Ministry of Public Finance

The Austrian Chancellor's visit to Romania is an important moment, symbolically marking the handover of the Presidency of the EU Council from the Austrian Government to the Government of Romania and the transition from a protected Europe - the motto of the Austrian Presidency - to a Europe in which cohesion is seen as a common value, said Prime Minister Viorica Dancila.

At the 25th edition of the Top Companies event on Wednesday, the Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIB) presented its awards to 6,922 Bucharest-based companies and some special prizes, with the AGERPRES Romanian National News Agency receiving an excellence trophy for objectivity and professionalism in covering economic phenomenon.

President Klaus Iohannis has decided to call on the Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) to convene in session on September 4 to look into proposals to revise the 2018 budgets of the national security organisations.

The Government's intention of capping gas prices is a communist practice up to a point, but necessary, because on this market there is no competition, and companies raise prices as they please, said Thursday, Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici, present at the White Book of SMEs launch conference.

The Superior Council of the Magistrates (CSM) announced on Wednesday having reassessed the content of the proposed amendment to Article 308 of the Criminal Code, which had been interpreted in the public space in a manner contrary to the desired meaning.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila has ordered the establishment of an e-Government steering committee under a decision published on Monday in the Official Journal.

The consolidated general budget ended Q1 2015 with a significantly higher surplus, 4.9 billion lei, 0.7% of GDP respectively, compared to a surplus of 2.3 billion lei, 0.33% of GDP respectively, in the first two months of this year, according to the data released by the Ministry of Public Finance (MFP).

Photo credit: (c) Cristian NISTOR / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

The Ministry of Public Finance (MFP) borrowed 600 million lei from commercial banks on Thursday, at an average yield of 1.99 percent, in a tender of 52-month Government bonds; it was the lowest yield ever obtained by the Romanian state for titles denominated in the national currency.

Photo credit: (c) CRISTIAN NISTOR / AGERPRES ARCHIVE