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Successful Diaspora and Romania-based entrepreneurs meet at RePatriot Summit
Over 200 Diaspora and Romania-based entrepreneurs, Romanians who have been successful in business abroad, and who have founded businesses on the local market and have managed to internationalize their businesses, are participating this weekend in Alba Iulia (centre-west) in the third edition of the RePatriot Summit, under the slogan "We Make Romania Better", a manifestation that aims to promote
Romania-France Season, an opportunity to reassert our values, says ICR's Turoiu
The Romania-France Season will be an occasion to reassert the values, and to the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) the participation in this program is an experience that will certainly enrich it," the President of the ICR Liliana Turoiu said, after having signed the minutes of the 5th meeting of the 2018 - 2019 Romania - France Season Joint Committee.
President Iohannis: Modern education needs elite, well prepared, motivated teachers
The educational system must provide young people with the necessary skills for the labour market, including adjustment to the challenges of a digital society, President Klaus Iohannis told the participants at the event "Contribution of education to the development of modern Romania," organised by the Spiru Haret Federation of Teachers' Trade Unions in Bucharest on Friday.
PM Dancila: Education, the foundation of a developed, strong country, like Romania, with well-defined voice abroad
Education is the foundation of a developed and strong country with a well-defined voice abroad, such as Romania is, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said in a message delivered on October 5, the World Teachers' Day.
ForMin Melescanu on France-Romania Season: Trust is the core message
The core message of the France-Romania season is trust, Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu said on Thursday.
On Thursday, he and Chairman of the French Institute in Bucharest Pierre Buhler signed the minutes of the 5th meeting of the 2018 - 2019 Romania - France Season Joint Committee.
Cartel Alfa: No talking about decent work in Romania, after Labour Code change in 2011
In Romania we cannot speak of decent work, as of 2011, following the change of the Labour Code and the impossibility of negotiating collective labour contracts, Marian Apostol, the president of the 'Cartel Alfa' National Trade Union Confederation, the Caras-Severin branch, told a press conference on Thursday in Resita.
Bulgarian Border Police: Very Heavy Truck Traffic at Vidin and Ruse
Sofia. On the checkpoints Danube Bridge-Vidin and Danube Bridge-Ruse, there is very heavy truck traffic to Romania, according to Border Police data as of 1.00 pm. On the border with Turkey, there is heavy truck traffic on Kapitan Andreevo and Lesovo from Bulgaria, reports Focus News Agency.
PM Dancila resumes message delivered to EP: Romania maintains European path, observes rule of law
Prime minister Viorica Dancila resumed on Thursday in the opening of the gov't sitting the message she has recently transmitted in the plenum of the European Parliament, reasserting that Romania maintains its European path, observes the rule of law.
Lithuania Bans Use Of Phones In Streets
Lithuania's phone-addicted pedestrians will have to do without mobile devices when they cross streets under a new regulation approved on Wednesday as the Baltic country seeks to curb traffic deaths.
"Pedestrians must not use mobile devices before stepping onto the street or walking across it," Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis told a cabinet meeting that was broadcast live.
Fugitive Romanian ex-Minister Arrested in Costa Rica
Police in Costa Rica on Wednesday arrested two Romanian former officials who took refuge in the Central American country after being sentenced to jail for corruption in their country.
Romania's DefMin Fifor meets Canadian, Italian and Turkish counterparts in Brussels
Romania's Defence Minister Mihai Fifor had bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Canada, Italy and Turkey as part of his participation in Brussels in a meeting of the NATO defense ministers whom he invited officially to participate in the events to be organised in Bucharest on December 1, the National Day of Romania, as 100 years since the Greater Union are celebrated.
Romania voices solidarity with UK over hostile cyber-actions
Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) expresses its solidarity with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland over the statement by the British Foreign Office on hostile cyber-actions.
"Romania, as an EU and NATO member state located in the vicinity of regions marked by instability, has also faced such challenges," MAE says in press statement released on Thursday.
Udrea's lawyer says she'll be brought before court, but extradition won't be handed out
Elena Udrea's lawyer Veronel Radulescu stated on Thursday morning that the former Transport Minister will be brought before court after being detained by the Interpol, but, from his point of view, she will not be extradited because her daughter has Costa Rican citizenship and she cannot be separated from her mother.
Fugitive former senior officials Udrea, Bica, apprehended by police in Costa Rica
Fugitive former senior officials Elena Udrea and Alina Bica of Romania were apprehended by police in Costa Rica on Wednesday night.
Udrea and Bica, arrested in Costa Rica
Elena Udrea and Alina Bica are said to have been arrested in Costa Rica after the local police enforced a request of Interpol, the website sitiooij.poder-judicial.go.cr informs.