Viorel Stefan

The Council of the European Union appointed new members of the European Court of Auditors (ECA): Viorel Ştefan, from Romania, has been appointed for the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2025. He will replace Mr. George Pufan, the…

Romania is losing competiveness and we are concerned about this issue, also the current account deficit could affect the convergence effort, said European Commission Vice-president and Commissioner for the European currency and Social…

Several thousand people attended the official events in Union Square on Thursday to celebrate the Union of Principalities on January 24, PSD leaders being booed by some of those present. "PSD, red plague" the crowd chanted. The event was…

Following the announcement of Liberty House’s binding offer to acquire the Galati Steelworks in Romania from ArcelorMittal, Jon Bolton CEO for Liberty Steel met with Vice Prime Minister Viorel Stefan in Bucharest on Thursday, 25th October,…

The state budget faces the risk, more than ever, to conclude the budget deficit above the threshold of 3% of the GDP, as the budget execution reveals increasing expenditures and revenues below expectations, the Chairman of the Fiscal…

About 10,000 thousand Sanitas trade unionists have gathered on Thursday, in Victoriei Square, in front of the Government offices, to protests against the revenue decrease in the health system. The rally organised by Sanitas was expected…

Labour Minister Lia Olguta Vasilescu has announced on Tuesday that doctors and teachers will not receive wage increases according to the timetable discussed so far. Practically, the 100% wage increases in the health sector would no…

The impact of the unitary wage law will be 8.6% of the GDP in 2018, Finance Minister Viorel Ştefan said on Tuesday. “I would have liked it to be 8%, but 8%-9% is sustainable level, the minister said after meeting Premier Sorin Grindeanu.…

Romanian economy will reach a 4.4% gain this year, as compared with an expected 3.7% surge in January, the World Bank said on Monday in the Global Economic Outlook. It also revised the estimates for 2018 and 2019 by 0.3%, when Romania’s…

Social-democratic sources say that the relationship between PSD leader Liviu Dragnea and Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu is frozen, following Dragnea’s attempt to reshuffle the government and Grindeanu’s refusal. According to adevarul.ro,…