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The Arab Republic of Egypt plays an important role in Romania's strategy to develop relations with states in Africa and the Middle East, being in fact Romania's main trade partner in the region.

Bucharest, Aug 10 /Agerpres/ - TAROM puts up for sale 159 euro-worth round-trip tickets for the August 10-14 2018 interval, for destinations in Europe and not only, the company informs on Friday.

Tickets that cost 159 euros, all fees included, are thus available for flights between Bucharest and Amman, Nice, Paris, Madrid and also between Timisoara and Paris and Cluj and Paris.

Romania-based companies operating in sectors such as HoReCa, processing, light manufacturing, agriculture, construction and services have hired in recent years foreigners from non-EU states, most of them hailing from countries with a standard of living below Romania's, shows a Smartree survey.

Most of the Romanians choose to travel in weekend to national destinations, mainly to visit as many places as possible and due to the lack of time, and not only because of financial reasons, a tourism consultant Traian Badulescu told AGERPRES.

President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday released a message calling for unity among the Romanians before participating in the bicycle march "Pedalam pentru Romania" (Pedalling for Romania) dedicated to the centennial of Romania's December 1, 1918 Greater Union.

Prior to leaving Palatului Square, Iohannis said that it would be good if unity is reached in the centennial year.

Romania's Ministry of Education has angered the country's academics with a decision to cut funding for the country's top universities, which have been increasingly critical of government policies in the past year.

A court in the western Romanian city of Timisoara is set to rule in an unusual and unprecedented corruption case involving a former chief of police and a former judge who did not declare their membership of local masonic lodges and allegedly used their connections for their own gain and to cover up crimes.

A group of Bulgarians have been in trouble at the airport in the Romanian city of Timisoara. They took a flight with the low-cost company Ryanair from London, which was supposed to land last night at 20:15 in Plovdiv. Because of the bad weather conditions, the flight was redirected first to Sofia Airport, then to Romania.

The caravan of Romania - Republic of Moldova - Cernauti Romanian cinematographic works organized under the banner 'Romanian Film Centennial - 100 Years, 100 Films, 100 Cities' was launched on Saturday in Iasi.

Eight people lost their lives and nearly 70 were injured as powerful storms hit Western Romania on Sunday evening, reported Appsforpcdaily.com