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He said that despite Russia's opposition to the expansion of the Western military alliance, "NATO's doors remain open."

AGERPRES Director General Alexandru Giboi talked Thursday, during the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) conference, about the goals of the institution he runs, mentioning that amongst them is promoting the evolution of media and supporting national media.

The conference of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) is taking place for the first time in Bucharest, between 25-27 April, with the AGERPRES Romanian National News Agency being the co-organiser of the meeting.

The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Bucharest, Kim Eun-joong talked, in an interview granted to AGERPRES, about the "invaluable opportunity" to accomplish denuclearization in the Korean Peninsula, to the benefit of the entire world.

The statement comes in the context of the upcoming North Korea - South Korea summit starting Friday.

Romania's anti-discrimination council on Wednesday fined the popular satirical publication Times New Romanian for an article insulting Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea's partner who had accompanied the politician to a Social Democrat Party congress in March.

Romania must improve its road and rail network to ensure the efficiency of NATO operations, the former commander of the United States Army Europe, Benjamin (Ben) Hodges, stated in an interview for AGERPRES.

The Israeli Ambassador in Bucharest, Tamar Samash, stated in an interview granted to AGERPRES that her country regrets the rift between the President and Government happened regarding the moving of the Romanian Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but hopes the situation will settle down.

"We want even stronger support from Bucharest, Athens and Sofia on the road to Europe. We would like to become the next country to join the EU, without your support we cannot do that," Vucic said at a news conference after meeting with the prime ministers of Greece, Bulgaria and Romania, Alexis Tsipras, Boyko Borisov and Viorica Dancila.

Serbia will accept an even stronger support on behalf of Bucharest, Athens and Sofia on its path to the EU, the Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic stated at the end of the high-level quadrilateral meeting Romania-Bulgaria-Greece-Serbia, which took place on Tuesday at Victoria Palace.

Romania and Georgia are planning to get to know each other better and to learn more about each other's history, to mark some of the important moments for the two countries and to develop bilateral economic cooperation, Romania's Ambassador to Georgia Radu Liviu Horumba told an interview granted to AGERPRES.