Dragoș Pîslaru
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- Sep 30
Romania submits final €4.35 billion PNRR payment request to European Commission
Romania transmitted its final payment request under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan to the European Commission on Wednesday evening, seeking a net €4.35 billion across 104 milestones.
- Aug 24
Romania races August 31 deadline on wage reform to secure 770 million euros in EU funds
President Nicușor Dan will hold talks on August 25 with leaders from four parties to break an impasse on the unitary wage law, with failure risking 770 million euros in European Union recovery funding.
- Aug 23
Romania caps healthcare and education wage hike at 6 billion lei amid deficit targets
Interim Labour Minister Dragoș Pîslaru announced that salary increases for education and healthcare will not exceed 6 billion lei, prioritizing fiscal discipline over PNRR deadlines.
- Aug 23
PNL appoints former journalist Sanda Nicola to lead Sector 2 branch in Bucharest
Romania's National Liberal Party appointed Sanda Nicola, the former spokesperson for Mircea Geoana, as interim president of its Sector 2 branch in Bucharest as part of a wider capital restructuring.
- Aug 20
Romania reworks public wage bill as European Commission seeks fiscal limits for €770M fund
The Romanian government is adjusting its draft unitary wage legislation following European Commission feedback, aiming to secure €770 million in recovery funds ahead of a 31 August deadline.
- Aug 10
Romania's last-chance salary law talks at Cotroceni before €770M EU deadline
Romania's interim Labor Minister Dragoș Pîslaru warned on August 10 that this is likely the last week to pass the unitary salary law before an August 31 PNRR deadline, with €770 million in EU funds at stake. President Nicușor Dan convenes party leaders at Cotroceni Palace on August 11 to seek a breakthrough.
- Aug 1
Sanitas halts healthcare strike after deputies unblock 6,800 posts and salary bill is postponed
The Sanitas federation suspended its general strike on Friday morning after securing a Chamber vote to unfreeze over 6,800 vacant health positions and the postponement of the government's public-sector wage bill.
- Jul 20
PNL dissolves leadership of six branches after poor election results, Bolojan takes control of party think-tank
Romania's National Liberal Party dismissed the heads of six county and sector branches on Monday, citing poor electoral performance, and appointed current and former party leaders to its ideological institute.
- Jul 20
Romanian healthcare workers stage warning strike, threaten full walkout from 28 July over pay law
Employees in over 480 hospitals stopped work for two hours on Monday to protest the government's new public-sector pay bill, which unions say will cut incomes and cap bonuses for most staff.
- Jul 11
Oana Gheorghiu says President Nicușor Dan 'made a mistake' nominating Adrian Veștea as premier without PNL consultation
Romania's interim deputy prime minister Oana Gheorghiu described President Nicușor Dan's nomination of Adrian Veștea for prime minister as an error driven by internal party information, speaking on Digi24's 'În fața ta' on 11 July 2026.
- Jul 7
Romania must pass six laws to unlock €4.5 billion in EU recovery grants, interim PM warns
Interim Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan says Parliament must convene in extraordinary session this July to adopt six legislative reforms, or risk losing over 4.5 billion euros in PNRR grants.
- Jul 2
Viorel Pașca Detained as Romanian Illegal Care Home Scandal Unfolds: 401 Deaths, Cash Hoards, and Street Protests
DIICOT prosecutors have detained Viorel Pașca, his wife, three sons, and a collaborator for allegedly running an illegal network of care homes in Bihor county. Over 400 vulnerable residents were evacuated, and 401 deaths are linked to the centre, sparking a 300-strong support protest in Oradea.
- Jun 21
Dragoș Pîslaru and Oana Gheorghiu join PNL, REPER calls the move a personal decision
Romanian minister Dragoș Pîslaru and interim vice prime minister Oana Gheorghiu joined the ruling National Liberal Party on Saturday and will be proposed as vice presidents at Sunday's extraordinary congress.
- Jun 20
Interim deputy PM Oana Gheorghiu and minister Dragoș Pîslaru join PNL ahead of Bolojan’s leadership bid at Sunday’s extraordinary congress
Two key figures from Ilie Bolojan’s caretaker government, Deputy Prime Minister Oana Gheorghiu and European Funds Minister Dragoș Pîslaru, formally joined the National Liberal Party on Saturday and will be part of Bolojan’s team at Sunday’s leadership vote, as the party navigates one of its most turbulent weeks.
- Jun 20
Romania secures full EU recovery grants of over €20 billion after final PNRR renegotiation
Romania concluded technical talks with the European Commission on its National Recovery and Resilience Plan, preserving the entire non-reimbursable grant component and avoiding potential multibillion-euro penalties, interim minister Dragoș Pîslaru announced Friday evening.
- Jun 11
Romanian ambulance workers protest in Bucharest as new salary law threatens to cut bonuses and overtime pay
Around a thousand ambulance service employees demonstrated in Bucharest on Thursday, claiming the government's draft unified salary law would slash their earnings by cutting shift and weekend allowances and capping danger-pay bonuses.
