Crime Prevention Week

Eugen Preda, the first CEO of Romanian Radio, would have celebrated today his 85th anniversary

* European Commission considers that Romania has not taken appropriate steps to protect citizens from fine particles pollution

* The Swiss Ambassador in Romania spoke about the problems faced by foreign investors in our country

Seven new drugs will be put on the list of compensated and free of charge drugs

* President Traian Băsescu signs into law a fiscal amnesty for the retired, mothers and civil servants

* Romanian Defence Minister under scrutiny

Presidential candidates contested

Head of Romanian Boxing Federation involved in a DNA enquiry

• The Foreign Intelligence Service says that none of the presidential candidates is an officer of the Service
• Romanian-US military exercise
• TAROM flights schedule back to normal

László Tökés supports the autonomy of Székely Land

* Spontaneous strike at TAROM

* A new landslide occurred in the Danube Gorge

Unemployment in Romania in June was 700,000 people

* Romania has won a gold medal and three silver ones at the International Chemistry Olympiad

* Collaboration between Romanian and Dutch police to combat theft in Amsterdam

The Government will make budget rectification

Romania will send police and rule of law experts to Ukraine

* Health care contribution not expected to rise, Health Minister says

* Orange Code warnings extended

* Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will attend the Summer University in Bǎile Tuşnad resort

* Loans for companies and population rose in June by over 600 million lei

* Drivers transporting hitchhikers could get fines between 1000 and 5000 lei

*Romanian Senator Ioan Ghişe turns independent

*Eight Romanians dead following a car crash in south-eastern Spain

*Bucharest Police chief released from job

* Victor Ponta: Romania will support any measure taken at international and European level after the disaster in Ukraine

* Merger announced between PD-L and PFC parties

* ANI ruling in a corruption case involving a former ICCJ judge

* The Reading Garden opens in Bucharest

*Public Tender for leasing 1,000 kilometers of railways

*Belgrade can count on Bucharest’s support

*We want Romania to be the best advocate for Serbia's EU accession (Aleksandar Vucic)

* Péter Szíjjártó: The market in Romania has a major importance for Hungary

*Romanian Postage Stamp Day

*"Romanians and the Great War" photo documentary exhibition opens in Milan

* More than 80 Romanian nationals back home from Gaza

* Romania sees a FDI surge

Chevron halts work on shale gas exploration in Pungesti, Vaslui County

The annual inflation rate reached a new historic low

* Romania's PM in alleged talks with UDMR leaders

* Police raids for alleged tax evasion

* Police officers suspend the protests announced for today

* Police officers will protest in front of the Ministry of Interior

* Repatriation operations of the 20th Infantry Battalion Black Scorpions in Afghanistan are ongoing

*Romanian Government has approved the proposal to organize the first annual conference "Romanian Language in the World"

*Romanian military ends its combat missions in Afghanistan

*NSA received a judicial warrant to intercept communications in 193 countries, including Romania

*July 1st brought a number of changes in utility tariffs paid by the population

*The minimum wage reaches 900 lei

*Number of unemployed reached almost 720,000 in May

*Violinist Alexandru Tomescu will be awarded the Star of Italy with the rank of knight

*Former Mehedinţi county chief remains in custody

*Alleged PM's involvement in Mehedinţi county chief corruption case prompts resign call

*Romanian regions under yellow code of stormy weather

* Romania and Turkey welcomes the signing, which will take place in Brussels, of the EU Moldova Association Agreement

* The 3rd edition of the annual Forum of the Danube Strategy opened in Vienna

* Ioan Rus is the new Minister of Transport

* Ministry of Tourism will support associations in joint projects in a given geographical area

* DNA chief sues Antena 3 TV

* RRA's "Metamorphosis" wins NYF Radio Awards' Silver Trophy

* The Senate has passed the Government's draft of cutting down Social Insurance Contribution by 5 percentage points

* Romanian citizens may receive passports at place of residence

* TREES, ARBRES

* Minister Delegate for Romanians Abroad asked about the health of Romanian assaulted near Paris

* American tourism industry campaign to lift visas for Romanian and Polish citizens

*Simple motion of Romanian Liberals and Democrat-Liberals

*Romanians' opinion on immigration

*Romanian MEP Mircea Diaconu contested

* Ovidiu Miculescu reappointed as head of the SRR

* Non-stop medical services on SpitalOnline.ro

* EU funds absorption has been below expectations in the first five months of 2014

* Over 300,000 foreigners have visited Romania in the first three months of 2014

* 44 radio theater productions from 21 countries are presented in Bucharest

* Inflation figures as provided by INS

* Army modernization was the topic of discussions between Mircea Dusa and Claude France Arnauld

* Representatives of Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and National Liberal Party (PNL) continue negotiations on merger project

* Estimates of the National Institute of Statistics

* "Romanian Energy Day" Conference in Brussels

* Romanian population decreased

* Convergence Report published by the European Commission

* The American cruiser USS Vella Gulf arrived in the port of Constanta

* Romania has one of the most powerful and advanced veterinary services in Europe

* Defense Minister Mircea Dusa attends NATO meeting

* Parliament has began the procedure for replacing members of the Board of Directors of the Public Radio

