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European Commissioner Cretu appeals to Romanian government to double use of financial instruments in 2014-2020 period

European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu has recommended to the Romanian Government to double the use of financial instruments in the 2014-2020 period, mentioning that these instruments stimulate the joint use of public and private resources, which means "more resources at the availability of entrepreneurs."

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Presidents Iohannis, Komorowski agree on regional summit in Bucharest

AGERPRES correspondent Florentina Peia reports: Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced on Thursday an agreement with his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski on holding a regional meeting of the heads of state this autumn in Bucharest, to prepare the NATO Summit in Warsaw in 2016.

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Europe's dream army

Amid the debates over whether the Feb. 12, 2015, cease-fire agreement between Ukraine and Russian-supported rebels in the eastern part of the country will hold, and whether the rebels?

Iohannis: Relation with Poland, priority to Romania, both on European and trans-Atlantic level

The relation with Poland is a priority to Romania, both on a European level and a trans-Atlantic level, being highlighted by the existence of a strategic partnership, and the two countries are connected by a common history of cooperation and solidarity in crucial moments, President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday, before leaving on the official visit he will pay to Warsaw.

Ponta: Passing the new tax codes will mean radical reform we can conduct now

Passing the Tax Code and the Code of Tax Procedure designed by the Government means radical reform in Romania that can be conducted now, because the economic results of Romania so far allows that, Prime Minister Victor Ponta told his cabinet at a meeting on Tuesday.

PM Ponta defends his deputy Dragnea in 2012 referendum trial

Prime Minister Victor Ponta says his deputy Liviu Dragnea did not act alone and breached no law in the 2012 referendum to discharge the then President Traian Basescu.

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PM Ponta attends Supreme Court to testify in 2012 referendum case

Prime Minister Victor Ponta arrived on Wednesday morning at the High Court of Cassation and Justice (Romania's Supreme Court), where he was subpoenaed as a witness in the case of the 2012 referendum for the discharge of the then President Traian Basescu.

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German Foreign Minister Calls Rosen Plevneliev 'Romanian President'

''Towards the end of my visit to Bulgaria, I was also received by the Romanian President Rosen Plevneliev,'' stated the Facebook profile of the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Several hours later the mistake was corrected after a number of angry comments posted in response, including those of Bulgarians, BGglas daily reported.

Romania's Top Anti-Corruption Officials to Visit Bulgaria

Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva announced on Tuesday that Romania's top anti-corruption officials will visit Bulgaria in March at her invitation.

Horia Georgescu, the President of Romania's National Integrity Agency, which represents the country's anti-corruption body, will visit Bulgaria on March 24 and 25, daily Dnevnik reports.

Iohannis: Romania needs to strengthen strategic credibility

Attending on Tuesday the meeting for the review of the 2014 activity report of the Ministry of National Defence, President Klaus Iohannis said that Romania needs to strengthen its "strategic credibility."

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The two NATO commands will operate in Bucharest

The two NATO commands to open in Romania in 2016 will operate in Bucharest and will have a key-role in ensuring connections between the national and the Alliance's forces, accomplishing the command and control in the area where it is necessary to deploy a rapid reaction force, the minister of National Defence Mircea Dusa said on Tuesday at the 2014 annual report of the institution.

NATO naval drills start in Black Sea after one-day delay

NATO's Black Sea members Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey joined four other alliance states in a multinational naval exercise on March 10 just across the water from the Crimean Peninsula annexed by Russia last year.
   

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