Romania

Bucharest General Mayor Sorin Oprescu underscored that Danube should be a major economic and social development axis of the European continent.

State Secretary for European Affairs with Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) on Thursday welcomed Murat Salim Esenli, permanent deputy undersecretary for European affairs with Turkey's Foreign Ministry.

TAROM could be part of an international team of experts to identify concrete steps to reduce CO2 emissions and adopt cost-effective measures, TAROM Director General Christian Heinzmann said on occasion of the Aviation and Aeronautics Forum (AVIATION 2014) in Atlanta, United States.

The European Union member states and candidate countries have grown tired of the pace of the enlargement process, above all, the accession of Romania and Bulgaria, which raised a lot of questions about the credibility of the process, Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule told EurActiv Czech Republic in an interview on Thursday.

The signing of the Istanbul Convention by the Romanian Government's representatives is a huge success for the fight on the violence against women in Romania, in the region and in the European Union, Social Democrat (PSD) MP Ana Birchall said according to a release to AGERPRES on Thursday.

The recent disastrous floods in the north eastern parts of Bulgaria led to reservation cancellations, said Economy Ministry, quoted by the bTV national channel. 

The hotel owners along the coast are already calculating the expected losses as some Russian tourists already started cancelling their vacations. 

From EurActiv.

Member states and candidate countries have grown tired of the pace of the enlargement process, above all, the accession of Romania and Bulgaria, which raised a lot of questions about the credibility of the process, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele told EurActiv Czech Republic in an exclusive interview.

By Paul Tugwell & Nikos Chrysoloras

Investor interest in bidding for permits to explore for oil and natural gas off Greece is stronger than expected, Energy Minister Yiannis Maniatis said.

The signing of an association agreement and a free trade agreement between the European Union and Moldova is a very important step forward toward Moldova's getting away from a grey area in which it finds itself, Romania's President Traian Basescu told Jurnal TV in an exclusive statement.

President Traian Basescu on Thursday delivered a message on the occasion of the National Flag Day, stating that the Romanians must revere and honor the Romanian Tricolor.