French Interior minister Claude Gueant plans to increase the number of repatriations of illegal immigrants, cut illegal immigration and makes new tough statements related to Romania felons. He announces in an interview for Journal du Dimanche 28,000 new repatriations of illegal immigrants in 2011. read more...

Eastern European states postpone a decision to join euro and Romania’s target to join euro zone in 2015 is beyond surface, a useful mechanism to control the governing coalition to keep the state’s pockets in check before elections, Financial Times reads, quoted by Romanian news agency Mediafax. read more...