Daniel Constantin

President Traian Basescu has signed on Tuesday the decree regarding the revoking of some ministers and appointing of new ministers, the Presidential Administration informs.

Minister of Agriculture Daniel Constantin said in a statement released following the death of former PSD deputy and large-scale farm holder Culita Tarata, that he has highly appreciated the businessman's interest in agriculture and agreed with him when he used to say that agriculture will pull Romania out crisis.

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Social Democrat Party (PSD) executive chairman Liviu Dragnea has stated on Monday that the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) continues to support the current governing coalition, fact confirmed by telephone by the chairman of the Union, Hunor Kelemen, to Prime Minister Victor Ponta.

Agriculture will have a much better contribution to the Gross Domestic Product and to the economic growth of Romania, since the farm production this year will be higher than in 2013 and in the third quarter there is a record in terms of the trade in agri-foodstuffs, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Daniel Constantin told AGERPRES.

Deputy Prime Minister Daniel Constantin said on Sunday, at Pitesti (north-west of Bucharest), that Romanians have the opportunity to make a good choice for the country for the first time, considering that this presidential election is the most important of the last 25 years.

Romania has managed to keep the number of inhabitants in rural areas, to provide the opportunity to young people to return to and work in their village, Deputy Prime Minister and Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Daniel Constantin told Friday's conference 'Romanian Organic Forum,' held within the Indagra 2014 trade fair.

When Russia imposed a one-year embargo on food products from the EU in August, the news caused little stir among Romanian dairy producers as the total value of their exports to Russia was only around 1 million euro per year.

Two months later, they are feeling hard hit by the embargo, as many cheaper EU products have since flooded the Romanian market.

Romanian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Daniel Constantin and Chinese counterpart Han Changfu paid a working visit to the Black Sea port of Constanta (southeastern Romania) on Thursday alongside a delegation of Chinese business executives.

Romania and Poland will present a joint view at the Council of the European Union in support of new aid measures for the agrifood producers hit by Russia's embargo, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Daniel Constantin declared on Wednesday.

The People's Republic of China represents a priority of Romania's policy for developing ties with the Asian countries, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture Daniel Constantin said on Wednesday in the opening of the 9th edition of the 16+1 Forum "China and the States in Central and Eastern Europe".