Corina Cretu

The European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Corina Cretu announced on Friday after a meeting with deputy prime minister Liviu Dragnea, minister of Regional Development that specialists of the EC will come next Monday to Bucharest to help implementing the operational programmes from European funds.

The recent agreement to build two new bridges across the Danube is a major step in improving connections between Bulgaria and Romania, Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cretu said on Monday.

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The Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry hailed the vote of approval given by the European Parliament to the new European Commission on Wednesday and said the vote is a signal of solid support for the team headed by chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker.

Corina Cretu, European Commissioner-designate for Regional Policy, has given a short speech, in Brussels, on Wednesday, before her actual hearing by the Regional Development Committee (REGI) of the European Parliament, about the priorities of this Committee.

Corina Cretu, the European Commissioner-designate for Regional Policy, will be heard on Wednesday by the Regional Development Commission (REGI) of the European Parliament, starting with 10.00 EEST.

National leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Prime Minister Victor Ponta, on Monday said that any of the PSD's MEP Ioan Mircea Pascu, Victor Bostinaru and Catalin Ivan can replace MEP Corina Cretu, who has been nominated to become a European commissioner, as deputy chair of the European Parliament (EP).

The natural gas imports from Russia will return to normal levels on Thursday, but we cannot know what will happen from Friday, Romanian Minister-delegate for Energy Razvan Nicolescu declared. "I do not rule out that this on-off cut game should continue," he added.

Romania will be well represented with Corina Cretu holding the regional development commissioner's portfolio, said outgoing Agriculture Commissioner Romanian Dacian Ciolos on Sunday, also underscoring a European Commission portfolio is not assigned a member state, but a designated commissioner.

European Comission President Jean-Claude Junker on Wednesday announced that Socialist MEP Romania's Corina Cretu would be European Commissioner for Regional Politics in the new Commission.

Cretu will manage a total budget of about 350 billion euro for the period 2014-2020, which makes this portfolio one of the most important in the structure of the Commission.

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) hails the nomination of Romanian MEP Corina Cretu as European Commissioner for Regional Policies, pointing out that this area is "a chance" for increasing Romania's prestige in Europe.