Public institutions that opt for electric cars through the program that allows the replacement of old cars with new ones will benefit of 5,300 euro from the state, Environment minister Laszlo Borbely declared who initiated an emergency ordinance on this matter. read more...

European Parliament’s Vice President Gianni Pittella announced in the Parliament that he received the request of the Romanian Justice ministry to lift immunity of Romanian MEP Adrian Severin. The request will be forwarded to the Judicial Affairs Committee. read more...

The European Commission sued Belgium for not respecting maximum ceilings on air quality standards, imposed by the EU because Belgium did not manage to resolve the problem in eight areas of its country. Since Romania is also in the situation of not respecting these norms, the Commission will send a motivated request. Once received, Romania has two months to comply with the requests. Bucharest citizens breathed a polluted air three times higher than the maximum. read more...

The European Commission made an official request to Romania, Poland and Italy to comply with EU regulations and align their regulated prices for natural gas and energy, a press release of the EC reads. According to it, the Commission decided to send motivated requests to the three member states. If they do not respect the obligations in two months, the Commission can address the Court of Justice. read more...