* Democratic Liberal Party and National Liberal Party reaffirm desire to merge

* The new package of healthcare services considers preventive care

* Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, arrives for a visit in Romania

* Military and religious celebrations on Romania's Memorial Day

* Protests in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constantza

* PNL - PD-L talks

* Fate of Romanian Senator Marius Isăilă still under question

* Romania expected to attend BookExpo America international fair for the first time

* Romania's President goes to Brussels

* New HBO TV series in Romania

*The Pentagon confirmed the visit to Romania of the American Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel

*The short film "It Can Pass Through the Wall" won a special jury mention, at Cannes Film Festival

* Romania participates in a military exercise along with other NATO forces, in Germany

* Romanian Foreign Ministry informs its citizens that the central and eastern Croatia is affected by heavy floods

* Payment period of the so-called ‘pole tax’ expires at the end of the week

* Over 100 works of art can be seen at the first edition of the international exhibition Art Safari

* Over 300 Romanian troops participate in an extensive drill organized by the U.S. Army at two training bases in Germany

*Romania will not enter into a new agreement with the IMF after 2015

*Over 5,800 Green House Program beneficiaries receive funding

*Danube flash flood might reach Romania on May 25th

* President Traian Basescu hopes that the decison on Romania's entry to Schengen Area will be made next month

* Romanian National Bank announces the best exchange rate for the national currency

* Attracting European funds for SMEs’ development will take effect in the second half of the year

*Metro Union Trade protest

*Money for SMEs

*Romania has had an economic growth of 3.8 percent in the first quarter of the year

* Nicroporos Company has announced that, starting tomorrow, the plant would not operate any longer

* 16 medicines for rare diseases will be included on the list of compensated drugs

* Romania's population declined in March, compared to the previous month

* President Traian Basescu says that there is a need for further state reform

* Jail sentence of former Romanian PM Adrian Năstase upheld

* Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest final

* Romanian police expected to fight tax evasion in baking industry

*The first edition of GAUDEAMUS Book Fair in Oradea

* Victor Ciorbea has been sworn in office as Ombudsman

* Government has provided first relief goods to flood victims

* Chevron began drilling for shale gas exploration in Siliştea Pungesti

* Government aims to increase employment, pensions and allowances from January 1st , 2015

* Romanian-Canadian military exercise scheduled at Campia Turzii Air Base

* Prime Minister Victor Ponta said that Romania should stand beside Chisinau

* Banks in Romania expect to intensify lending in the coming period

* National Agency for Employment announces vacancies

* Romania welcomes the lifting of visas for Moldovan citizens

* Two short films by the “Little Stars” School, selected at Cannes Film Festival

*Future plans of SEECP Romanian Presidency

*Former ASF chief sent to court

*Open job fair in 23 counties

* Romanian tennis champ Ilie Năstase to run for Senate seat

* Yellow Code warnings in southern Romania

* A Romanian short at Cannes Film Festival

* Flood warnings

* Earth Day 2014

*Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority about gas consumption this month

*The season to visit fortified churches in Transylvania officially opened on Sunday

* Romania sent to Brussels the draft partnership agreement for the new financial year 2014 - 2020

* Romanian PM Victor Ponta on board of a F-16 fighter jet

* Golden coins discovered at Cenad

* Over 16,500 jobs are vacant nationwide

* President Traian Basescu sent out a public message, on the Jewish holiday of Pesach

* On average, Romanians will spend for food and Easter gifts a sum similiar to that one spent last year

* Notification for Romanians who want to travel to Israel during Jewish Easter

* French carmaker Renault is not expected to extend production in Romania

* Romania's DNA chief receives the International Women of Courage Award

* Constantza mayor still under investigation but free

* Open Doors Day at Romania's Geandarmerie

*Romania's Constitution Review Committee to resume procedures after April 30

*SRR Managing Board member Ileana Savu breaches incompatibility clause, ANI says

*Radio Romania's Gaudeamus Book Fair opens in Cluj-Napoca

*Constantza City Hall and its mayor under investigation

*New permits for Chevron operations in Romania

*Deputy Radu Stroe to be ousted from PNL

*American combat aircraft F-16 will be involved in exercises in Romanian national airspace

*Rovana Plumb: Government wants a real increase in the number of employees

* Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights visits Romania

* Romania participates with 24 inventions at the International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva

* Romania’s minimum wage remains very low compared to other countries in the region

*A team of experts from the European Commission assesses the progress made by Romania in the field of justice

*Rosia Montana Gold Corporation will lay off most employees

* Gas, fuel and cigarettes are becoming more expensive from April 1st

* The government wants to find a development solution for Oltchim plant

* Government will return four cents out of the 7 cents representing the fuel excise

*Managers count on the growth in manufacturing, construction and trade industries

*Health Ministry plans to increase the role of family physicians in early detection of cancer

*Mişu Negriţoiu may be the next ASF president

*An exhibition of "Romania's Treasures" in China

*The mayor of Bucharest visits Jerusalem

*Chinese specialists will be involved in building a high-speed line in Romania

* PM Victor Ponta met TVR President - Director General Stelian Tănase

* Simple motion against Romanian Cabinet

* INS figures