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Defence Minister Mihai Fifor, on Monday attended the opening of a new series of the "Security and Good Governance" class at the National Defence College.

National Defence Minister Mihai Fifor on Wednesday had a meeting with Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of NATO Allied Command Operations, General Curtis Scaparrotti, to discuss topical matters on the NATO agenda, reads a National Defence Ministry (MApN) release.

Hundreds of people celebrated on Saturday the reopening of the Japanese Garden in Herastrau Park by having picnics and taking photos of the blossoming cherries, an event that was also attended by Japanese Ambassador in Bucharest Kisaburo Ishii.

He officially opened the garden where Bucharest citizens came alongside their loved ones, with blankets and food to have a full-on picnic.

The European Commission (EC) has never interfered in the management of some individual cases (of corruption) of Romania and the questions included in the letter of October 2012, addressed to the Romanian Ministry of Justice, were meant to help prepare the technical mission of November 2012 without the EU executive requesting information on the cases substance, EC President Jean-Claude Juncker s

President Klaus Iohannis stated on Saturday that Romania further condemns the use of chemical weapons in Syria and expressed his full solidarity regarding the actions of our strategic partners.

Margareta, the Romanian Crown Custodian organised a dinner party on Friday at the Elisabeta Palace, in honor of Education Minister of the United Arab Emirates Hussain Ibrahim Al Hammadi, who is paying a visit to our country.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila called the first meeting of the national board in charge with Romania's switchover to the single European currency, the euro, that took place on Thursday "an important moment that regards a country project" around which "all the country's forces" should unite.

At a meeting on Thursday, the Government adopted an emergency ordinance under which the National Economic Forecast Board will turn into the National Economic Strategy and Forecasting Board and be endowed with an important role in boosting public investment, according to governmental spokesman Nelu Barbu.

President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday welcomed France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, underscoring the importance that Romania attaches to joining the Schengen Area and the hope that France will support a decision in that regard.

Premier Viorica Dancila received on Thursday French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, currently on a visit to Bucharest, with the two officials tackling, among others, Romania's goals regarding its bid for Schengen and OECD membership, the government said in a release.