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Bulgarian Defence Minister Dismisses Rumours of Mobilisation
Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev reassured on Wednesday that no mobilisation was taking place in the country.
Nenchev also dismissed rumours that NATO had requested the participation of Bulgarian troops in operations due to the Ukrainian crisis.
President Iohannis: I asked France to support Romania's accession to the Schengen Zone
Special AGERPRES correspondent, Florentina Peia, reports: President Klaus Iohannis on Monday asked France to support Romania's accession to the Schengen Zone, voicing hope at the same time that a positive decision to this end may be adopted as soon as possible.
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PM Ponta to meet US State Secretary of Commerce in Washington
Prime Minister Victor Ponta opened the Government meeting on Tuesday announcing his visit to Washington, to meet the Secretary of Commerce and representatives of the American business environment.
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Ponta: No agreement with IMF and EC; gas price increase, energy industry restructuring, to be discussed
Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced on Monday that the Government did not reach an agreement with the international financial partners about the increase in the price of natural gas and the restructuring of the Hunedoara and Oltenia energy complexes, for which reason a letter of intent will not be signed yet, adding that the rest of the objectives are fulfilled.
DefMin Dusa: I wish NFIU command to be operational by June
Romanian National Defence Minister Mircea Dusa announced in Cluj-Napoca (northwest of the capital) on Monday that he wished NATO Force Integration Unit (NFIU) to be operational by June.
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Romania Opposition Party Elects New Chief
The centre-right opposition Popular Movement Party, PMP, elected a new leader at a congress on Sunday in the Romanian capital.
Eugen Tomac, 34, received over 90 per cent of the delegates to the congress. In his first speech, Tomac said he was convinced that the party could win the next elections and "make Romania stay proud among the EU countries".
Eugen Tomac elected PMP chairman; Dorel Onaca is secretary-general
Deputy Eugen Tomac was voted on Sunday at the Congress of the People's Movement Party (PMP) to be the party's chairman, while Dorel Onaca was elected secretary-general.
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ForMin Aurescu meets Vice President of Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, on Saturday, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on international security policy, had a meeting with Ellen Tauscher, Vice President of the Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security, also a member in the Executive Committee of the Atlantic Council of the United States and chief negotiator for the Agreement between Romania and t
Ex-NATO chief says Russia likely to act in Baltics: report
Russia is highly likely to intervene in the Baltic states to test NATO's collective defence commitment, the former head of the Atlantic alliance was quoted as saying by Britain's Daily Telegraph on Feb. 6.
"This is not about Ukraine. Putin wants to restore Russia to its former position as a great power," Anders Fogh Rasmussen told the daily.
Romania Welcomes Boost to NATO's Eastern Flank
Romanian officials have welcomed NATO's decision to establish a new rapid reaction force on its border with Russia, as a result of which the alliance will boost troop numbers in Poland and Romania and establish six new command centres in Central and Southeast Europe.
NATO Approves Immediate Establishment of Command Centres
NATO's defence ministers approved at their meeting on Thursday the immediate establishment of six command and control units on its eastern flank.
The six countries that are to host the command centres are Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania.
NATO to boost eastern defences after Russian 'aggression'
NATO was set Feb. 5 to agree a major boost to its defences including six bases in eastern Europe and a spearhead force of 5,000 troops in response to what it called Russian aggression in Ukraine.
PM Ponta: US strategic partnership going very well on politics, defence, less so on economics
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Wednesday there is need of an 'update' to the commercial side of the roadmap set in the Strategic Partnership with the United States, since things in that area do not go as well as in the political and defence sector.
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Gorghiu: We are discussing censure motion with all, PSD included
National Liberal Party (PNL) co-chairperson Alina Gorghiu has stated, on Wednesday, that in order to form a majority and promote the censure motion discussions are had with "absolutely all" MPs, including those in the Social Democrat Party (PSD), adding that the Opposition has "not been knocking on closed doors".
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ForMin Aurescu says surprised at allegations of Romanian weapons having been delivered to ISIL
Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu welcomed Iraqi ambassador to Romania Omer Berzinji on Monday, with the minister voicing 'the Romanian side's surprise' at the allegations made by an Iraqi lawmaker and recently circulated in the news media that Romania were involved in an alleged transfer of weapons to ISIL.
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