The Bucharest Court has upheld the decision concerning the fusion of the National Liberal Party (PNL) with the Democrat Liberal Party (PDL), the new entity taking the first one’s name, states Mediafax. The decision, announced on October 6, also provides the deletion from the Special Register of the two parties and any eventual appeal can be submitted in the following ten days....more »

Prime Minister Victor Ponta today starts the United States visit for the 69th General Assembly of the United Nations and he will take occasion to meet with representatives of the Romanian community, as well as with the leadership of US companies....more »

The members of the Chamber of Deputies rejected the President’s request for re-examination of the draft law on the CAS decrease.  The bill was subsequently passed in its initial form by 307 votes to seven, with five abstentions, according ...more »

Romanian MEP Corina Cretu was included on the list of Commissioner-designate sent by EU Commission’s President Jean-Claude Juncker to Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, the President of the Council of the European Union, shows a press release of the Commission....more »

The Newport NATO summit started on September 4 with the Ukrainian crisis being the most critical subject on the agenda of the 60 leaders attending the talks. Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s President, announced that an agreement on a peace plan will be signed on September 5 in Minsk conditioning the ceasefire on both sides. He also stated that NATO supports the state-members prepared to provide military assistance to Ukraine, reads Mediafax....more »

Monica Macovei has made official her resignation from PDL in the light of the coming presidential elections she is running in. Currently MEP, Macovei said during a press conference that her decision was well-weighed, explaining that the party’s direction these days does not correspond with her principles....more »

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta started on August 30 his five-day official visit to China after his Chinese counterpart, Li Keqiang, invited him as a response to the visit paid to Romania in November 2013, states a press release from the Government....more »

The social-democrat designated by Victor Ponta to replace Liviu Voinea as minister delegate for budget took oath before president Traian Basescu during the investiture ceremony held at the Cotroceni Palace, also attended by the prime minister and the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Valeriu Zgonea....more »

The bill regarding the decrease by 5 percent of the social insurance contribution paid by employers was passed again by the Senate by 96 votes to one, with two abstentions. As Traian Basescu’s request for reviewing it was rejected, the related law was adopted without any amendments....more »

Senators, convened in extraordinary session, are meeting on Monday to analyze the request of President Traian Basescu to review the draft law with respect to the 5 percent decrease of the social insurance contribution (CAS) paid by employers, Agerpres announces....more »