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President Iohannis extends condolences to states whose citizens were killed in Pakistan helicopter crash
President Klaus Iohannis on Friday extended condolences to the countries whose citizens were killed in a helicopter crash in northern Pakistan.
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IntMin Oprea: Romania and Turkey - NATO geostrategic pillars
Romania and Turkey are two of NATO's geostrategic pillars, Deputy Premier and Minister of the Interior Gabriel Oprea said on Friday after a meeting in Bucharest with Turkish Minister of the Interior Sebahattin Ozturk.
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Romania's Ambassador in Islamabad survives helicopter crash in northern Pakistan
Romania's Ambassador in Islamabad, who was traveling in a helicopter that crashed on Friday in northern Pakistan, is out of danger, the Romanian Foreign Ministry announced.
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EU Suspends Funds For Romania Citing Fraud Concerns
Romania's Minister for European Funds, Marius Nica, on Friday confirmed that the EU has temporarily suspended allocation of about 1 billion euro for Romanian projects because of allegations of corruption and other irregularities.
They were "investigating complaints related to alleged irregularities in some human resources, water supply and subway projects," Nica said.
Iohannis: Gender equality must be reality in modern Romania
Equality between women and men must be a reality in a modern Romania, says president Klaus Iohannis in a message on Equal Opportunity Day.
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"Esteem to the people around us is a virtue, and gender equality must be a reality in a modern Romania," Iohannis wrote on Friday on his Facebook page.
World Press Photo 2015 is officially open in University Square
The World Press Photo 2015 exhibition has officially opened on Thursday, in the Bucharest University Square, where the people interested could admire the most valuable photographs of the competition.
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Romania Social Democrats Woo Ally to Secure Power
The national executive committee of Romania's ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD, on Thursday approved a new pact with a junior party in the governing coalition, aimed at shoring up support for the current centre-left government.
ForMin Aurescu urges Hungary to observe European legislation in the case of former MP Marko Attila
AGERPRES special correspondent Catalin Alexandru reports: Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Thursday said he called on Hungary's Foreign Ministry to forward to the relevant authorities of Hungary Romania's call on Hungary to observe the European legislation in the case of fugitive former MP Marko Attila.
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Ponta: PNL cannot oust us in Parliament; If DNA does so, that's it
National leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Prime Minister Victor Ponta told the opening on Thursday of a convention of the PSD National Executive Committee that the party's parliamentary majority works and the Opposition National Liberal Party (PNL) will not be able to take over power from PSD, and should the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) "oust" PSD, "that's it, the party
ForMin Aurescu hopeful member states' efforts for Danube Commission modernization are a success
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu visited on Thursday the Budapest headquarters of the Danube Commission, expressing on the occasion his belief that in the coming years, the Commission member states will succeed in modernizing this organization so that it be able to make a more substantive contribution to the development of transport in Europe, informs a release of the Ministry of Fore
Romania Releases Ex-Minister to House Arrest
Romania's High Court on Wednesday freed the former minister and presidential candidate Elena Udrea from detention and placed her under house arrest instead.
President Iohannis signs decrees recalling ambassadors
President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday signed decrees recalling some ambassadors, according to the Presidential Administration.
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Finance Ministry official: Romania's tax-to-GDP ratio is roughly 32 percent
Romania is still among the EU countries with a quite low tax-to-GDP ratio of roughly 32 percent, Secretary of State with the Public Finance Ministry Enache Jiru told a specialist conference.
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Bogdan Aurescu: Romania is promoting inter-culturalism in favour of national minorities
Inter-culturalism, as a fundamental idea through which the Convention-Framework is aiming to ensure dialogue, to inter-penetrate among various cultures that are manifesting in a given space, has been and is the main thread of the measures Romania understands to promote in favour of the national minorities inside its borders, the Foreign Affairs minister, Bogdan Aurescu told an interview to AGER
Iran releases seized Maersk cargo ship: official media
Iran has released the Maersk Tigris cargo vessel seized by its patrol boats in the Strait of Hormuz last week over a business dispute, official media said May 7.