03.09.2022

U.S. vice-president Kamala Harris will come to Romania on Friday (March 11) and will meet with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the presidential Cotroceni Palace in capital city Bucharest, more

03.03.2022

The European Union's dependence on Russian gas must end and countries must insist more on alternative energy sources, Romania's President Klaus Iohannis told a joint news conference with European more

03.01.2022

President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday, in the context of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, that Romania would increase the government expenditure on defense to 2.5% of gross domestic more

04.14.2020

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday issued a decree extending the state of emergency in the country by another month in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus. more

02.26.2020

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday designated liberal Florin Citu for prime minister. more

01.06.2020

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis signed on Monday a decree enacting the country’s 2020 budget law, according to the Presidential Administration. more

11.25.2019

Incumbent Romanian President Klaus Iohannis comfortably won the the country’s presidential elections run-off on Sunday, gaining almost two thirds of the vote against social-democrat leader Viorica more

08.29.2018

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis criticized the country’s Government on Wednesday for the way it handled the African swine fever epidemic, caling for urgent measures to stop further outbreaks from more

07.09.2018

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis signed on Monday a decree dismissing top anticorruption prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi from office, enforcing a decision taken by the Constitutional Court in May. more

07.06.2018

Romanian Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici said Friday that President Klaus Iohannis must pay the state RON1.2 million, representing the rent he received for a Sibiu house which the latter lost in more

07.04.2018

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis challenged at the Constitutional Court, on Wednesday, a law passed by the Parliament regarding the creation of the Sovereign Fund for Development and Investment more

01.17.2018

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday named ruling Social Democratic Party nominee Viorica Dancila as prime minister designate and cited “parliamentary arithmetic” as the main reason more

01.16.2018

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday appointed Defense Minister Mihai Fifor as acting prime minister after Prime Minister Mihai Tudose announced his resignation on Monday evening. more

12.27.2017

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday signed into law a bill making separate payment accounts for value-added tax mandatory for companies with bad records in VAT payments and insolvent more

11.02.2017

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday criticized the government's proposed tax measures, warning their implementation would muddle the country's finances and hinder sustainable economic more

06.26.2017

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Monday designated social democrat Mihai Tudose for prime minister, as proposed by the ruling coalition. more

12.30.2016

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Friday morning signed a decree designating social democrat Sorin Grindeanu to form Romania's new Cabinet. more

10.11.2016

President Klaus Iohannis said that the Romanian economy is currently on a robust growth path, increasing by 5.2% in the first six months of 2016, which turns Romania into a ”European champion of more

06.14.2016

The Romanian economy is straightening alongside progresses in the fight against corruption, but this process takes time, President Klaus Iohannis told Italian investors on Tuesday, at the more

05.27.2016

President Klaus Iohannis on Friday said it will be ensured an increase in the nuclear energy share to 30%–32% of the country’s total energy production after the approval of the Energy Ministry’s more

04.28.2016

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday said it signed into law a debt discharge bill allowing retail mortgage borrowers to return real estate collateral to banks in exchange for writing off more

04.22.2016

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Friday signed the decree for promulgating the law on ratifying the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement for automatic exchange of financial account more

04.20.2016

Romanian Banking Association (ARB) asked President Klaus Iohannis to file an appeal at the Constitutional Court regarding the law on debt discharge, arguing that the law is jeopardizing the more

11.24.2015

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday signed off on a bill raising wages across the public sector by 10%. more

11.05.2015

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday appointed education minister Sorin Cimpeanu as interim prime minister, after Victor Ponta resigned Wednesday amid ample street protests. more