National University of Political Studies and Public Administration

Rector of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA) Remus Pricopie met in Washington on Friday with Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva.

President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday welcomed Chairman of the World Zionist Organization Avraham Duvdevani at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace, to discuss the bilateral relationships between Romania and Israel, as well as Romania's efforts in the fight against anti-Semitism, xenophobia and intolerance.

Prime Minister-designate Ludovic Orban announced on 24 October 2019 the composition of the Cabinet he will submit to Parliament vote. Monica-Cristina Anisie was picked for the Education and Research Minister office. Monica-Cristina Anisie was born on 19 July 1973, according to her official Facebook page.

Orban, 56, who until now led the opposition and initiated the no-confidence vote, must now choose a team and seek support in parliament from the fragmented bloc of MPs that toppled Social Democrat prime minister Viorica Dancila.

If Romania were to switch to the euro now, it would be seriously affected by asymmetric shocks, and this is why it chose the middle path in its efforts to adopt the European single currency, considering that a real convergence of 70 - 75 percent - compared to the current 61 percent - is critical for this step, governor of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) Mugur Isarescu on Friday told the Buch

Several universities in Bucharest and elsewhere in Romania are holding today festivities to mark the opening of academic year 2019-2020. They include the University of Bucharest, the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE) and the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, as well as several faculties within the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration.

The industry did not recover in July after the powerful crash in June, the Romanian Industry Barometer shows, mentioning that in the summer crashes in industry are hard to recoup, especially when the global context is difficult. "Seasonality partially explains the poor activity.

First Vice-President of the European Commission (EC) Frans Timmermans stated on Monday that he didn't see any progress since the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) report was published and he wishes for the experts of the European Commission and the Government representatives to discuss about the points that should be solved.

Countries such as Botswana, Costa Rica or Georgia represent an anti-corruption model by which Romania could be inspired, political scientist Alina Mungiu-Pippidi said at the presentation of her recently published book, called "In search of a good governing", in which she analyzed 200 contemporary countries, a large number of historical case studies and seven countries that have evolved towards