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Complexity and parallel planning are some of the problems encountered in using European funds, which should be better targeted, European Court of Auditors (ECA) President Klaus-Heiner Lehne told AGERPRES in an interview.

The UK is keen on staying in touch with people working in the cultural sector, Nigel Bellingham, director of the British Council Romania and Erasmus +, said Tuesday at the second information session of the Live Skills European project.

The new ministers of Education, Defence, Labor and Social Justice, Economy, Culture and National Identity, Communications and Information Society, as well as that of Youth and Sports have been sworn in, on Tuesday, at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in front of President Klaus Iohannis.

Romania has to follow the recommendations of the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Vera Jourova said in Bucharest on Tuesday when asked about the report on Romania's progress under CVM referencing the removal of AG Lazar.

She met Justice Minister Tudorel Toader at the Ministry of Justice on Tuesday.

Romania maintains its conviction that it meets the requirements for lifting the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), "in the context in which, as full EU member state for more than ten years, it has continuously proved a constructive approach in respect to meeting the justice-related objectives," reads a Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) response sent at AGERPRES' request.

Bilateral economic and sectoral co-operation, as well as security at regional and international levels were subjects of talks in Doha between Romania's Prime Minister Viorica Dancila and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani as part of Dancila's visit to Doha.

President Klaus Iohannis said Friday in a Twitter post that freedom of expression and information are basic values of democracy and that it is necessary for those who commit crimes against the press to take responsibility.

Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu on Thursday welcomed senior official with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus Minas Hadjimichael, highlighting the excellent level of the bilateral relationship and agreeing on consolidating it through a mechanism for regular consultations at the level of the two ministries.

President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday welcomed the fact that after May 2019 there will be no restrictions on the Swiss labour market on Romanian citizens seeking employment there.

Iohannis welcomed his Swiss counterpart Alain Berset at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace.

At the 25th edition of the Top Companies event on Wednesday, the Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIB) presented its awards to 6,922 Bucharest-based companies and some special prizes, with the AGERPRES Romanian National News Agency receiving an excellence trophy for objectivity and professionalism in covering economic phenomenon.