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Gender equality forum held in Bucharest
Sweden is "a leader in gender equality", but this is not an excuse to diminish the efforts made in this field, Swedish Ambassador in Bucharest, Anneli Lindahl Kenny, told a Wednesday's forum on gender equality.
EU Women Earn 16 % Less than Men: Eurostat
Women in the European Union earned an average of 16 percent less than their male peers in 2016, official statistics agency Eurostat said Wednesday.
"For every euro that a man earned by the hour, a woman made an average of 84 cents," Eurostat said in a press release issued ahead of International Women's Day Thursday.
Gender pay gap shrinks below EU average in Cyprus
Cyprus is making steady progress in reducing the pay gap between men and women, data from the European statistical authority, Eurostat, showed on Wednesday.
According to figures for 2016, the unadjusted gender pay gap in Cyprus stood at 13.9 percent against an EU average of 16 percent, meaning that women earned 0.84 euros to every 1 euro made by a man.
Iohannis: There is deliberate confusion about statutes of prosecutors, an attempt to weaken their independence
President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday that discussing the statutes of prosecutors has become a "habit" in Romania, in which case he claims there is "deliberate" confusion in an attempt to weaken the independence of prosecutors.
CVM board convenes to discuss preparations for EC's next progress report
Preparations for the next European Commission's evaluation mission under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (MCV) that reports on Romania's progress with judiciary reform and the fight against corruption were the objective of a meeting of the CVM board at the headquarters of the Justice Ministry (MJ).
Romanian Activists Halt Energy Construction in National Park
A group of Romanian environmental organisations has sued the country's state-owned hydro-energy company and halted a 155-million-euro power plant construction project in the Jiu Gorge National Park in the Carpathians, which is listed as protected by the European Union.
PM Viorica Dancila: Unity must be Centennial Year key word
Prime Minister Viorica Dancila convened on Tuesday at Victoria Palace the first Inter-ministerial Committee dedicated to the preparation of the Centennial, specifying that "unity should be the key word" this year.
"Strengthening bilateral cooperation with North Korea"
Ri Pyong Du is accredited to Serbia on the non-residential basis from Romania.
Dacic noted that there are no open issues in the bilateral relations of the two countries and expressed his gratitude to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for the non-recognition of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo, which we expect to continue in the future.
Retired Olympic weightlifter Vlad: Romania is proud to host the European Championships in the Centennial year
Chairman of the Romanian Weightlifting Federation (FRH) Nicu Vlad told AGERPRES on Tuesday that he is proud that his association will host the European Senior Championships in the year Romania celebrates its Greater Union Centennial.
PM Dancila meets French ambassador Ramis to discuss updating Romanian-French partnership roadmap
Prime Minister Viorica Dancila on Tuesday welcomed French ambassador to Bucharest Michele Ramis at the Government House, announcing an intention for the roadmap to the Strategic Partnership Statement between Romania and France to be updated this year.
UPB students win five medals at South Eastern European Mathematical Olympiad for University Students
The Polytechnic University of Bucharest (UPB) won two gold medals and three silver medals at the 12th edition of the South Eastern European Mathematical Olympiad for University Students (SEEMOUS) first and second years that took place in Iasi, February 24 - March 4.
Bulgaria Reports Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic H5N8 Bird Flu
Bulgaria has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus on a farm in the northeastern district of Dobrich, the national food safety agency said on Monday, quoted by Reuters.
The virus, found on a farm in the town of General Toshevo, located near the border with Romania, would lead to the death of 140,000 birds, the agency said.