Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu

Romania's Attorney General Augustin Lazar said on Tuesday that the public should be confident that when certain issues are examined by prosecutors, they are treated with professionalism and integrity.

The statement came after meeting his Dutch counterpart Gerrit van der Burg.

Hundreds of people attended the military funeral in Cluj-Napoca on Monday of well-known anti-Communist dissident Doina Cornea, in the foyer of the University House near the headquarters of the Babes-Bolyai University, where she used to teach years ago.

More than 400 people, including former Romanian President Emil Constantinescu and poet Ana Blandiana, attended the event.

Romania will no longer need gas imports from the Russian Federation after natural gas extraction begins in the Black Sea, and the country could jump to the first place among European countries with the lowest dependence on energy imports, Deloitte Senior Expert Razvan Nicolescu told a news conference on Monday.

Boosting investment and Romanian business operators getting involved in projects developed by Morocco both at home and elsewhere in Africa were topics discussed by Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu and Moroccan officials as part of an ongoing Moroccan tour.

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader on Thursday announced that his hearing in Parliament in connection with a report by the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), which should have been held on Thursday, was rescheduled for May 9.

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader states in a Facebook post that he will attend a Question Time in Parliament on Thursday at the invitation of the opposition National Liberal Party (PNL) to answer questions about a Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) report.

President Klaus Iohannis announced on Wednesday having decided to refer to the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) the controversial package of justice legislation, and also to the Venice Commission.

Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March 2018 was 4.5 percent, slightly down 0.1 percentage points from the previous month (4.6 percent), according to data released on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

Romanian athlete Mihai Mihut on Tuesday won the gold medal in the 63-kg category, while his compatriot Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu took the bronze in the 130-kg category, both in the Greco-Roman events, at the European Wrestling Championships at Kaspiisk (Russia).

Minister-delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu welcomes the entry into force on May 1, 2018 of the directive on the coordination and cooperation measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries, according to a press statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) on Tuesday.