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Madrid Summit ends with far-reaching decisions to transform NATO
Friday, July 1, 2022
The NATO Summit in Madrid drew to a close on Thursday (30 June 2022) with decisions to transform and strengthen the Alliance. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: “The decisions we have taken in Madrid will ensure that our Alliance continues to preserve peace, prevent conflict, and protect our people and our values. Europe and North America, standing together in NATO.” Allied leaders ...
Iohannis: Romania supports adoption of a new NATO-EU joint declaration as soon as possible
Friday, July 1, 2022
NATO summit in Madrid on Thursday, President Klaus Iohannis reconfirmed Romania's support for NATO's co-operation with the European Union.He participated, Tuesday to Thursday, in the summit meeting of NATO heads of state or government in Madrid.According to the Romanian Presidential Administration, on Thursday, President Iohannis reconfirmed Romania's active support for consolidating and deepening co-operation with partners, both with those in ...
Iohannis, Erdogan discuss strengthening cooperation in energy
Friday, July 1, 2022
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday had a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the sidelines of the participation in the NATO Summit in Madrid, with energy cooperation strengthening being among their talks topics.According to the Presidential Administration, during the discussions, President Iohannis highlighted the very good level of the Strategic Partnership relation between Romania and Turkey, and President Recep Tayyip ...
Minister Bogdan Aurescu to co-chair "Black Sea Security Summit" round table on Friday
Friday, July 1, 2022
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, will co-chair, on Friday, the round table "Black Sea Security Summit", organized by the US Congress' Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe, informs a press release.The head of Romanian diplomacy will lead, together with the American senator Roger Wicker, member of the US Congress, the round table, an event organized for the first time in Romania, which "represents the first multilateral ...
Statement from European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi regarding the protection of whistleblowers in Romania
Friday, July 1, 2022
Whistleblowers are an essential source of information for investigation and public prosecution services. The correct transposition and effective implementation of Directive (EU)2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (Whistleblowers’ protection Directive) therefore is of direct operational relevance for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. If you fail to ...
Gov't approves transnational investments with Ukraine, Republic of Moldova and Black Sea countries
Friday, July 1, 2022
The government approved at its Thursday's meeting, at the proposal of the Ministry of Public Works, Development and Administration (MDLPA), the negotiation and signing by Romania of the financing programs for transnational investments between Romania and Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, and Black Sea countries, respectively.Between 2021 - 2027, the three programs will fund cooperation projects in areas such as emergencies, education, health, innovation, ...
Minister visibility barometer: Premier Ciuca ranks first in top
Friday, July 1, 2022
Premier Nicolae Ciuca ranks first in point of visibility in the month of May. He was followed by education minister Sorin Campeanu and energy minister Virgil Popescu, both of them having a spectacular advance compared to the previous month. In exchange, health minister Alexandru Rafila, who ranked second in top, goes down to the 11th position, accord9ing to the Barometer of ministers' visibility, an ...
Government adopted the Ordinance regarding 0.5 RON reduction in fuel price
Friday, July 1, 2022
‘ The Ordinance regarding the 0.5 RON reduction in fuel prices came into effect today and I expect us to see in the following period companies applying this regulatory act’, Minister of Energy Virgil Popescu declared on Thursday after the government sitting where the ordinance was adopted.According to him, 0.25 RON will be supported by the state budget, and 0.25 RON will be a rebate which gas station chains will ...
Romania joins EU black sheep over declining media freedom
Friday, July 1, 2022
Romania’s independent media community is feeling increasingly pessimistic over a series of journalistic violations and what they consider backsliding due to political figures, making it the latest in a growing line of EU countries to experience problems with media freedom, euractiv.com reads. The black sheep of the EU in terms of journalistic rights have long been Hungary, Malta, and Greece, as ...
President Iohannis at NATO Summit: All the objectives we set ourselves have been achieved
Thursday, June 30, 2022
President Klaus Iohannis announced on Wednesday that all Romania's objectives at the NATO summit have been achieved."This summit is one of the most significant NATO meetings in recent years in terms of results for Romania, for our country. Once again, all the objectives we set ourselves have been achieved and met as requested and hoped for by us," Iohannis said on the sidelines of his participation in the NATO Summit in Madrid.He added that the ...
