Romanian society

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said at a solemn meeting in Alba Iulia on Thursday that that is "probably the most exciting moment" of the incumbent government, adding that public policies will continue to be implemented in the service the country and to the benefit of the citizens.

More than 100,000 people are expected to gather at Alba Iulia - the flagship city of the Greater Union where the union of Transylvania and Romania was proclaimed 100 years ago - for the December 1 celebrations, city mayor Mircea Hava announced this week, as he presented the official program of the events to take place on Romania National Day.

The Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, the Hungarian National Party and the Hungarian People's Party in Transylvania asked for a territorial declaration of territorial autonomy for the Szeklers and a special status of the Partium region (the territories to the north and west of Transylvania), Aderpres said.

Romania and Hungary faced fresh diplomatic tension on Friday after Hungary's Foreign Minister told its diplomats to boycott Romanian national day events on December 1.

Prime Minister, Victor Ponta says in his message on the National Day of Romania that this day should remind us all that power lies in unity, and quarrel and severance are instruments of destruction of the community spirit and national identity.