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It is Romania's duty to really support the Republic of Moldova and the Moldovans, while "bombastic speech in an electoral key" do not help the citizens of either of the two countries, President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday after touring the Bucharest International Auto Show (SIAB).

Secretary of State for Euro-Atlantic bilateral and strategic affairs with Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) George Ciamba on Wednesday welcomed visiting Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Bartosz Cichocki to discuss current affairs of shared interest in the field of common security.

Inflation on Romania will be close to what we have estimated for 2018, Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici said on Wednesday.

Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) has notified the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bucharest that one of the embassy's diplomats will be declared persona non-grata and will be expelled from the country, according to a MAE press statement released on Monday.

National gas transmission company Transgaz signed on March 23 the contract for the construction of the three gas compressor stations of 10 MW each provided for in the BRUA phase 1 project; according to the calendar, the order to kick off works will be signed on April 14, the Ministry of Economy said in a release.

Hydrologists issued on Monday a code orange warning of flood valid until April 6 for the Danube River both downstream, the Calafat-Oltenita portion, as well as the Cernavoda-Galati portion and the Danube Delta.

Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu stated on Saturday that the assessment of the activity of Romania's embassies at the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) level is to be completed in maximum ten days and mentioned that there is no list of heads of diplomatic missions who are to be assessed, the action being carried out annually.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) supports and joins the declaration of High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR) Federica Mogherini regarding the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, according to a press release sent on Saturday.

Secretary of State for Strategic and Bilateral Affairs in the Euro-Atlantic Space George Ciamba, while paying a visit to the Czech Republic, talked with officials in Prague about topics of interest featuring on the European agenda regarding the bilateral relation, as well as the good cooperation of Romania and the Czech Republic in the European Union, the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) informs.

Greece is an important ally of Romania in the region, Romanian National Defence Minister Mihai Fifor said on Friday, in a joint press statement with Hellenic Republic Minister of Defence Panos Kammenos.

The two officials had talks at the National Defence Ministry (MApN) on Friday, followed by the signing of an agreement between the Defence ministries of Romania and Greece.