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15:05, 26.02.2020

Council convenes to tackle novel coronavirus

A meeting of the Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) has started at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace to tackle the novel coronavirus.The CSAT meeting, chaired by President Klaus Iohannis, is attended by…




13:51, 25.02.2020

Health Minister: Romania has a roughly 4,000-strong coronavirus quarantine capacity

Acting Health Minister Victor Costache announced at a press conference on Monday that Romania has a roughly 4,000-strong coronavirus quarantine capacity. "We have a roughly 4,000-strong quarantine capacity nationwide…




17:06, 19.02.2020

IntMin Designate Vela: Zero tolerance for those not doing their duty

Interior Minister-designate Marcel Vela said on Wednesday, at the 2019 activity review of the Romanian Police, that he has 'zero' tolerance for those who do not understand to do their duty or break the law, instead…




16:28, 13.02.2020

Romanian Gendarmerie conduct about 45,000 missions in 2019 at events attended by over 1mil people

In 2019, the Romanian Gendarmerie conducted 45,790 public peace missions, provided 400,122 mixed patrols and 208,794 patrols of gendarmes only, acting Interior Minister Marcel Vela said Thursday, when the Gendarmerie…




16:15, 05.02.2020

IntMin Vela, UK Ambassador Noble, on Brexit, bilateral strategic partnership

The strategic partnership between Romania and the United Kingdom, as well as Brexit were among the topics of the discussions between Interior Minister Marcel Vela and Andrew Noble, the UK Ambassador in Bucharest,…




14:14, 21.01.2020

December 1989 Otopeni massacre survivors gets badges of honours

Interior Minister Marcel Vela has awarded the ministry's badges of honours to the survivors of the December 23, 1989 massacre at the Otopeni Airport.  According to a ministry's press statement, Vela attended a…




19:48, 10.01.2020

IntMin Vela: Romania needs pilots, both for SMURD and for commercial aviation

In order to meet Romania's need for pilots, beside the option of retired pilots returning to service, there is also the alternative of co-opting young people into joining such a rewarding profession, Interior Minister…




11:49, 06.01.2020

IntMin Vela: Four new SMURD helicopters will be operated by experienced pilots, called in from reserve

Four new Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication (SMURD) helicopters will be operated by experienced pilots, called in from reserve, Interior Minister Marcel Vela has announced on Monday, in…




10:47, 23.12.2019

MAI ceremony commemorating fallen heroes at Otopeni on 23 December 1989

Interior Minister Marcel Vela participated at the Ministry headquarters, on Monday, in a ceremony commemorating the gendarme heroes who died on 23 December 1989, at the "Henri Coanda" International Airport.  A…




22:17, 22.12.2019

President Iohannis and PM Orban arrived at march commemorating Revolution's victims

President Klaus Iohannis and Prime Minister Ludovic Orban arrived on Sunday evening at the march commemorating the victims of the Romanian Revolution, which takes place in the University Square. They left along…




22:05, 22.12.2019

Former Central Committee of PCR opens its gates to visitors in the presence of IntMin Vela

The gates of the former Central Committee (CC) of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR), currently the headquarters of the Interior Ministry (MAI) have been opened to visitors on Sunday, in memory of those who sacrificed…




14:17, 18.12.2019

DefMin Ciuca, IntMin Vela visit Romanian troops in Afghanistan

Defence Minister Nicolae Ciuca, Interior Minister Marcel Vela, and Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Daniel Petrescu, went to Afghanistan on Tuesday to meet with the Romanian troops.  "We really wanted…




18:12, 14.12.2019

Vela states Arafat only PM Orban can replace Arafat from DSU management

Interior Minister Marcel Vela stated during a press conference in Resita on Saturday that the audit carried out at the institutions under the coordination of the Interior Ministry (MAI) do not concern the head…




09:37, 12.12.2019

IntMin Vela about events of 10 August: Those who orchestrated this mess must pay

Interior Minister Marcel Vela said on Wednesday evening that those who orchestrated the mess which occurred during the events of 10 August 2018 must pay because they sought for "the Gendarmerie to be discredited…




15:37, 07.12.2019

IntMin Vela: Some dignitaries confuse institution they represent with their own firm or property

Interior Minister Marcel Vela said on Saturday, in Resita, that some dignitaries confuse the institution they represent with their own firm or property, but these practices will have to end, because "we have moved…




