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Queen Elisabeth, Queen Marie, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Alexandrina Cantacuzino, commemorated at Cotroceni Museum
Queen Elisabeth, Queen Maria, WWI hero Ecaterina Teodoroiu and feminist pioneer Alexandrina Cantacuzino were commemorated Wednesday evening, on the eve of March 8, the International Women's Day, at the Cotroceni National Museum in Bucharest, as part of a "Conversations at the Museum" programme.
Balkan Women Plan Protest Marches Across Region
Women's rights activists all over the Balkans will be leading other rights organisations and leftist groups at a series of rallies on Thursday, marking International Women's Day and demanding better rights and more equal treatment.
European Socialists Deny Rift With Romania's Ruling Party
The European Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament will not exclude Romania's Social Democratic Party - despite several members of the group criticizing Romania's ruling party and its allegedly illiberal justice policies.
"We have had no discussions on excluding them," a spokesperson from the centre-left group in the European Parliament told BIRN.
Think Pink Europe breast cancer organization launched Wednesday, Mihaela Geoana to serve as president
Five breast cancer NGOs from Belgium, Italy, Greece, Romania and Bosnia and Herzegovina launched on Wednesday at the European Parliament the Think Pink Europe organization, with Mihaela Geoana appointed president of this NGO that will interconnect and take their efforts international, the Renaissance Foundation said in a release.
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.
Romanian, German Police Crack Major Refugee Trafficking Network
Romanian and German police and organised crime prosecutors moved on Wednesday in a simultaneous operation to search scores of locations in both countries, to dismantle a refugee trafficking network whose hub was in Timisoara, western Romania.
European business program aims to boost growth in Greece and beyond
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have launched a new advisory program to help small and mid-sized businesses in Greece, Bulgaria and Romania to grow and create jobs.
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 Asks Romanian Authorities for Intervention to Stop Lorry Queues at Border
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has called for a swift intervention by Romania to solve the problem of queues with lorries at Rousse border checkpoints. This happened during a telephone conversation with Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dunquila on 6th of March.
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.