Presidential adviser and former EU commissioner Leonard Orban has the ruling coalition’s approval to be appointed minister for the Coordination of European Fund Absorption, people close to the matter told Mediafax Tuesday. read more...

Romanian President Traian Basescu left for a working visit to Washington on Tuesday morning. The agenda includes the signing of bilateral accords and the head of state is accompanied by the Chief of the General Staff, the ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs, by the heads of the intelligence services and by the US Ambassador to Bucharest, according to Romanian news agency Mediafax. read more...

Romanian Regional Development and Tourism Minister Elena Udrea said Tuesday, in a meeting with tour operators, that she wants to privatize the hotels managed by the State Protocol Patrimony Administration (RA-APPS). read more...

The Romanian Communications Ministry is working on a state aid scheme aimed to support IT&C companies which plan to further develop their business in Romania, Communications Minister Valerian Vreme told Mediafax. read more...

Carmaker Automobile Dacia will move part of its Sandero model production from Mioveni, Romania to the Renault factory in Casablanca, Morocco, in order to expand production of the Duster model, said Jacques Chauvet, Renault manager for the Euromed region and Dacia chairman. read more...

Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday signed the Agreement on the Deployment of the Ballistic Missile Defense System in Romania. read more...

According to a draft law published on the Senate’s website, the private managers that will be employed by state-owned companies will have monthly incomes equivalent to as much as 45 average gross monthly salaries, ‘Evenimentul Zilei’ informs. read more...