Claudia Stanescu

On Thursday, Romania's President Klaus Iohannis had a meeting with US Senators Roger F. Wicker and Ben Cardin, who lead the US Congress delegation at the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) Summit in Sofia, Bulgaria, on the sidelines of the event.

Minister of Internal Affairs Lucian Bode welcomed on Thursday the resolution voted by the European Parliament whereby the European Council is requested to approve Romania's accession to the Schengen area, emphasizing that our country has an "essential" role in the architecture of EU security.

Bucharest General Mayor Nicusor Dan stated on Thursday that UEFA thanked the Romanian authorities for the way in which they organized in Bucharest the four matches of the 2020 European Football Championship and appealed to sport, cultural or music event promoters to use the National Arena. "As you know, we are in the final days before the handing over of the stadium from UEFA to the city.

COVID-19 vaccination is the solution to avoid a fourth wave of the pandemic, said on Thursday, the head of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU), Raed Arafat, who added that, currently, the Delta version of SARS- CoV-2 is "on the rise" almost everywhere in the world. "Fortunately for us, we are still in a controlled situation and in a very good situation at the moment.

As many as 30 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Romania were recorded in the last 24 hours following 25,863 tests nationwide, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, reported on Thursday. These are cases of patients that have not previously tested positive.

The Government approved a decision to extend the state of alert, Prime Minister Florin Citu announced on Thursday. "In today's Government meeting, we also approved the Government's decision to extend the state of alert," the prime minister said at Victoria Palace.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Florin Citu announced having submitted to President Klaus Iohannis a request for the removal from office of Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare.

Romania's National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) has reported that in the last 24 hours, 32,325 doses of vaccine were administered, of which 21,911 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, 1,828 of the Moderna vaccine, 1,366 of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 7,220 of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to data provided on Friday by the National Public Health Institute (INSP) on

Romanian and Spanish officials, representatives of the Cervantes Institute, as well as diplomats, historians, army staff, researchers and experts on Tuesday attended in the Marble Hall of the Palace of the National Military Club in Bucharest a roundtable conference on the 140th anniversary of Romanian-Spanish diplomatic ties.

Romania is on schedule with the procedures for implementing the digital green certificate on July 1, the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Health Andrei Baciu said on Tuesday. "We are on schedule for the objective assumed on July 1.