Romania

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 rattled central and eastern Romania early Sunday and was also felt in Ukraine, Moldova and Bulgaria. No significant damage was reported, reports LatestLY.

The Greek capital will be hosting the third EU-Arab World Summit on October 29 and 30, which will focus on strengthening regional cooperation and accelerating existing initiatives.

The AGERPRES documentary "The Greater Union - Romania, at 100" was presented in Targu Mures, on Friday, at the conference "100 years of military history," held as part of the cultural project "100 years in 10 days," financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Identity.

Cohesion policy is the guarantee of raising the quality of life for European citizens, with the results being visible also in Romania, which in the period since its EU accession has received European funds of over 45 billion euros for its own development, European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu said Friday, ahead of a visit she will pay on Monday and Tuesday to Romania.

The General Assembly of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) decided on Friday to support a request to Minister of Justice Tudorel Toader to cancel the procedures for the removal from office of Romania's Attorney General Augustin Lazar.

Minister-delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu said on Friday that a "broad consensus" exists over Romania's presidency of the Council of the European Union, reiterating that Romania is ready to assume the office.

Reinstating trademark protection for mineral water produced in Devin, Bulgaria, the European General Court found Thursday that any association tourists might have with the tiny spa town is not enough to cause confusion, reports Court House News Service. 

The chairman of the PMP (People's Movement Party, opposition, ed. n.) Eugen Tomac says that the PSD (Social Democratic Party, major at rule, ed. n.) is leaving behind a "scorched country", pointing out that "Romania is battling in statistics with banana republics in infrastructure."

President Klaus Iohannis received the report regarding the managerial activity at the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice (PICCJ) and believes that Justice Minister Tudorel Toader's request to dismiss Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar from office is "completely inappropriate and likely to generate mistrust in the system and concern among Europ

The messages the Russian Federation are sending off after the US has announced its intention to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF-Treaty) is rather the use of the nuclear power argument to bring relations to a point where they might converge, and that is Moscow's only serious claim to support its international actor position, defence policy expert Hari Bucu