Elections in the local administration are scheduled for June 5.
Dissatisfaction in most of the public sectors in Romania has led to protests, particularly in healthcare and mining.
Romania has met all the criteria for their Schengen accession and the European Union supports this move.
Increasingly vocal in public debates, demographic experts have again warned about the country's progressive depopulation.
The public sector salary law and the new provisions on child rearing are challenges facing the new Labour Minister
On May 1st, Romania, too, will introduce the Union Customs Code
The IMF chief, Christine Lagarde, hailed the decision of the Group of Twenty (G20) to take some measures likely to ease the countries access to information regarding the identity of the people hiding behind shell companies in fiscal havens.
For the first time in the last 48 years, the Romanian womens artistic gymnastics team have failed to qualify to the Olympic Games.
Romanian Labour Minster Ana Costea has tendered her resignation, becoming the first minister to leave Dacian Cioloss cabinet.
Five Romanian productions will be screened at the Cannes Festival this year between May 11th and 22nd.
The national security laws should be updated, President Klaus Iohannis said at the end of consultations with the parliamentary parties on the legislation in the field.
A controversial debt discharge law has been recently endorsed by the Romanian Parliament
The Romanian economy will register a higher growth in 2016 than estimated in the autumn of 2015, the IMF shows in its latest report.
Following the Panama Papers revelations, the Romanian authorities have called for the improvement of the legal framework aimed at combating tax evasion.
Torn by corruption scandals and arrests, Romanias public administration is in need of thorough-going reforms.
