President Klaus Iohannis will hold consultations with parliamentary parties and groups at the Cotroceni Palace on Monday in order to nominate the candidate for prime minister, the Presidential Administration informed on Friday.The head of state will hold consultations, starting with 12.00 pm, with the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Democratic Union of Hungarians of Romania (UDMR), also starting with 12.30 with the Save Romania Union (USR), at 1.00 pm he will receive the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (USR) and at 1.30 pm the parliamentary group of national minorities.On November 4, the President announced that he would call the parties to consultations for the creation of the Government when a parliamentary majority crystallized. "I will wait with the formal consultations until the moment when the party discussions will lead to the crystallization of a majority assumed by those parties that will want to propose a Government. Only when this majority is assumed I will convene consultations for the creation of the new Government," said Klaus Iohannis.On Sunday, after a new round of negotiations between the representatives of PNL - PSD - UDMR and minorities, it was agreed that these parties should go to Cotroceni for consultations with a single proposal for prime minister.
Radu Miruță, currently Romania’s economy minister, was proposed to lead the Defense Ministry. He will also hold the position of deputy prime minister. In his place, senator Irineu Darău has been proposed to take the helm of the Economy Ministry. The Defense and Economy Ministries are handled by the center-right reformist party Save Romania Union […]
Carrefour Romania has expanded its proximity retail network, reaching 200 Express stores and 191 Market locations nationwide, as part of its strategy to strengthen convenience formats. The retailer announced that the 200th Carrefour Express store will open on December 22. In 2025 alone, Carrefour opened 27 Express stores, including 19 company-operated units and eight franchise […]
Bucharest Tribunal rejected on Wednesday, December 17, an appeal filed by former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu against a lower court decision to keep him under judicial control in a case in which he is accused of promoting legionary ideology. The ruling is final,
European chief prosecutor Laura Codruța Kovesi, the former head of Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), said she was “shocked” by the revelations made by magistrates in the Recorder documentary ‘Captured Justice,' released on December 9. The media investigation, which fueled major street protests in Romania, details how...
Romania is among 19 European Union member states asking the European Commission to allocate funding for the creation of migrant return centres to be located outside the EU, amid a broader tightening of the bloc’s migration policy, Agerpres reported. The request follows decisions taken by...
The minister of economy, Radu Miruţă, announced that the Agency for Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Enterprises' Performance (AMEPIP) fined him, as a natural person, for "wanting a clean and fair management at a state-owned company" - Avioane Craiova. The fine is apparently linked to comments made by minister Miruţă about the management teams appointed […]
