Darius Vâlcov, economic adviser to Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă, has plagiarized more than half of his Ph.D. thesis with the Faculty of Finance, Insurance, Banks and Stock Exchanges (FFABBV) in 2008, part of the Academy of Economic Sciences in Bucharest, ...
Read More »PSD and PNL – neck and neck in voting intentions. Romanians – optimistic on EU future, pessimistic about the country’s direction, survey says
The latest INSCOP Research survey reveals that PSD and PNL have almost equal voting intentions in the prospect of the European Parliament elections. The poll, commissioned by Konrad Adenauer Foundation, was conducted between January 21 and February 5, 2019. The ...
Read More »Politico: Romanian PM Viorica Dancila accuses EU of double standards
Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă accused Western European leaders of double standards in criticizing her country over corruption and a crackdown on anti-government protests. Dăncilă, whose government holds the EU’s rotating presidency, said corruption is also a problem in Western ...
Read More »Eurostat: Number of healthy years of life – Romania ranks ahead of Austria, Finland
In 2016, the number of years a person is expected to continue to live in a healthy condition at birth in the European Union (EU) was estimated to be 64.2 years for women and 63.5 years for men. This represented ...
Read More »Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index: Romania ranks 24th in the EU
Greece was the European Union member state that saw the biggest decrease in annual rankings measuring perceptions of corruption across the world. It dropped three points in a year and is one of five countries in the bloc considered to ...
Read More »Consolidated state budget deficit in 2018, the same as in 2017: 2.88% of GDP
The consolidated state budget deficit in 2018 was of 2.88% of the GDP, the same level as in 2017, the figures posted on Monday by the Ministry of Public Finances reveal. The budget deficit is thus within the target of ...
Read More »PM Dancila: Romania remains a reliable partner of NATO
Romania wants the European Union enhance its capacity to respond security challenges, but as a NATO partner, Romanian PM Viorica Dancila said on Wednesday at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. „The European Union’s action on security must be complementary to the ...
Read More »Almost 30pc of young Romanians in work, still exposed to poverty, Eurostat say
Almost one third (28.2%) of the young people from Romania, aged from 18 to 24, who were in employment in 2017, were exposed to poverty risk, being the highest percentage in the European Union, as against a European average of ...
Read More »Will Kovesi run for the top position with the European Prosecutor’s Office?
The former chief prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi has filed the candidacy for the top position of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, with the selection procedure being ongoing at the European Commission, EC sources have ...
Read More »NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirms presence in Bucharest for the Informal Meeting of EU Defence Ministers
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has confirmed his presence at the Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers of EU member states, scheduled to take place in Bucharest on January 30 and 31, Defence Minister Gabriel Leş said on Thursday. According to ...
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