Today Sunday, September 22, 2019 in the Romanian Newspapers

PM Dancila: We are not a failed government, we are an efficient government Prime Minister Viorica Dancila on Saturday stated that the Government is not a "failed" one, as labeled by President Klaus Iohannis, but an efficient one, and that the economic figures confirm it. "We are not a failed Government, as the President labeled us. He plays with words. It's very easy to offend someone. I never offend. We are an efficient government and I take responsibility for my words. We are not a perfect (...) Sep 21, 2019

More than 350 chess playes to participate in the World Senior Chess Championship in Bucharest Registrations for the World Senior Chess Championship, which will take place in Bucharest over November 11-24, have ended this week, with 350 chess players from 54 countries having registered. (...) Sep 21, 2019   President Iohannis: PSD was and continues to be a catastrophe for Romania President Klaus Iohannis on Saturday participated in the regional gathering of the PNL (National Liberal Party) organisations in South-Western Romania (Oltenia), on which occasion he spoke about (...) Sep 21, 2019   MediaSind TVR decides to continue excessive zeal strike for dismissal of Romanian Television director Members of the branch of the MediaSind Romanian Union of Journalists (SRJ) in the Romanian Television (TVR) have decided on Friday to continue the strike through excessive zeal started for the (...) Sep 20, 2019   ECHR eagerly awaits Romania ratifying Protocol no. 16 to Convention on Protection of Human Rights Romania's ratifying the Protocol no. 16 at the Convention on Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is encouraged and eagerly awaited, the President of the ECHR, (...) Sep 20, 2019   Traian Basescu collaborated with the Securitate, yet decision not final Bucharest Court of Appeal admitted on Friday the action started by the National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives (CNSAS) and decided that former President Traian Basescu (...) Sep 20, 2019   Romanian Government changes Offshore Law in favor of Black Sea investors Romania's Energy Ministry has submitted a draft legislation for public debate to change the Offshore Law, a controversial law issued last year with provisions imposed by the former (...) Sep 20, 2019   Romanian Court finds former President, current MEP Traian Basescu a former Securitate collaborator Former Romanian President Traian Basescu, who this year was elected a member of the European Parliament, has collaborated with the Ceusescu-era secret police, the Securitate, the Bucharest Court (...) Sep 20, 2019   PM Dancila says working visit to US, opportunity to sign documents regarding energy, healthcare Prime Minister Viorica Dancila mentioned on Friday, in Resita (southwest) that the visit she will conduct to the United States of America next week is a working visit, during which a memorandum (...) Sep 20, 2019   Transelectrica Shareholders Approve New Provisional Supervisory Board Members Shareholders of Romanian state-run power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) on Friday approved the extension of four provisional member mandates within the company’s Supervisory Board, (...) Sep 20, 2019   Liberty Steel To Invest EUR200M in Galati Mill in Five Years Liberty Steel, owned by international metals and industrial entrepreneur Sanjeev Gupta, plans to invest EUR200 million in the steel mill in Galati over the next five (...) Sep 20, 2019   Agricover Credit Net Profit Grows 31% To RON23M YoY In 1H/2019 Agricover Credit IFN, the financing arm of Agricover group, controlled by Iranian businessman Jabbar Kanani and the EBRD, ended the first half of 2019 with an operating result of RON26.8 million (...) Sep 20, 2019   "Arest," "La Gomera" and "Monsters" movies to be screened at White Night of the Romanian Films "Arest" directed by Andrei Cohn, "La Gomera" directed by Corneliu Porumboiu and "Monsters" directed by Marius Olteanu are among the movies to be screened on Friday (...) Sep 20, 2019   President Iohannis at BEC: We collected over 2,200,000 signatures; I want a normal Romania Bucharest, Sep 20 /Agerpres/ - President Klaus Iohannis has stated on Friday upon submitting his candidacy in the presidential election that he collected over 2,200,000 signatures, adding that he (...) Sep 20, 2019   USR’s Barna: President Iohannis was a fireman coming to rescue a house already on fire The USR PLUS Alliance's (Save Romania Union - Liberty, Unity, Solidarity Party) candidate for the presidential elections, Dan Barna, on Friday stated that President Klaus Iohannis was (...) Sep 20, 2019   #Bucharest560/Tumultuous history of city’s oldest house: from refuge for 1848 revolutionaries, to art museum Regarded as the oldest residential building in Bucharest, built around 1760, the Melik House, currently hosting the Pallady Museum, in the former Armenian Quarter, had a tumultuous history, as it (...) Sep 20, 2019   PLUS head Ciolos: We are ready to rule and govern Romania with honest people The USR-PLUS Alliance (Save Romania Union - Liberty, Unity, Solidarity