Corina Cretu

Tens of thousands of people attended on Saturday, on the National Day of Romania, the largest military parade ever organised in the "City of the Greater Union", a ceremony that was attended by President Klaus Iohannis, who, both prior and after this ceremony, gathered a mass of people," the head of state being welcomed and applauded by those who participated in this event.

The European Union will invest EUR 293.4 million from the Cohesion Fund for modern, faster and safer rail links between Plovdiv and Burgas, connecting some of Bulgaria's largest cities with one of the most important Black Sea ports, said the press office of the EC Representation in Bulgaria.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila and European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu discussed on Monday the existing financing possibilities for the construction of three regional hospitals and identified solutions for building them, shows a Government's release issued for AGERPRES.

Under a proposal of the European Commission, Romania will get an 8pct raise in its European budget over the current one, European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu said on Monday, emphasising the need for an agreement on the multiannual financial framework before the 2019 elections to the European Parliament.

Romania "cannot afford the luxury of even contemplating leaving the European Union," European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu told a EuroImpact conference on Monday.

Cohesion policy is the guarantee of raising the quality of life for European citizens, with the results being visible also in Romania, which in the period since its EU accession has received European funds of over 45 billion euros for its own development, European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu said Friday, ahead of a visit she will pay on Monday and Tuesday to Romania.

The chairman of the PMP (People's Movement Party, opposition, ed. n.) Eugen Tomac says that the PSD (Social Democratic Party, major at rule, ed. n.) is leaving behind a "scorched country", pointing out that "Romania is battling in statistics with banana republics in infrastructure."

European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu said on Wednesday the EU will fund with 121 million euros a motorway connecting the Aktio peninsula to the Ionia highway, a key transport section serving Western Greece.

The announcement came during a meeting with  Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis, as part of her three-day official visit to Greece.

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker will attend for the first time the Three Seas Initiative Summit on Monday and Tuesday in Bucharest, the Representation of the European Commission to Romania informs on Friday.

President Klaus Iohannis will host the third Summit of the Three Seas Initiative, at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace, September 17-18.

According to a press statement released by the Presidential Administration, the summit in Bucharest will provide a political opportunity to validate the strategic guidelines that underlie the future development of the Three Seas Initiative.