The parties that will form the governing coalition voted at the end of this week on their representatives in the government that Ilie Bolojan has been appointed to lead. The new government will have five deputy prime ministers - four from the coalition parties plus one independent deputy prime minister, who will be responsible for state reform - six ministers from the Social Democratic Party (PSD), four from the National Liberal Party (PNL), four from Save Romania Union (USR), and two from the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR).The composition of the new Executive, which on Monday should clear the parliamentary committees and on the evening of the same day receive the vote of Parliament, is as follows:* Ilie Bolojan (PNL) - Prime Minister* Marian Neacsu (PSD) - Deputy Prime Minister without portfolio* Tánczos Barna (UDMR) - Deputy Prime Minister without portfolio* Catalin Predoiu (PNL) - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs* Ionut Mosteanu (USR) - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence* Dragos Anastasiu - Deputy Prime Minister for Reform* Alexandru Nazare (PNL) - Minister of Finance* Ciprian Serban (PSD) - Minister of Transport and Infrastructure* Radu Marinescu (PSD) - Minister of Justice* Radu Miruta (USR) - Minister of Digitalization and Economy* Alexandru Rogobete (PSD) - Minister of Health* Cseke Attila (UDMR) - Minister of Development, Public Works, and Administration* Florin Barbu (PSD) - Minister of Agriculture* Florin Manole (PSD) - Minister of Labor* Andras Demeter Istvan (UDMR) - Minister of Culture* Daniel David (PNL) - Minister of Education* Oana Toiu (USR) - Minister of Foreign Affairs* Dragos Pislaru (REPER member, proposed by PNL) - Minister of Investment and European Funds* Bogdan Ivan (PSD) - Minister of Energy* Diana Buzoianu (USR) - Minister of the Environment.The protocol establishing the governing coalition will be signed on Monday, June 23, at 10:00 a.m., at the Senate, in the office of the current Senate president, Prime Minister-designate Ilie Bolojan.
In the context in which agri-food systems are responsible for almost one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, Auchan Romania assumes an active role in the transition of its supply chain toward a more sustainable model. At the second edition of the Climate Supplier Event, organized under the aegis of the Climate Change Summit, the […]
Janiva Magness, the winner of seven Blues Music Awards following 26 nominations, and nominated for a Grammy for a career spanning 17 albums, is set to perform at the 14th edition of the Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival, which will take place between August 14–16, 2026. Magness is one of the most valuable and influential […]
Auction house Artmark announced a major auction for this winter featuring an engraving created by Francisco Goya, the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Romania's late communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu received this gift from King Juan Carlos I as a gesture of diplomacy. The engraving entitled “The Engagement – Capricho […]
Authorities managing Romania's Bicaz Gorges–Hășmaș National Park has built a fish ladder system on the Bicaz River, which will allow protected species to migrate and reproduce. There are several bridges and small bridge structures in the Bicaz River that have a “bottom sill,” meaning small waterfalls. Fish that do not jump like the trout cannot […]
The far-right opposition parties in the Romanian Parliament are set to file a motion of no confidence against the government headed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The motion, authored by senator Ninel Peia of the Peace – Romania First group, is specifically aimed at the reformist party Save Romania Union (USR), and is entitled “Romania […]
Romania's iconic rock singer Adrian Pleșca, known as “Artan,” died on Tuesday, December 2, after a fatal stroke, at the age of 64. The artist founded the well-known band “Timpuri Noi” in 1982 and “Partizan” in 2001, and was popular on the Romanian rock scene. Over the years, he left and returned to the two bands. Several […]
