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Romania, Bulgaria Back New Gas Pipeline

Romania has decided to back a new gas pipeline designed to link Central and Southeast Europe on the grounds that improving the region's energy supply infrastructure will increase regional energy security.

Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia have signed a joint declaration of support for the construction of the new 1274-km pipeline running across all four countries.

Bulgaria Backs Idea for Gas Ring with Romania, Hungary, Slovakia

Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia have signed a joint declaration supporting the idea to link their countries' gas transmission systems, Hungary's Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced on Thursday evening.

Romania, the 20th to take to the stage in Eurovision Final

AGERPRES special correspondent Oana Ghita reports: Voltaj, the pop-rock band that represents Romania at the Eurovision contest, will be the 20th to perform in Saturday's Grand Final, following the organizers' decision on the order of the competing performances in the 2015 edition of the European Song Contest.

Czech Theme at This Year's Bucharest Book Fair

The tenth Bookfest, the most important book fair in Romania, opened on Thursday and will stay open until May 24.

Under the sloga, "Czech Republic ? Republic of Literature," this year's fair will have a Czech flavour with a series of events promoting Central European literature in Romania. Five important contemporary Czech writers will present their books in Bucharest.

MP Ana Birchall: Spain is a strategic partner of Romania

The head of the Committee on European Affairs, Deputy Ana Birchall, on Thursday had a meeting at the Parliament Palace with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to Romania, Ramiro Fernandez Bachiller, during which she evoked the excellent relations existing between the two countries and voiced "her appreciation for the high level of bilateral relations and fo

PMs Ponta, Gaburici sign memorandum in Chisinau on energy and natural gas

Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta and his Moldovan counterpart Chiril Gaburici on Thursday signed in Chisinau, Moldova, a memorandum of understanding between the national governments of Romania and Moldova for the conduct of projects needed for the interconnection of natural gas and electricity grids of the two countries, Moldpres reports.

Cineworld CEO Greidinger: Romanians bought 10 million movie tickets in 2014

Cineworld Group's representative Moshe Greidinger answered in an interview to AGERPRES questions on Romanians' appetite for cinema, on short and medium-term investments and on the 4DX technology.

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