Criticised for years and placed under close monitoring from Brussels for its high corruption, in 2016, Romania has for the third year in a row received a positive report under the European Commissions Cooperation and Verification Mechanism.
Romania has no gas supply difficulties as cold snap boosts consumption; over 40 migrants drowned off Greece;
A retrospective of the main domestic events in Romania in 2015
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The gross minimum monthly wage in Romania is to go up to 276 euros on 1 May 2016 after talks between the government and trade unions and employers associations
Moodys has improved Romanias rating from stable to positive/ The state budget bill for 2016 is being debated by the relevant parliamentary committees, with a final vote being expected in a plenary session of Parliament, next Wednesday.
Moodys has improved Romanias rating from stable to positive/ The Romanian Parliaments specialist committees continue debates on the state draft budget for 2016, with a final vote being expected on Wednesday
Romania's Supreme Defence Council convenes in a meeting chaired by President Klaus Iohannis/ The country's trade deficit deepened in the first ten months of the year
Romania' president Klaus Iohannis had talks with the director of the IMF's European Department, Poul Thomsen
A review of the most important events that have taken place in Romania this past week
Romania celebrates 97th anniversary of union with north-eastern province of Bukovina
5,500 European-funded projects to be finalised in Romania by the end of the year as part of the 2007-2013 financial framework
The fall of the Ponta government did not quell protests in Romania. Tens of thousands of people have been in the streets for the last few nights, demanding an end to corruption
