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Following the invitation of H.E. Jean Cornet d’Elzius, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium in Bucharest, on May 24th, 2024, Marian Cătălin Predoiu, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs, attended a round table meeting together with heads of missions of the […]

On the occasion of the US Independence Day, July 4th, I send forward to the people and the American nation my most sincere wishes for peace, prosperity and progress. The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, a document ratified […]

On July 2nd, 2024, work teams from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Romania and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria had a meeting in videoconference format, under the coordination of Mr. Bogdan DESPESCU, State Secretary for Order […]

Today, June 21st, 2024, Cătălin Predoiu, the Minister of Internal Affairs, had a meeting with H.E. Mr. Giles Matthew Portman, the British ambassador in Bucharest. The discussions included topics of mutual interest, mainly focused on measures to be taken to combat cross-border […]

On June 4th, 2024, Cătălin Predoiu, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs, had a meeting with Mr. Igli Hasani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania. The two dignitaries mentioned the fact that between the two countries there […]

On May 24th, 2024, Cătălin Predoiu, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs, had a meeting with H.E. Enkeleda Mërkuri, the ambassador of the Republic of Albania in Bucharest. During the discussions, the two dignitaries evoked the similar visions of the […]

On May 22nd, 2024, the Secretary of State for Public Order and Safety, Quaestor General of Police Bogdan DESPESCU, had a working meeting in Ruse, in the Republic of Bulgaria, with the Secretary General of the Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior, Dimitar […]

Between 29th and 30th of April 2024, the Ministerial Conference on the operationalization of the Pact on Migration and Asylum, organized by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, took place in Ghent, Belgium. Romania was represented by Mr. […]

Cătălin Predoiu: During the last two weeks, I held a program of meetings with the Bulgarian Minister of the Interior in Sofia, together with the European Commissioner, with the German Minister in Bucharest and with the Hungarian Minister in Budapest. In all […]

Cătălin Predoiu, Minister of Internal Affairs: After last week’s talks in Sofia with Bulgarian Minister Stoyanov and European Commissioner Johansson, today in Budapest I had a working meeting with Hungarian Minister Sándor Pinter. Hungary will continue to support Romania’s accession to the […]

Journalist: There are concerns that the removal of internal border controls as part of the Schengen expansion could weaken security and allow an increased flow of illegal migration and illicit cross-border activities. How do you respond to these concerns? Ylva Johansson, European […]

Cătălin Predoiu, Minister of Internal Affairs: I am very happy to be here today in your beautiful capital. First of all, I would like to thank Minister Stoyanov for his invitation. I am very happy to continue working with him. For us, […]

  Cătălin Predoiu, Minister of Internal Affairs: Hello everyone! I am pleased to open this press conference, together with the Federal Minister of the Interior, Mrs. Nancy Faeser, Mr. Thomas Hitzlsperger, ambassador of German football, who accompanied Mrs. minister on this important […]

On April 16th, 2024, Cătălin Predoiu, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs, had a meeting with Mrs. Nancy Faeser, Federal Minister of the Interior and for the Community of the Federal Republic of Germany, on the occasion of her visit to […]

On April 4th, 2024, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Cătălin Predoiu, had a meeting with Mrs. Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, Special Envoy of the State Department for monitoring and combating anti-Semitism, which was also attended by HE Mrs. Kathleen Kavalec, the USA Ambassador […]

On March 18th, 2024, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Cătălin Predoiu, had a meeting with H.E. Willemijn van Haaften, the ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bucharest. During the discussions, the Romanian dignitary evoked the similar visions of the two […]

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Cătălin Predoiu, had a meeting, on Thursday, March 14th, 2024, with Ylva Johansson, the European Commissioner for Internal Affairs, and Ghada Waly, the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The discussions took […]

On March 14th, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Cătălin Predoiu, had a working meeting with his Austrian counterpart, Gerhard Karner. The discussions of the two officials focused on the subjects of common interest on the bilateral agenda, with an emphasis on the […]

The intervention of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Cătălin Predoiu, within the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) Dear Mr. President, Dear Co-Presidents, Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on behalf of Romania here today […]

Bilateral meeting between the Minister of Internal Affairs, Cătălin Predoiu, and his Albanian counterpart, Taulant Balla, during the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs – strengthening cooperation in combating drug trafficking and illegal migration Within the high-level segment of the UN Commission on […]

Between February 26th and 29th, 2024, at the invitation of the Internal Public Audit Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Her Excellency Mrs. Parisa SALEHI – federal general inspector, carried out an official visit to Romania, together with a delegation from […]

During the Justice and Internal Affairs Council, which took place in Brussels on 4th of March 2024, there was an exchange of letters between the European Commissioner for Internal Affairs, Ylva Johansson, and the Deputy Prime Minister, the Romanian Minister of Internal […]

The statements of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Cătălin Predoiu, before the Council of Justice and Internal (Home) Affairs Good morning! Today, at the meeting, among other things, we will discuss the issue about the fight against drug trafficking. And I think […]

The participation of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Cătălin Predoiu, at the Internal Affairs session of the Council of Justice and Internal (Home) Affairs (JHA) The Minister of Internal Affairs, Cătălin Predoiu, attended, today, March 4th, 2024, the Internal Affairs session of […]

The statement of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Cătălin Predoiu, after the meeting with his Italian counterpart, Matteo Piantedosi, regarding the fight against organized crime, drug trafficking and human trafficking The statement of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Cătălin Predoiu, after the […]

The statement of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Cătălin Predoiu, after the meeting with the representatives of the National Agency against Organized Crime – NCA I recently had a meeting in Great Britain with representatives of the National Organized Crime Agency – […]

On February the 20th, 2024, Mr. Cătălin Marian PREDOIU, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs, had a meeting with Mr. Christopher WRAY, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America. The two dignitaries expressed their appreciation […]

On the occasion of the third joint Romanian-Italian government meeting, held in Rome on February 14-15, 2024, Cătălin Predoiu, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs, and his counterpart, Matteo Piantedosi, had a bilateral meeting during which they addressed topics of interest […]

On February the 13th, 2024, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Cătălin Predoiu, had an official work meeting with the delegation of representatives of the National Crime Agency (NCA), a leader in combating drug trafficking and related crimes. This meeting marks an important […]

Mr. Cătălin Predoiu, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs, had a meeting on Wednesday, December 13th, 2023, with a delegation led by Mr. Moshe Arbel, the Israeli Minister of the Interior. The delegation also included members of the families of Romanian […]