I am deeply saddened by the news of today’s major earthquake in Mindanao.
Romania extends its sincere condolences to the bereaved families and expresses its sympathy to all those effected by this tragedy in the #Philippines.
I wish a swift recovery to the injured and strength and resilience to all affected communities during this difficult time. @SecLazaro
🇷🇴RO State Secretary @justitiei, Teodora Stoian, is attending the #JHA Council.
Agenda:
🔹Recognition of parenthood
🔹Justice programme 2028-2034
🔹European Public Prosecutors’ Office
🔹Fight against Russian impunity
🔹Hate crime and hate speech
More👉 https://t.co/A39esH5uhD
Attending the annual OECD Ministerial Council Meeting #OECDministerial in Paris.
This year's agenda focuses on key global economic challenges and opportunities, with an emphasis on industrial policies, competitiveness, innovation, digital transformation and sustainable growth.
Romania's participation in this annual event reflects its strong commitment to advancing the OECD accession process.
@OCDE_fr #Romania #OECDAccession @MathiasCormann
A Romanian, a European, and now re-elected for a second term: congratulations to Octavian Ursu on his victory in Görlitz, Germany.
Once again, he defeated a far-right candidate in the runoff. This is his victory, but also a victory for European values.
Görlitz is a city right on the Polish border. Its district heating system is operated together with the Polish city of Zgorzelec. Polish is spoken there as naturally as Hungarian is spoken in Timișoara.
A city led by a Bucharest-born mayor with both Romanian and German citizenship.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Octavian! We look forward to welcoming you to Timișoara.
Declarația Înaltului Reprezentant al Uniunii Europene pentru afaceri externe și politica de securitate, Kaja Kallas, în numele UE, cu privire la încălcarea iresponsabilă a spațiului aerian al UE de către Rusia:
"The European Union strongly condemns the grave incident of 29 May 2026 in which a Russian drone carrying explosives, that was part of an overnight attack against Ukraine, crashed into a residential building in Galați, Romania. The European Union expresses its full solidarity with Romania and those affected by this incident.
This reckless act is a direct result of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Russia bears full responsibility for the consequences of its escalatory behaviour and its continued military actions, which threaten the security of EU citizens, regional stability and international peace.
The European Union reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the security of Romania and all Member States and stands ready to accelerate efforts to strengthen protection against such threats, including through Eastern Flank Watch and other initiatives to consolidate European Defence Readiness. The EU will continue to advance its initiatives aimed at strengthening defence of all EU land, air and maritime borders capabilities - including on the Eastern Flank, reinforcing defence readiness and consolidating resilience. We will continue to uphold that the EU is better equipped to act and deal in a coordinated way, with a 360 approach.
Russia’s continuing serious violation of European airspace only reinforces our resolve to support Ukraine and its people in their defence against Russia’s war of aggression and their pursuit of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace, in accordance with international law, including the Charter of the United Nations.
In this regard, we will further raise the cost for Moscow and disrupt its war machine by ramping up sanctions. We will also work with our international partners to put pressure on Russia to end this war."
https://t.co/Y7RC9TT3GK
🇷🇴RO State Secretary Dan-Adrian Pop is attending #COMPET (Internal market & Industry) today.
🔹Industrial Accelerator Act
🔹28th Regime
🔹Conclusions on building a sustainable & competitive tourism for the future
🔹Middle East crisis impact on EU tourism
👉https://t.co/rp7gW3Csm8
Arrived in Helsingborg for the @NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
A meaningful first: Sweden, our newest Ally, hosts a NATO ministerial for the first time! A clear sign that Sweden’s membership is making our Alliance stronger.
An honour to be welcomed at Sofiero Palace by Their Majesties the King and Queen and the Prime Minister of Sweden. Sincere thanks to @MariaStenergard for the gracious hospitality.
At the recent B9 Summit in Bucharest, alongside our Nordic Allies, we reaffirmed our common commitment to strengthening cooperation on security and defence across the entire NATO Eastern Flank, recognizing the strategic continuum from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea and into the Nordic and Arctic regions.
From Bucharest to Helsingborg, the same conviction.
