Gabriel Oprea

Chairman of the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR), Vice Premier Gabriel Oprea, reiterated on Saturday in the mountain resort of Sinaia the need to have large fortunes taxed, voicing hopes that the 2016 budget will also include amounts from this source of revenues.

The military parade on the occasion of Romania National Day - December 1 - started with the arrival of incumbent president, Traian Basescu at the Constitution Square in front of the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, at 11:00 a.m.

The president hailed the military gathered there, after that the national anthem was sung.

Vice Prime Minister for National Security Gabriel Oprea, also minister of the interior, said that December 1, Romania's National Day, carries the utmost symbolic significance for the Romanian people.

A helicopter has crashed on Friday near the town of Medias (north of Sibiu County, central Romania), sources in the county police say.

President Traian Basescu made a call to the Government to present the budget draft for 2015 as soon as possible, showing that it was a major priority.

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.

Deputy Prime Minister Gabriel Oprea, the interior minister, said Sunday, after casting his ballot in the presidential runoff election at School No. 150 of Bucharest, that he voted for a united and strong Romania.

The National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) on Tuesday signed a collaboration protocol with Greater Romania Party (PRM) on backing the candidacy of Prime Minister Victor Ponta in the presidential election runoff, UNPR's press office has announced.

The protocol was signed by UNPR Chairman Gabriel Oprea and PRM Chairman Corneliu Vadim Tudor. AGERPRES

The Sunday presidential election unfolded 'in a general climate of normalcy and legality,' Internal Affairs Ministry (MAI) spokesperson Monica Dajbog announced on Monday.

Minister of Internal Affairs Gabriel Oprea cast his ballot in the presidential elections at School No. 150 in the capital early on Sunday, stressing he had voted for the progress of Romania.