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Artists from Germany, Japan and South Pacific attend "3 Smoked Olives Island Festival"
Artists from Germany, Japan, Niue - South Pacific and Romania will perform over July 25-30 at the 6th edition of the "3 Smoked Olives Island Festival" (3SOF), the single electronic music festival in Romania taking place on an island, informs a release sent to AGERPRES.
The President of Austria Arrives on an Official Visit to Bulgaria
The President of the Republic of Austria Alexander van der Belen will be on official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of the head of state Rumen Radev.
Romanian President Refuses to Approve Justice Changes
Romania's President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday that he will not approve a set of justice bills passed by the Social Democrat-led parliament last week because they threaten the rule of law.
Iohannis said that he would send the bills to Romania's Constitutional Court and will also notify the Council of Europe's Venice Commission.
British Jet Fighters will Patrol the Black Sea
British Air Force Typhoon fighter aircraft based in Romania will join NATO patrol flights in the Black Sea airspace, reports the Royal Air Force UK website.
The official permission was given at a ceremony yesterday in the Romanian airbase "Mihail Kogalniceanu", which is located 50-60 km north of the Bulgarian border.
March 2018 unemployment reaches 4.5pct in Romania, slightly down from February
Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March 2018 was 4.5 percent, slightly down 0.1 percentage points from the previous month (4.6 percent), according to data released on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
Romanian wrestler Mihut wins gold at European Wrestling Championships 2018; Alexuc, bronze
Romanian athlete Mihai Mihut on Tuesday won the gold medal in the 63-kg category, while his compatriot Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu took the bronze in the 130-kg category, both in the Greco-Roman events, at the European Wrestling Championships at Kaspiisk (Russia).
Minister-delegate Negrescu welcomes entry into force of consular protection for unrepresented EU citizens
Minister-delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu welcomes the entry into force on May 1, 2018 of the directive on the coordination and cooperation measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries, according to a press statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) on Tuesday.
US: name solution must precede NATO accession for FYROM
The United States supports efforts to resolve a disagreement on the name issue between Athens and Skopje and stands by the decision NATO made at its 2008 summit in Bucharest, a Pentagon spokesperson has said after talks in Washington between US Defense Secretary James Mattis and his counterpart from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Radmila Shekerinska.
Bulgaria Came out of a US Black List
Bulgaria is no longer included in the so called "Blacklist" of countries from which US protects intellectual property, bTV said. The document is known as "Special List 301". Bulgaria has invariably been in it for the past 5 years.
Romanian chefs fit Euro-Toques principles regarding the tradition, yet they lack plate presentation
The Romanian traditional cuisine is extremely tasteful and appreciated internationally, but it is necessary for it to be well presented in the plate, the founder of Euro-Toques Romania, Dumitru Burtea, now a honorary president of the association and life member of World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS) told AGERPRES.
Public procurement, public-private partnership laws among gov't priorities in Q2
The public procurement law, the public-private partnership law, the setting up of the Commerce Chamber of Romania, the creation of the state-aid scheme regarding the interest free 40,000 RON grants for the young, as well as the strengthening of the programme for the persons with disabilities are among the Romanian government's priorities on the second quarter of 2018, Prime minister Vio
Eight Romanian military wounded in Afghanistan in trap-vehicle explosion
Eight military with the 30th Battalion "Carpathian Vultures" Force Protection with Campulung Muscel were wounded on Monday morning in Afghanistan, during a mission in their responsibility area, as they were the target of a trap-vehicle (VBIED), the National Defence Ministry (MApN) informs in a release.AGERPRES
Kosovo Won't Recognise Catalonia, Haradinaj Says
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, has told the Spanish daily newspaper El Pais that his country will never recognise the independence of Catalonia from Spain, adding that Kosovo and Catalonia do not have anything in common and "establishing any analogy is senseless".
President Iohannis on Veterans Day: The Army has paid a heavy price to benefit future generations
Bucharest, April 29 /Agerpres / - President Klaus Iohannis is congratulating military veterans for everything they have done in the service of the homeland, on April 29, the day dedicated to those who have defended the national values with their own lives , according to a press statement release by the Presidential Administration.
Hundreds of reenactors from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Ukraine attend Roman festival in Alba
More than 300 reenactors from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain and Ukraine attend Roman Apulum festival in Alba-Iulia, an event that will take place until May 1 and already attracted more than one thousand spectators, most of them tourists.