Premier Florin Citu had on Monday, on the margin of the Summit of the International Platform Krimea a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal where the two discussed about the advancement of bilateral cooperation, including through organisation this year of a new session of the mixed intergovernmental commission regarding economic, industrial and technical scientific cooperation, sent the executive. ‘At the same time, the two premiers expressed their desire to boost sectorial cooperation, with priority in the domain of transport and infrastructure and to open the common border check points. In this context, premier Florin Citu expressed Romania’s desire to have the rights of the people belonging to the Romanian minority respected’ shows a press release of the government. During this meeting, Citu reiterated Romania's readiness to advance bilateral cooperation and voiced Romania's desire to ensure respect for the rights of persons belonging to the Romanian minority. The Romanian premier took part, on Monday in Kiev to the Summit for the launching of the international platform Krimea, initiative of Ukraine meant to consolidate the policy of non-acknowledgement of the illegal annexation of Krimea. The delegation was also made up of the minister of foreign affairs, Bogdan Aurescu. The Crimea International Platform is a recent initiative by Ukraine aimed at strengthening the policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and, ultimately, facilitating the return of Crimea to Ukraine.
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 […]
