorded at the same time in the first […]
It's almost impossible to think about anything not related to elections this weekend but if you should need some distraction, there are options. Happening now is the European Film Festival, screening recent productions from the continent, very varied in theme, tone, and genre. The fest is playing Bucharest, Sfântu Gheorghe and Timișoara until Sunday and […]
Modernization work is ready to start at Bucharest’s Henri Coandă International Airport, also known as the Otopeni Airport, following an investment of over RON 112.4 million (some EUR 22 million) led by the National Company Bucharest Airports (CNAB), news agency Agerpres reported. The company...
Paris Hilton, who will be present at IntenCity Craiova, a festival organized this summer between June 26–29, sent a message to her fans in Romania. "I'm excited to perform at the IntenCity Festival on June 28. It's going to be so much fun! See you there," Paris Hilton told those who will come to Craiova. […]
