Romania

Italian Ambassador to Romania Diego Brasioli describes in an interview with AGERPRES the relations between the two countries as excellent, voicing his belief that there is not one family in Italy that doesn't have contacts to Romanian citizens.

For the first time in its 85 years of existence, the Balkan Athletics Championships are to bring together, over Saturday and Sunday, in Pitesti (northwest of Bucharest), all 15 member states of the Association of the Balkan Athletic Federations (ABAF), said, during a press conference at the Pitesti City Hall, Sandu Ion, the chairman of the Romanian Athletics Federation (FRA).

Shares in Nuclearelectrica, the company that runs Romania’s sole nuclear power plant in Cernavoda, on Friday rose by almost 2 per cent on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, BVB, following the announcement of a deal to construct new units.

More than 300 teams from all over Europe, mostly British, stopped over at least for one night in Sibiu City, central Romania, a mandatory place on the map of the world's largest charity rally, the Mongol Rally, where Romania is represented by two teams - Dracula Khan and Mamaliga (Polenta) Warriors, says Vlad Grigore, one of the Romanians that took part in the rally in 2013.

“Plastic bottles should not end up in the water,” is the main message of EcoStuff Romania, an environmental association that has turned around 104,502 of these throw-away items into a makeshift bridge over the Bega Canal in Timisoara, western Romania.

Romania is going to receive 7.2 billion euros from the European Union (EU) by 2020 for its road and rail infrastructure, Transport Minister Ioan Rus told the Realitatea TV private television broadcaster on Thursday evening.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta voiced his hope for the union of Romania with the Republic of Moldova - not by force, but 'by mutual agreement,' he mentioned.

Romania is to open a legal case against Italian energy holding Enel at the Paris-based International Court of Arbitration for breaching privatization terms concerning the sale of the local company, Electrica Muntenia Sud.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta declared at the graduation ceremony of the Military Technical Academy on Thursday that Romania needs the training of a performing army, and all the sacrifices in the budget and upon the budget review are more than necessary.