PM Calin Popescu-Tariceanu reiterated, on Friday, at the end of an informal meeting of the heads of state and government of the EU member states, that in this period of financial crisis, which has hit more and more countries, public expenditures have to fall, money should go mainly to investment with public funds. Read the full story

President Traian Basescu, on Friday morning, before leaving for Brussels, said that Romania cannot give up reforms in the field of education and health, only because there is a crisis in the international financial system. Read the full story

Romanian President Traian Basescu said on Friday that the goal of the informal meeting of the European Union heads of states and governments to be held in Brussels later in the day is to draft a EU common stand ahead of the G-20 Summit due in Washington on Nov. 15. Read the full story

Romania is to host in 2012 the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, with the Habitat for Wetlands Birds as focus point, known as RAMSAR Convention, AGERPRES correspondent reports. Read the full story

Romanian ambassador to the US Adrian Vierita and secretary of homeland security Michael Chertoff signed, on Nov 3, in Washington, a Declaration between the Ministry of the Interior and Administration Reform of Romania (MIRA) and the Department of Homeland Security of the United States (DHS), regarding the principles of cooperation, with a view to strengthening bilateral security measures for international voyages and for meeting the requirements of the Visa Waiver Programme, informs a press release from the Romanian Foreign Ministry. Read the full story