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"Transylvania is experiencing a renaissance," travel guide Lonely Planet says in its latest survey of the top travel destinations in 2016.

Romania's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday told BIRN that the EU's new pact with Kosovo will not result in Romania recognising the country.

A statement to BIRN said: "The EU signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with Kosovo does not influence Romania's position on Kosovo and does not mean its recognition as a state.

Romania's decision-making chamber, the Chamer of Deputies, on Wednesday is to approve a law on voting by post, which leaders say will encourage participation in elections among Romanians living abroad.

Countries along the Western Balkans migratory route have nominated national contact points, as had been agreed at the leaders' meeting in Brussels on Sunday.

At the meeting, the leaders of the eleven participating countries and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who had convened the summit, agreed to nominate contact points within 24 hours.

Romanian Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea on Monday said he was unaware that the policeman had been killed while accompanying his motorcade and insisted that he had not broken any law.

The police officer was fatally injured last Tuesday evening when he rode over a pothole while he was riding with Oprea's motorcade.

An agreement was reached at the high-level meeting in Brussels on Sunday to temporary accommodate 100,000 refugees in the Balkans as Europe struggles to cope with the ongoing influx.

Dictators come in many shapes and sizes: Some are fat, like Uganda's Idi Amin; others skinny, like Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew. Some, like the Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos, are of medium-build and without any facial hair, while others, like Adolf Hitler, are vertically challenged with a moustache. Yet others have a moustache and are taller.