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Iohannis on postal voting: I am dissatisfied with the management of it

AGERPRES special correspondent Catalin Alexandru reports: President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday voiced dissatisfaction over the latest developments in the design and approval of a draft piece of legislation for postal voting, arguing that the process is slouching and that he will discuss the matter with the political parties again and any time necessary to move the process forward.

EXPO MILANO 2015 President Iohannis visits Italy, Vatican pavilions

AGERPRES special correspondent, Catalin Alexandru reports: Romania's President, Klaus Iohannis has visited on Thursday the pavilions of Italy and the Vatican from the Expo Milano 2015, after which he had a short talk with Giuseppe Sala, the Commissioner general of the world exhibition.

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Romanian-Bulgarian cooperation could bring more Asian tourists

AGERPRES correspondent Carmen Marinescu reports: Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova estimates that a memorandum initialled with the Romanian Government might increase the number of Asian tourists, especially Chinese, to this part of the world.

EXPO MILANO 2015 President Iohannis says pleasantly impressed by Romanian pavilion's concept

AGERPRES special correspondent Catalin Alexandru reports: President Klaus Iohannis, who toured on Thursday Romania's pavilion at Expo Milano 2015, declared himself pleasantly impressed by the experience, remarking that although not an imposing appearance through size, the pavilion impresses through its concept, which seamlessly fits with the theme of the world exhibition.

Defence minister Dusa, at Distinguished Visitors Day of tactical exercise SEEBA-15

The military exercises for regional cooperation in South-Eastern Europe should take place regardless of the political and military situation, the National Defence minister Mircea Dusa said on Thursday.

Defence Minister Dusa participates in SEEBA ? 15 tactical drill on the Babadag firing range
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EBRD upgrades growth estimates for Romania to 3pct in 2015

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has slightly improved its estimates on the growth of Romania's economy in 2015 to 3 per cent from its 2.8 per cent forecast in January, shows a report released on Thursday on the occasion of the Annual General Assembly of EBRD shareholders.

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VAT Cut Helps Romanian Publishers Turn a Page

A drop of 4 per cent in the Value Added Tax imposed on the printing and selling of books has received a warn welcomed from the small and embattled Romanian book industry.

"This is a necessary if timid sign that the government is finally trying to help the book market," Grigore Arsene, president of the Publishers Association of Romania, said on Wednesday.

INTERVIEW/South African Ambassador: South Africans can learn a lot from Romanians

The ambassador of South Africa in Bucharest, Thenjiwe Mtintso, states in an interview granted to AGERPRES that South Africans could learn from Romanians how to preserve their cultural heritage, while Romanians could learn from South Africans how to encourage the participation of women in political life.

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MAE: Romania's Embassy in Chisinau asked for clarifications on situation of Romanian national detained in R. Moldova

Romania's Embassy in Chisinau took several steps with the authorities of the Republic of Moldova and asked for clarifications concerning the situation of Romanian citizen George Simion, after it found out from public sources, on Wednesday, about his being detained by representatives of the Bureau for Migration and Asylum of the neighbouring country.

EUROPAfest 2015 to kick off with double Opening Concert events, in Bucharest and Sibiu

This year's edition of the EUROPAfest will kick off, as a first, with two opening concerts to take place in the same evening in Bucharest, where Finnish band Turn On will perform, and in Sibiu, where Japanese piano player Momoka Masuda will take to the stage.

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ForMin Aurescu attends meeting of NATO-Ukraine Commission

Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Wednesday attended a meeting in Antalya, Turkey, of the NATO-Ukraine Commission that discussed the latest developments in security in eastern Ukraine, the implementation of the Minsk agreements and the prospects for a long-term resolution of the conflict.

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Greek mothers among the oldest in the EU!

In 2013, a majority (51.2%) of women in the European Union (EU) gave birth to their first child when aged in their 20s, while 40.6% became mothers in their 30s. In addition, more than 127,000 births of first children in the EU in 2013 were to women aged less than 20 (teenage mothers) and around 65,500 to women aged 40 and over.

President Iohannis to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday

President Klaus Iohannis will visit on Thursday the Universal Expo 2015 in Milan, and will be received the next day at the Vatican by Pope Francis, the Presidential Administration informs.

Photo credit: (c) Alex MICSIK / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

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