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5G national strategy completed in 2018; tech implementation to attract 9b USD in investment by 2026
Romania's 5G communications national strategy will be completed by the end of 2018, while the implementation of this technology in Romania will bring about 9 billion US dollars in total investment over the next eight years in energy and utilities, public security, financial services and healthcare, Minister of Communications and Information Society Bogdan Cojocaru told AGERPRES on Tuesd
Suspected Attacker of Controversial Serbian Journalist Arrested
Police arrested a 39-year-old man on Monday evening on suspicion of attacking journalist Stefan Cvetkovic in a café in the journalist's hometown Bela Crkva, on Serbia's border with Romania.
In a statement, police said the man would remain in custody for 48 hours.
Romania's trade balance deficit widens to 5 billion euros, Jan.-May 2018
The trade balance deficit went up 12.3 percent in the first five months of 2018 as against the similar period of 2017, to over 5 billion euro, a release of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) sent to AGERPRES on Tuesday informs.
Romania to Replace Kovesi Amid Fears of Political Interference
Romania's government is set to nominate a new anti-graft chief prosecutor by the end of July, after the country's President announced early on Monday that he was dismissing anti-chief corruption prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi following a ruling of the Constitutional Court.
Senior official Ciamba meets Holocaust Museum reps, reaffirms Romania's commitment to combating anti-Semitism
At a meeting with representatives of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) on Monday, Secretary of State for Euro-Atlantic Bilateral and Strategic Affairs George Ciamba with Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) reconfirmed Romania's constant commitment to tackling discrimination, anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.
UPDATE Anca Jurma, delegated chief prosecutor of DNA
Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar on Monday issued the order through which Anca Jurma has been delegated as chief prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA).
Romania President Fires Chief Anti-Corruption Prosecutor
Romania's President Klaus Iohannis bowed to government pressure and signed a decree on Monday, firing the country's chief anti-graft prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi.
She was axed after months of mounting political tensions between her, the President and the Social Democrat-led government .
President Iohannis signs decree removing chief anti-graft prosecutor from office
President Klaus Iohannis signed on Monday a decree removing Laura Codruta Kovesi as chief prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA).
Romania wins bronze at European Athletics U18 Championships, girls' medley relay race
Romania won the bronze medal in the women's medley relay race (100m, 200m, 300m, 400m) at the European Athletics U18 Championships in Gyor, Hungary, on Sunday.
Bianca Toader, Vanessa Balaci, Maria Scrob and Adina Circiogel clocked in at 2:09.99, after Italy (2:07.46) and Czech Republic (2:09.41).
President Iohannis pays visit to IOCN; head of state interested in patient care
President Klaus Iohannis paid a visit on Sunday to the Oncological Institute of Cluj-Napoca (IOCN) and he was particularly interested in the patient care methods and the research within the medical unit.
President Iohannis' visit to the IOCN lasted approximately 35 minutes and he didn't want to make any press statement.
President Iohannis attends opening of International Mathematical Olympiad in Cluj-Napoca
Mathematics and subjects of the Science category are essential in the curricular construction, even during early education, President Klaus Iohannis stated on Sunday, at the opening of the 59th edition of the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO).
Prime Ministers Viorica Dancila, Li Keqiang welcome upward development of Romania - China relations
Premier Viorica Dancila met on Saturday with Premier of the State Council of China Li Keqiang, on the sidelines of the 7th Summit of the China - Central and Eastern European Countries cooperation format ('16+1') organized in Sofia; the two officials welcomed on the occasion the upward evolution of relations between the two countries, highlighting the great capital of trust and t
#DiplomaticCentennial UK Ambassador Paul Brummell: Despite term running to end, I am not leaving Romania, in so many ways
British Ambassador to Romania Paul Brummell says in an interview with AGERPRES that although his term in Bucharest is running to end, he is not leaving Romania "in many ways".
INTERVIEW/EIB's Schiavo Campo: Self-denigration,one of most practiced sports in Romania; remarkable changes in just 20 years
Romania has achieved in just 20 years remarkable changes by all standards, one of the most practiced sports in Romania is self-denigration, European Investment Bank (EIB) Resident Representative in Romania Flavio Schiavo Campo said in an interview to AGERPRES, at the end of a six-year mandate in this position.
Romanian senior official Dusa, Portugal's DefMin Lopez meet to discuss international security
The international security context, the risks and threats emerging globally and regionally, as well as the measures to be taken at both NATO and EU levels, were discussed in Bucharest on Thursday by State Secretary for Defence, Policy, Planning and International Relations with Romania's Defence Ministry (MApN) Mircea Dusa and Portuguese Defence Minister Jose Alberto Azeredo Ferreira Lop