Romania

Chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL) Nicolae Ciuca declared on Thursday that the fact that the Liberals will have a president-prime minister tandem is the option closest on hand, specifying that the pick for prime minister will be discussed in the party's leading structures.

Home Affairs Minister Catalin Predoiu on Tuesday said that the official request from abroad for the presence of Romanian firefighters, through the Emergency Management Department (DSU) and the General Emergency Management Inspectorate (IGSU), in preventive crews for extinguishing fires is proof that the civil defence system in Romania works very well.

President Klaus Iohannis sent a message on Monday, July 29, Romania's National Anthem Day, in which he said that this is "a good opportunity to reaffirm the collective commitment of our generation to continue developing Romania."

Referring to fragments of Russian drones recently found in Romania, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Friday that there is permanent monitoring, adding that Romania does not have the possibility to shoot them down from inside Ukraine.

Electrocentrale Bucuresti (ELCEN) signed on Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sage Geosystens Incorporated, a US company that develops geothermal energy exploitation and storage technologies, in order to carry out a feasibility study on the implementation of geothermal resource utilization technologies within the centralized heating system in Bucharest.

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu on Monday welcomed at the Government House Google executives and participated in the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Romanian government and the company as Romania is developing digital research and innovation infrastructure.

Romania won five and lost just one match on Friday, the first day of the European Youth Championships for U15 and U19 in Malmo (Sweden).

The chairwoman of the National Health Insurance House (CNAS), dr. Valeria Herdea, declared in Targu Mures, on Friday, that Romania is the country that has the youngest grandmother, at 23, pregnant girls at 12 and 14-year-old girls with two children each, and, including for this reason, among the provisions of the new framework contract, entered into force on 1 July, there are also a series of chapters that concern the adolescent.