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President Klaus Iohannis has warned in a press statement on Tuesday that Romania risks losing EU funds and being downgraded by the rating agencies if the state budget is not responsibly drafted amid economic crisis prompted by the Covid-19…

According to the 2020 Rule of Law Report Country Chapter on the rule of law situation in Romania released on Wednesday, the European Commission warned that the controversial amendments operated by PSD-ALDE to the justice laws in 2018 and…

Romania has lost EUR 6.595 billion in 2018 from non collected VAT, according to a report on the VAT Gap released by the European Commission. In 2018, the estimated VAT Gaps among Member States ranged from 0.7% in Sweden, to 33.8% in…

The European Commission has announced on Thursday that it had Okayed a EUR 875.5 million investment from the Cohesion Fund for the construction of the first phase of the Sibiu-Piteşti highway, reads an EC press release. The European…

Health Minister Nelu Tătaru has announced on Thursday that Romania will get around 1,290,000 doses of anti-Covid vaccine from the first installment bought by the European Union. "We asked the European Commission doses for half of the…

The European Commission has announced on Thursday it had Okayed the state aid scheme worth EUR 935 million for Romania to support the companies affected by the coronavirus pandemic, says a EC press release. The state aid will take the…

Due to the effects of the coronavirus crisis, the European Commission has today proposed to give Rijeka (Croatia) and Galway (Ireland) the possibility to extend their year as 2020 European Capitals of Culture until 30 April 2021. The…

Twelve cities from nine countries, including a Romanian city, are in the final stage of the contest to become the European Capital of Innovation 2020. Funded by Horizon 2020, EU’s research and innovation programme, the prize recognises the…

Romania will get 25,157 bottles of Veklury (Remdesivir) in three tranches from the European Commission to treat the COVID-19 patients within a contract signed and financed by the EC with the pharmaceutical producer, the Romanian Health…

The European Commission has approved the request for the registration of the Adamclisi wine from Romania in the Protected Designation of Origin Register, reads a EC press release. The request has been filed since March 2016 and it has…