13:43, 07.12.2019

Marcel Vela: Gendarmerie's recordings of conversations on August 10 evening, declassified, due to reach DIICOT on Monday

Interior Minister Marcel Vela announced on Saturday that he has received the report containing the recordings of the conversations of the Gendarmerie from the evening of August 10, 2018, due to get to the Directorate…




08:14, 24.11.2019

IntMin Vela: Today, it's good to vote for normality

Interior Minister Marcel Vela has stated on Sunday morning that he voted in the presidential elections for "normality."  "Today, it's good to vote for normality, for a normal country and I especially voted for…




09:07, 22.11.2019

IntMin Vela about August 10 2018: Cover-up started with classifying certain documents

Interior Minister Marcel Vela considers that in the case of the events of August 10, 2018, there was a "cover up" that started right with classifying some documents, which would involve "some civil and criminal…




11:42, 19.11.2019

PM Orban on Timisoara deadly pest control visit case: Investigation underway to determine who is to blame

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Monday that immediately after he learned about the Timisoara tragedy that saw two young children and one woman killed following a pest control action at an apartment block,…




08:56, 15.11.2019

IntMin Vela says no state institutions threatened at street protests of August 10, 2018

Interior Minister Marcel Vela told B1 TV private broadcaster on Thursday that there was no threat to the state institutions at the street protests of August 10, 2018.  "No," was the reply of Minister Vela when…




11:46, 14.11.2019

Report on August 10 events, declassified

Interior Minister Marcel Vela announced on Thursday that a report on the August 10 riot police intervention in a street protest in Bucharest was declassified and sent to the Department for Investigating Organised…




14:43, 13.11.2019

PM Orban calls on IntMin Vela to present report on August 10, 2018 events

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban Wednesday called on Interior Minister Marcel Vela to present the report, upon completion of the procedure regarding the desecretization of the file on the events of August 10, 2018,…




10:42, 13.11.2019

Case file on gendarmes' intervention of August 10 to be declassified this week

Interior Minister Marcel Vela said the case file regarding the intervention of the gendarmes in the public protests of August 10 will be declassified this week.  "It will be declassified this week and you will…




09:24, 10.11.2019

IntMin Vela: I voted for a normal Romania and a better world

Interior Minister Marcel Vela stated that he voted for "a normal Romania and a better world," mentioning that all employees are "on duty" at the ministry he leads.  "I came to this polling station to exercise my…




19:34, 09.11.2019

PM Orban: I draw attention to all hospital managers to allow hospitalised citizens right to vote

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, at the Interior Ministry (MAI) headquarters on Saturday, launched a call on hospital managers to send mobile ballot box requests so that all hospitalised citizens be allowed to vote."I…




09:33, 06.11.2019

IntMin Marcel Vela: Gendarmes can be involved in protecting citizens

Gendarmes can also be involved in protecting citizens, said Interior Minister Marcel Vela, on Tuesday evening, in the context of the teenager drugged and raped in an abandoned building in southern city of Giurgiu. …




16:08, 24.10.2019

Marcel Vela, picked to head Interior Ministry (bio)

Prime Minister-designate Ludovic Orban announced on 24 October 2019 the composition of the Cabinet he will submit to Parliament vote. Marcel Vela was picked for the Interior Minister office.  Ion Marcel Vela was…




17:37, 11.09.2019

PM Dancila: Dan Chirila, proposed for Interior Minister, Carmen Gavrila - Education, Dan Matei - Deputy PM

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila on Wednesday announced she proposed Dan Chirila to become the new Minister of Interior, Carmen Gavrila to become the new Minister of Education and Dan Matei to become Deputy PM.She…




14:58, 30.08.2019

PM Dancila: I will set up team focusing fight against human trafficking

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila wants to set up "a team focusing fight against human trafficking," with people from the Social Democratic Party (PSD), civil society, personalities to be part of it.  The PSD leader…




22:24, 09.08.2019

Noi percheziţii în casa lui Gheorghe Dincă

Noi percheziţii în casa lui Gheorghe Dincă Romanian gendarmes stand guard next to flowers and candles displayed by locals at the gates of the home of Gheorghe Dinca alleged killer of Alexandra, 15, who has being…