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Europe's dream army
Amid the debates over whether the Feb. 12, 2015, cease-fire agreement between Ukraine and Russian-supported rebels in the eastern part of the country will hold, and whether the rebels?
Bad debt provisions keep Eurobank in the red
Eurobank reported a jump in fourth-quarter losses on Wednesday as provisions for impaired credit weighed on its bottom line, while the pace of new bad debt formation was steady around third-quarter levels.
Iohannis: Relation with Poland, priority to Romania, both on European and trans-Atlantic level
The relation with Poland is a priority to Romania, both on a European level and a trans-Atlantic level, being highlighted by the existence of a strategic partnership, and the two countries are connected by a common history of cooperation and solidarity in crucial moments, President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday, before leaving on the official visit he will pay to Warsaw.
Energy Minister, Moldovan Economy Deputy Minister discuss interconnecting natural gas, electricity networks
Energy Minister Andrei Gerea and Republic of Moldova Economy Deputy Minister Valeriu Triboi, coordinator of the energy sector, on Tuesday talked about completing the necessary projects for the interconnection of the natural gas and electricity networks of Romania and the Republic of Moldova, shows a Energy, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Business Environment Ministry release.
Gov't: Camelia Toader, Romania's candidate for CJEU judgeship
The Government on Wednesday passed a memorandum concerning the nomination of Romania's candidate for a judge office with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) under which incumbent judge Camelia Toader is re-nominated for office.
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Brochure error disciplinary procedures - AGERPRES press release
AGERPRES General Director Alexandru Giboi, has summoned the committee for finding and solving disciplinary deviations regarding the editing of the "Germany-Romania. 135 years of diplomatic relations brochure"
Flag Muddle Costs Romanian Official Her Job
Romania sacked Brandusa Predescu, the spokeperson of the Foreign Ministry, on Wednesday for mismanaging the printing of a commemorative brochure, which was handed to German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier during his visit to Romania this week.
Ponta: Passing the new tax codes will mean radical reform we can conduct now
Passing the Tax Code and the Code of Tax Procedure designed by the Government means radical reform in Romania that can be conducted now, because the economic results of Romania so far allows that, Prime Minister Victor Ponta told his cabinet at a meeting on Tuesday.
ForMin Aurescu dismisses from post ministry's spokesperson
Foreign Affairs minister Bogdan Aurescu has decided to dismiss from post the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) spokesperson Brandusa Predescu who has assumed responsibility for non-checking integrally the brochure edited by AGERPRES and given to the German Foreign Affairs Minister, on Monday, a MAE press release informs.
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PM Ponta defends his deputy Dragnea in 2012 referendum trial
Prime Minister Victor Ponta says his deputy Liviu Dragnea did not act alone and breached no law in the 2012 referendum to discharge the then President Traian Basescu.
Photo credit: (c) Silviu MATEI / AGERPRES PHOTO
Industrial output up 1.2 pct in January
Romania's industrial output advanced 4.4 percent expressed as raw series and 0.9 percent in the series adjusted for working days and seasonality in January compared to December 2014. The year-on-year evolution was 1.2 percent up in the raw series and 3.4 percent up in the adjusted series, according to data released on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics.
Circulations Still Tumbling in Romania Print Media
The circulation of most of Romania's daily newspapers and weeklies continued to fall in the last quarter of 2014, as the country struggles with the economic downturn and a crisis in the newspaper industry continues.
PM Ponta attends Supreme Court to testify in 2012 referendum case
Prime Minister Victor Ponta arrived on Wednesday morning at the High Court of Cassation and Justice (Romania's Supreme Court), where he was subpoenaed as a witness in the case of the 2012 referendum for the discharge of the then President Traian Basescu.
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German Foreign Minister Calls Rosen Plevneliev 'Romanian President'
''Towards the end of my visit to Bulgaria, I was also received by the Romanian President Rosen Plevneliev,'' stated the Facebook profile of the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Several hours later the mistake was corrected after a number of angry comments posted in response, including those of Bulgarians, BGglas daily reported.
Romania's bid to organize 2021 Summer Universiade was officially launched
The Student Sport Association and the Vasile Tomoiaga Association officially launched, on Tuesday, Romania's bid to organize the 2021 Summer Universiade, in an event held at the Faculty of Law in Bucharest also attended by President Klaus Iohannis.
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