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Vreni, the first avalanche rescue dog certified in Romania
The city of Caransebes can boast an avalanche response team complete with the first avalanche rescue dog to have earned his certification in Romania. It's actually a female Belgian Malinois, "her name is Vreni, and she's 20 months old. This is the first dog born, trained, tested and certified in Romania for avalanche search and rescue.
Romania joins March 28 Earth Hour celebrations, as lights will go out in some of country's iconic buildings
Citizens, organizations, companies, public institutions and cultural centers all over Romania are expected on March 28 to join in the country's seventh edition of Earth Hour celebrations, the largest ever voluntary environmental movement, WWF-Romania announced.
Photo credit: (c) Radu TUTA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE
Greek federation backs injured Holebas
The Greek soccer federation on Friday insisted that international defender Jose Holebas had been dropped from team training in Austria because of injury and not for any other reason.
Media reports out of Italy said that the 30-year-old player had trained normally with his Roma squad after departing from Austria on Tuesday.
Defence Minister Dusa discusses with US Congress delegation regarding Ukraine security situation
Topics referring to the security situation in Ukraine, to the bilateral cooperation within the anti-missile shield of Deveselu, as well as Romania's commitment in the Afghani theater of operations were discussed on Friday during a meeting between the Minister of National Defence, Mircea Dusa, and a delegation of the US Congress.
Photo credit: (c) Alex MICSIK / AGERPRES PHOTO
ForMin Aurescu: We stand beside R. Moldova, its citizens, in effort to construct common European future
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, shows in a message, on the occasion of the anniversary of 97 years since the Union of Basarabia and Romania on March 27, that Romania stands beside the Republic of Moldova "in the effort to construct the common European future".
Photo credit: (c) Simion MECHNO / AGERPRES PHOTO
Dacic to attend EU-SEE summit in Split
BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will participate on Friday in the closing panel discussion of the Third EU - Southeast Europe Summit in Split, Croatia, the Serbian ministry said in a release.
First Romanian News Agency AGERPRES celebrates 126th anniversary
AGERPRES National News Agency is the first news agency in Romania, as its history began on March 27, 1889, when then-Foreign Minister P. P. Carp signed the 'birth certificate' of the Telegraphic Agency of Romania.
Copy of the act establishing the Romanian News Agency
Photo credit: (c) AGERPRES ARCHIVE
Unionist Platform Actiunea 2012: Celebrations dedicated to Basarabia's Union with Romania, at home and abroad
Romanians on both sides of the Pruth River and abroad will celebrate, at the end of this week, the anniversary of 97 years since the Union of Basarabia with Romania, during events initiated by the Unionist Platform Actiunea 2012.
Unfurling of longest tricolour flag during a Unionist Platform Actiunea 2012 event in 2013
Photo credit: (c) Cristian NISTOR / AGERPRES ARCHIVE
ForMin Aurescu: Romania has attached special importance to enforcing ECHR decisions
Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Thursday took part in Brussels in a high-level conference on the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights as a shared responsibility, where he said Romania has attached special importance to enforcing the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that concern it .
Photo credit: (c) Ilie BUMBAC / AGERPRES ARCHIVE
MP Birchall visits US, talks strategic partnership, Visa Waiver program in Washington DC
MP Ana Birchall of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), chair of the Committee on European Affairs of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies and high governmental representative for European affairs and partnership with the US, is paying an official visit to the US, March 23-28 to discuss parliamentary diplomacy cooperation as well as consolidating and deepening the strategic partnership between Romani
Most banks in Romania prepared for new disclosure requirements (central bank)
The commercial banks operating in Romania are currently implementing the new disclosure and data release requirements of the third pillar of the Basel Agreements; the process began throughout Europe last year, says Cristian Stefan, head of the Regulation and Licensing Department of the National Bank of Romania (BNR, the central bank).