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Vucic speaks with Borisov
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke on the phone with Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov Monday about continuing the cooperation as part of the Serbia-Bulgaria-Romania-Greece Cooperation Council.
"ARtfel" AGERPRES photo exhibition at Sutu Palace
AGERPRES National News Agency organises an "ARtfel" photography exhibition, which combines the photo reportage, the video documentary and enhanced reality.
The exhibition can be visited November 24 through December 10, at Sutu Palace — Bucharest Municipal Museum, and the opening will take place on Monday, 18:30 hrs.
Romania-Serbia cooperation memorandum in transnational crime fighting
Romania's Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar was on a working visit to Serbia, where a memorandum on transnational crime fighting cooperation between the two countries' prosecutor's offices was signed.
President Iohannis: Parallel state - bad joke, made up by people who victimise themselves to seize power
The parallel state is "a bad joke", and a few people invent such concepts in order to seize all power, on Wednesday said President Klaus Iohannis in southeastern Ploiesti.
Romania Pushes Again for UNESCO to Honour Sculptures
Romania is set to re-submit its application in early 2018 for UNESCO to include an 80-year-old sculptural ensemble by French-Romanian artist Constantin Brancusi in its world patrimony, two years after the first application had to be withdrawn due to mistakes in the documentation.
President Iohannis: Today's politicians are bound to preserve Romania's Euro-Atlantic strategic options unaltered
President Klaus Iohannis stated on Wednesday that politicians are bound to preserve Romania's Euro-Atlantic strategic options unaltered.
UPDATED/ Iohannis: PSD's so-called tax reform has generated uncertainties that could affect investor confidence
President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday that the so-called tax reform approved by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), major at rule, has generated uncertainties that could affect investor confidence.
Gov't passes measures to promote rights to linguistic identity of ethnic Romanians in Ukraine
A series of direct support measures for ethnic Romanians enrolled with schools in Ukraine providing Romanian-language tuition were developed by the Romanian Government on Wednesday, at the proposal of the Ministry for Romanians Abroad (MRP).
Academician Theodorescu on Greater Union: It was the masterpiece of political thinking called January 1859
Historians from all over Romania and abroad attended on Wednesday a symposium called "The Greater Union - the culmination of a millenary history," organised by the National Defence College Foundation and the National Defence College at the Central University Library in Bucharest, an event that is part of the series of events dedicated to the Centennial of the December 1, 1918 Greater Union.
Visniec: Romania, highly competitive in culture; the book is Europe's mental binder
Honourary chairman of the Gaudeamus 2017 book trade fair in Bucharest, playwright and journalist Matei Visniec, said on Wednesday, at the opening of event, that Romania is extremely competitive on a cultural level, adding that creativity, along with books and culture make up the mental binder of Europe.
Romanian NGOs Fear Pressure as New Bill Passes Senate
A bill submitted by Romania's ruling Social Democrat Party, PSD, requires non-governmental organizations to declare their sources of funding every six months or face dissolution, causing great concern among civic activists and opposition party politicians in Bucharest.
Military parade for National Day to be held the Arch of Triumph
Approximately 3,500 troops and specialists from the Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry of Interior and the Romanian Intelligence Service are going to participate on December 1, alongside troops from several allied or partner countries, in the military parade organized in celebration of Romania's National Day, at the Triumph Arch Square, the Ministry of National Defence (MApN) announced
DefMin Fifor, after passage of Patriot missile purchasing draft: We hope to close the deal on Dec. 15
Romania's Defence Minister Mihai Fifor said Tuesday after the Chamber of Deputies passed a draft agreement for the purchase by Romania of Patriot missile systems that he hopes the contract with the US Administration will be signed next week, so that the deal may close on December 15.
Increasing bilateral trade and involvement of Romanian companies in projects in Egypt, joint Romanian-Egyptian objectives
Identifying areas of cooperation of major interest, increasing bilateral trade, getting Romanian companies involved in the development of projects in Egypt, and attracting Egyptian investment to Romania were the main subjects discussed by Romania's Minister for Business, Commerce and Entrepreneurship Ilan Laufer and Egypt's Prime Minister Sherif Ismail.
Number of tourists choosing Romania as destination to exceed 12 mil in 2017
Romanian tourism is on the rise by approximately 10 pct in 2017 according to official data, and the overall number of tourists choosing Romania as destination is estimated to exceed 12 million this year, a figure which hasn't been achieved since 1990, Deputy Chairman of Romania's National Association of Travel Agencies (ANAT) Adrian Voican said.