The national anti-fraud strategy for the protection of the financial interests of the European Union in Romania, 2023 - 2027, was approved on Thursday in the government meeting, the Executive informs, in a statement sent on Friday."The Anti-Fraud Department (DLAF) is the national anti-fraud coordination service and the contact institution with the European Anti-Fraud Office that ensures, supports and coordinates, as the case may be, the fulfillment of Romania's obligations regarding the protection of the financial interests of the EU, according to the provisions of art. 325 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU," the press release reads.The National Anti-Fraud Strategy (SNLAF) aims to coordinate fraud prevention efforts, undertaken by all national partners, for a high and healthy absorption of European funds, including those allocated to Romania through the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism, as well as for a full budgetary contribution of Romania to the EU budget.The general objectives of SNLAF aim at the prevention and detection of fraud, administrative investigation and criminal prosecution, the recovery of funds and the imposition of sanctions, the Executive also says.
President Nicusor Dan signed on Thursday the decree appointing Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan as interim Vice Prime Minister on the areas coordinated by Dragos Anastasiu, the Presidential Administration informed.On 27 July, Dragos Anastasiu announced he was stepping down from the vice prime minister office, mentioning that he could no longer accept "being denigrated and thus […]
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan continued consultations on Thursday with representatives of the Association of Communes of Romania, telling them there is a strong chance to overcome the current difficult period if the approach of "responsibility toward public funds" is maintained."The reform of local public administration will be part of the second package of government measures […]
Financing the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) projects will continue for those already initiated and will stop only in case investment has not begun, where not a single euro was spent for construction, Development minister Cseke Attila explained on Thursday. “PNRR will not stop, neither will financing investments which have already been initiated, […]
The Justice Ministry announced on Thursday having developed in cooperation with the Finance Ministry and the National Tax Administration Agency a set of proposals to amend the Insolvency Law, which will be included in the second reform package.Some of the amendments provide for a higher recovery rate of the taxes and fees owed by insolvent […]
Romania is in the antechamber of recession, with the risk that its economy will decline in the third or fourth quarter, especially amid an increase in taxes, a significant drop in sales and record inflation at European level, says business consultant Adrian Negrescu."We are currently in the antechamber of recession. It is a moment […]
The Ministry of Culture announced on Thursday that is set to adapt national legislation for enforcing the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which supports media pluralism, editorial responsibility, protects journalists from abusive surveillance and intimidation, and provides protection for sources.According to a Culture Ministry release, the implementation in Romania of Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 of the […]
