November 8, 2018

Romanian PM Viorica Dăncilă is today concluding her visit to Qatar after having previously travelled to Oman/ Romanian interior minister Carmen Dan is attending in Washington the EU-US ministerial meeting in the field of Justice and Home Affairs

Daniela Budu, 08.11.2018, 13:57

Romanian PM Viorica Dăncilă is today concluding her visit to Qatar after having previously travelled to Oman/ Romanian interior minister Carmen Dan is attending in Washington the EU-US ministerial meeting in the field of Justice and Home Affairs

GOVERNMENT– Romanian PM Viorica Dăncilă is today concluding her visit to Qatar after having previously travelled to Oman. The tour was aimed at boosting bilateral political dialogue and economic cooperation with the Gulf Cooperation Council member states. Dancila has invited business people from the two countries to come and make investments in such key sectors as infrastructure, agriculture, tourism and healthcare. On Wednesday Viorica Dăncilă presided an economic forum in Doha, where she presented the main projects and business opportunities which can be developed and capitalised on through public-private partnership, as well as the Romanian authorities intention to cooperate tightly with business people in the area. In another move, Viorica Dancila underlined Romanias geostrategic position and the upward course followed by the economy in recent years.

JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS – Romanian interior minister Carmen Dan has today started a two day visit to Washington, where she attends the EU-US ministerial meeting in the field of Justice and Home Affairs. During this high level meeting, Carmen Dan will present the priorities of the future Romanian presidency of the EU Council in the field of home affairs. The EU is represented in Washington by the interior and justice ministers of the Austrian presidency of the EU Council, members of the Romanian delegation, as our country will hold the presidency of the EU Council as of January 1 2019, and by the commissioners for migration, home affairs and security

CYBER SECURITY – The minister delegate for European affairs, Victor Negrescu, has presented in Brussels Romanias strategy in the field of cyber security, ahead of Romanias taking over the rotating presidency of the EU Council on January 1, 2019. According to Negrescu, Romania is a leader in the domain and has companies which area ready to cope with current challenges, and during its term in office, the country wants to set up a platform of cooperation at international level in the field of cyber security. Negrescu has also said that Bucharest wants to contribute to the projects launched by the European Commission, to reforming European structures in the field and to boosting cooperation at European level in the field of cyber security. Romania is also intent on developing education in the field of cyber security and to provide real support for entrepreneurs in the field, the official has also said.

LABOUR MARKET – Conditions on the labour market continue to be tense whereas skills and qualifications are not harmonised with the employers needs and the number of employees is insufficient, the governor of the National Bank of Romania, Mugur Isarescu said on Thursday, when he made public the Quarterly Report on Inflation. According to the official, investment-related activities slowed down in the second quarter of the year, because of evolutions in the domain of constructions, and the lack of progress in infrastructure inhibits economic growth. Mugur Isarescu has also said that the National Bank of Romania maintains the inflation rate forecast for the end of the year at 3.5%, but it changed upward, to 2.9%, the forecast for next year.(Translated by D. Vijeu)