𝐎 𝐩𝐨𝐳𝐢ț𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐮 𝐜𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐥 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧ță𝐫𝐢𝐢 𝐎𝐍𝐆-𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫
Sugerez ca la dezbaterile din Camera decizională să fie invitate organizații reprezentative ale societății civile.
Transparența în fața statului a oricărei persoane juridice, deci și a ONG-urilor, este necesară și se realizează deja, în bună măsură. Adăugarea la rapoartele anuale a unei sinteze a donațiilor importante reprezintă un plus de transparență.
Însă obligația de a face publice numele donatorilor ar fi o măsură care ar inhiba sprijinul ONG-urilor de către cetățeni și, prin aceasta, ar afecta societatea civilă în ansamblul ei. Atât această prevedere, cât și cea care prevede dizolvarea de drept a ONG-urilor pentru nedepunerea unor declarații sunt măsuri disproporționate față de o categorie socioprofesională și, prin aceasta, o nouă sursă de tensiune în societatea noastră.
Președintele USR, Dominic Fritz:
„Transmitem, la consultările de la Cotroceni, poziția noastră fermă că nicio formă de guvernare în care PSD se regăsește nu va fi susținută de USR.
România nu este pierdută!
Prim-ministrul Ilie Bolojan, miniștrii USR Diana Buzoianu, Oana Țoiu, Radu Miruţă, Irineu Darău demonstrează zi de zi că România se poate face bine.”
No, I don’t believe things are hopeless in Romania.
For the first time in a long while, there are people in national politics who genuinely make me believe change is possible. And in Timișoara, for the past five years, we’ve shown that things can be done differently: European funding, public services digitalized, public assets recovered, projects built with the community.
Today, I met with Prime Minister @Bolojan in Timișoara to discuss the city’s major projects and the need to ensure that PNRR funding continues to reach local communities.
We also discussed the political situation. We will go into the consultations at Cotroceni with the same clear position: we will not support any governing formula that includes PSD.
Next week, USR and PNL will submit several joint legislative initiatives in Parliament.
Today’s decisions at @coe ministerial in Chișinău will have consequences in the years ahead.
A special tribunal for the crimes of agression and more resilient societies in the face of hybrid threats.
A lot of work to be done but moral statements now have the decisions needed on the instruments to enforce them.
Great job, Moldova.
@MihaiPopsoi@sandumaiamd@alain_berset
Today, Bucharest is at the heart of Europe's security conversation.
The B9 + Nordics Summit opens at Cotroceni Palace, co-hosted by President @NicusorDanRO and President @NawrockiKn of Poland — bringing together 14 NATO allies from the Eastern and Northern flanks, alongside our Ukrainian friends and American partners.
🇷🇴 🇵🇱 🇧🇬 🇨🇿 🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇸🇰 🇭🇺 🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇮🇸 🇳🇴 🇸🇪
* 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 and @SecGenNATO
🇷🇴 București, centrul discuțiilor de securitate ale Flancului Estic.
A început, la Palatul Cotroceni, Summitul Formatului București 9 (B9) și al Țărilor Nordice, co-prezidat de președintele Nicușor Dan și de președintele Poloniei, Karol Nawrocki, sub tema „Delivering More for Transatlantic Security".
La masă sunt 14 aliați NATO + invitați speciali:
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇨🇿 Cehia 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇱🇻 Letonia 🇱🇹 Lituania 🇵🇱 Polonia 🇷🇴 România 🇸🇰 Slovacia 🇭🇺 Ungaria
🇩🇰 Danemarca 🇫🇮 Finlanda 🇮🇸 Islanda 🇳🇴 Norvegia 🇸🇪 Suedia alături de Secretarul General NATO Mark Rutte, președintele Ucrainei Volodimir Zelenski și reprezentantul SUA, subsecretarul de stat Thomas DiNanno.
Ministrul Afacerilor Externe, Oana Țoiu, alături de ministrul Economiei, Irineu Darău, vor inaugura luni, 20 aprilie 2026, la sediul NATO din Bruxelles, evenimentul de promovare a industriei naționale de profil „Romania Industry Day”. 🚀🇷🇴 https://t.co/J3vX7yUE6L