Romania

"The Chosen One," a film directed and produced by Cristian Comeaga has been included in the official selections of the North Hollywood Cinefest 2015 festival to be held at the Carl Laemmle Theater of Los Angeles, April 10-16.

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Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdn Aurescu on Wednesday welcomed Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) General Phillip M. Breedlove, on which occasion he underscored the strictly defensive nature of the Deveselu missile defence shield as well as the unacceptable character of threats against Romania's allies over this issue, Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) reports in a press release.

A Bucharest court on Wednesday placed Moldovan businessman Sergiu Lucinschi in custody for two months after he was arrested on charges of blackmail and influence peddling.

Sergiu Lucinschi, who also holds Romanian citizenship, is the youngest son of Petru Lucinschi, President of Moldova from 1997 to 2001.

President Klaus Iohannis welcomed his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Cotroceni Palace on Wednesday, as part of the latter's official visit to Romania.

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President Klaus Iohannis and his wife Carmen Iohannis welcomed the Turkish President and his wife.

Romania is willing to get involved in hosting "any kind of capabilities decided within NATO," Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Tuesday.

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President Klaus Iohannis believes there are chances, but not certainties on Romania's being accepted in the Schengen area this year, but underscores that "the latest developments in Parliament, in which certain requests have been rejected, don't (...) help at all."

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Since the beginning of the new year, 281 migrants have been detained as they attempted to cross the Bulgaria-Romania border illegally.

This was announced by the department of the Border Police in the Bulgarian city of Ruse, private bTV station reports.

PANCEVO - "ComiXconnection - strip, banda dese­nata, strip, kepregeny," an exhibition borne out of a research of the regional comic scene, will open on Wednesday in the Vojvodina cinema in Pancevo, near Belgrade.

Romania's fiscal watchdog, the Consiliul Fiscal - Fiscal Council - has echoed concerns over government plans to start reducing Value Added Tax and income tax as a way to boost disposable income and get people to spend more.

The Supreme Allied Commander Europe, US four-star General Philip Breedlove announced a decision in the near future on prepositioning NATO heavy weapons in Romania; he voiced his confidence in Romania's prompt response and agreement with this decision.

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