Information Society

Next Monday and Tuesday, the Parliament Palace will be the host of a meeting focusing regional cyber security, with Prime Minister Victor Ponta, other ministers and approximately 300 people operating in cyber security field, from Romania and the other countries in the region, being expected to participate.

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The uptake of European funds by the Ministry for Information Society (MSI) is currently at 55 per cent and for this year's end we are targeting a level of 100 per cent, Minister of Communications Sorin Grindeanu told a Tuesday's specialist conference.

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The Romanian authorities will organise in Bucharest, together with the U.S. Department for Commerce and another 17 countries in the region, a regional summit on cyber security, Minister for the Information Society Sorin Grindeanu told the conference "Mobile Innovation 2015."

PODGORICA/BELGRADE - Montenegro and Serbia will prepare an agreement on joint efforts in other markets, according to what was agreed at a meeting between Montenegro's Minister of Economy Vladimir Kavaric and Serbia's Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic in Podgorica on Monday.

The Supreme Council for the Country's Defence (CSAT) has endorsed on Tuesday's meeting the proposals of the Prime minister referring to the entry and stationing on Romanian territory, over May - June 2015, of forces and means belonging to the Portuguese Army, with four F-16 Falcon aircraft and the respective staff - rd 150 military and civilians - with the aim to train and conduct NATO Air Poli

By Vangelis Mandravelis

The average cost of a combined connection to a land line, a mobile line and broadband Internet amounts to 4.8 percent of the average annual income of Greek citizens, according to a survey by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Minister for the Information Society, Social Democrat Sorin Grindeanu, wants an as transparent as possible debate on the so-called 'Big Brother' law.

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He considers that a highly balanced relationship must be kept between ensuring the citizens' security and their individual rights and freedoms.

A new analysis by the Ministry for Information Society on the scale of the cyber threat to Montenegro has shown that hacking attacks are on the rise, and that the abuse of personal accounts on social networks has become the most common problem.

President Traian Basescu has signed on Tuesday the decree regarding the revoking of some ministers and appointing of new ministers, the Presidential Administration informs.

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Monday evening began an official visit to Israel.