Party) is ready to rule and govern Romania with honest people, MEP Dacian Ciolos stated on Friday at the Central Electoral (...) Sep 20, 2019   Romanian candidate Kovesi after COREPER vote to take over as chief EU prosecutor: A signal for Romanian magistrates in face of assault on Justice Laura Codruta Kovesi, the Romanian prosecutor who on Thursday received the COREPER vote to take over as head of Europe's new public prosecutor's office, has spoken with HotNews.ro (...) Sep 20, 2019   ​Prosecutor who opened case of police violence against demonstrators speaks up: Romanian justice in state of "chaos before collapse" The Romanian justice system is in a state of "chaos before collapse" and it hasn't seen such a poignant dissolution of state authority since the early nineties, shortly after (...) Sep 20, 2019   Private Equity Firms Got EUR22.5M Per Exit on Average in Romania in 2018 Private equity firms got EUR90 million from the exits from Romania in 2018, where they sold four companies, which means an average of EUR22.5 million per deal, ZF has calculated based on the data (...) Sep 20, 2019   Coca-Cola HBC Romania Sees Sugar Free Beverages and Water as Top Performers in H1 The sales of Coca-Cola HBC , the bottler and distributor of beverages under Coca-Cola and The Coca-Cola Company license in Romania, went up 3% to 5% in the first half of 2019, the lowest (...) Sep 20, 2019   National Honey Fair - autumn edition debuts on Friday on apiculture platform in Baneasa The Romanian Beekeepers Association (ACA) organises, over September 20-22, on the platform of the Institute of Research and Development for Apiculture in Baneasa, the 21st edition of the National (...) Sep 20, 2019   JusMin Birchall: Tighter cooperation with the ECHR represents an important goal of the Justice Ministry Justice Minister Ana Birchall met on Thursday with President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Linos Alexandre Sicillianos, underscoring within the meeting that Romania wants a tight (...) Sep 20, 2019   Tarom Headed to 12th Year in the Red after Posting RON66.3M Losses in H1 Flag carrying airline Tarom posted 624 million lei (EUR132 million) revenue in the first half, 17% higher than in the year-ago period. However, it remained in the red, and the last year it posted (...) Sep 19, 2019   Intermarium and the new policy of Poland in Eastern Europe By Constantin Radut Warsaw recently celebrated the 80th anniversary of the invasion of the Soviet Union and Germany. Events that have once again erased Poland from the map of Europe. The pompous (...) Sep 19, 2019   Laura Codruta Kovesi: It is very important for Justice to continue to resist, to do its job in professional manner Former head of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi Thursday talked about the assault on the justice system, carried out not only through comments in the public (...) Sep 19, 2019   PMP’s Paleologu: Romania needs president "open to dialogue, who will restore dignity of state Romania needs a president "open to dialogue, who will restore the dignity of the state, Romania's credibility abroad, will restore respect for Romania and for Romanians and, last but (...) Sep 19, 2019   Dancila: Romania remains firmly committed to promise to allot 2 pct of GDP for Defence Romania remains firmly committed to the promise of allotting 2 pct of the Gross Domestic Product for Defence, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila stated on Thursday, at the exhibition "We stand (...) Sep 19, 2019   Servicemen with Romanian Land and Air Forces, present at NATO Days, in Czech Republic Servicemen with the Romanian Land and Air Forces will be present at the NATO Days, due to take place Friday through Sunday, in Ostrava, in the Czech Republic, the Ministry of National Defense (...) Sep 19, 2019   RAFO Onesti Goes Bankrupt, Liquidator Prepares Asset Sale Oil refinery RAFO Onesti, one of the largest companies in Romania's oil industry 20 years ago, has entered bankruptcy, according to a decision by the Bacau (...) Sep 19, 2019   Banca Transilvania Seeks to Buy Back 15 Million Shares for Maximum RON60M Romania lender Banca Transilvania (TLV) wants to buy back maximum 15 million of its own shares out of a total 35 million approved by shareholders, for a maximum RON60 (...) Sep 19, 2019   PRO Romania supports censure motion PRO Romania will support the censure motion against the Dancila Cabinet, Senator Adrian Tutuianu, deputy chair of the political formation, stated on Thursday in central Brasov. "PRO Romania (...) Sep 19, 2019   Busteni, Sovata and Sighisoara, cheapest autumn tourist destinations Busteni, Sovata and Sighisoara are the localities with the cheapest accommodation options in Romania, the price per night in a 3-star hotel during the autumn months amounting on average to 27 (...) Sep 19, 2019   Crh Rmx&Agregate SRL Gets Antitrust Clearance To Acquire Some Assets Of Pomponio SRL Romania's antitrust body on Thursday said it cleared the deal whereby Crh Rmx&Agregate SRL takes over from Pomponio SRL some assets used for the production and sale of concrete products and (...) Sep 19, 2019