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President Iohannis: Meeting with Pope Francis was emotional and very good
AGERPRES special correspondent Catalin Alexandru reports: President Klaus Iohannis has stated on Saturday that the meeting he had on the previous day with Pope Francis was an "emotional and very good" meeting, adding that among the topics of discussion were the situation in Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and the migration phenomenon of Northern Africa.
30 museums and 20 cultural organizations open for Night of Museums in Bucharest
Nearly 30 museums, among which, as a first, the National Bank of Romania Museum, and 20 cultural organizations will be open on the Night of Museums 2015 in Bucharest, on Saturday night, ready to offer visitors a diverse programme of events that includes exhibitions, children's workshops, concerts, film projections, as well as ballet and pantomime shows.
Dutch traveller 'escapes sexual assault' in western Turkey
A Dutch traveller has said she escaped an attempted sexual assault in western Turkey, breaking her arm.
The 28-year-old Jiska Nina Van Gerner, who started a long distance walk in the Netherlands last year and recently arrived in Turkey from Romania, got lost on the highway between Bursa and Ankara, Anadolu Agency reported May 16.
Dutch traveler 'escapes sexual assault' in western Turkey
A Dutch traveler has said that she escaped an attempted sexual assault in western Turkey, breaking her arm.
Jiska Nina Van Gerner, 28, who started a long distance walk in the Netherlands last year and recently arrived in Turkey from Romania, got lost on the highway between Bursa and Ankara, Anadolu Agency reported on May 16.
Coca-Cola HBC sees rise in Q1 sales volumes
Drinks bottler Coca-Cola HBC AG said first-quarter sales volumes rose 7.2 percent, helped by four extra selling days versus last year, the earlier timing of the Easter holiday and a good performance in Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
ForMin Aurescu asks Moldovan counterpart to "settle situation" of expelled Romanian citizen
Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu discussed with his Moldovan counterpart Natalia Gherman the denial of access to the Republic of Moldova for Romanian citizen George Simion.
Romanian minister found guilty of vote-rigging in referendum
A senior Romanian minister was convicted on May 15 of electoral fraud over a 2012 attempt to impeach a president and political rival, a judgment that dealt a blow to Prime Minister Victor Ponta's efforts to demonstrate to the EU a hard line on graft.
Pope Francis accepts President Iohannis's invitation to visit Romania at a date to be subsequently agreed upon
Pope Francis has accepted President Klaus Iohannis's invitation to visit Romania at a date that will be subsequently agreed upon, informs the Presidential Administration in a Friday release.
Photo credit: (c) Klaus Iohannis / Facebook
Pope Francis receives President Klaus Iohannis in Vatican
AGERPRES correspondent Catalin Alexandru reports: Pope Francis received President Klaus Iohannis in Vatican on Friday; the Romanian head of state was accompanied by his wife, Carmen, and by an official delegation.
Romanian Leaders Trade Blows Over Logging
The centre-left government of Prime Minister Victor Ponta is to pass an emergency ordinance banning the export of unprocessed wood next week.
Ponta: In Dragnea's case, symbolic decision to condemn political action
The court decision in the case of Liviu Dragnea is a symbolic decision of condemning from a legal point of view a political action - the suspension of the former President and the referendum, Social Democratic Party (PSD) Chairman Victor Ponta said on Friday.
Photo credit: (c) Liviu SOVA / AGERPRES PHOTO
Inscop: Approx. 60 pct of Romanians believe gov't should stay in office until term actually expires
Approx. 60 per cent of the Romanians believe that the government should stay in office until the term actually expires and that Romania needs a new Constitution, an Inscop Research poll revealed on Friday.
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PSD's Dragnea resigns as minister, party leader
Executive Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Liviu Dragnea on Friday announced having resigned his office as Minister of Public Administration and Regional Development, adding that on Monday he will also tender his resignation as PSD executive chairman.
Photo credit: (c) Liviu SOVA / AGERPRES PHOTO
MAE: Minister Delegate Tilvar talks in Athens with Romanian leaders of associative environment and media
Minister Delegate for Relations with Romanians Abroad Angel Tilvar, at the headquarters of Romania's Embassy to the Hellenic Republic met leaders of the Romanian associative environment of Athens, Aspropyrgos and Thessaloniki, as well as Romanian language mass media representatives.
Photo credit: (c) Silviu MATEI / AGERPRES ARCHIVE
Moldova Expels Advocate of Union With Romania
Moldova has banned a Romanian citizen who champions the cause of reunification with Romania - of which Moldova was once a part.