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PM Ponta congratulates Romanian MEPs nominated for The Parliament Magazine awards
Prime Minister Victor Ponta congratulated on Friday the Romanian members of the European Parliament nominated for the annual prize awarded by 'The Parliament Magazine.'
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Predoiu (PNL): There is no list of a government for now
The National Liberal Party (PNL)'s Prime Vice Chairman, Catalin Predoiu said on Thursday night, at Realitatea TV station that there is no list of a government which is to be headed by him in case the Liberals will take power.
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ForMinAurescu warns Foreign Affairs Council about risk of prolonged, expanded conflict in Ukraine
Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu warns about the danger of prolonging and expanding of the conflict situation in Ukraine. Speaking in the extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the EU in Brussels on Thursday, he called for 'sincere political will for a negotiated solution.'
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Slovakia Proposes Gas Interconnection to Romania and Bulgaria
Slovakia's gas pipeline operator Eurostream is proposing to Bulgaria and Romania to build an interconnection to reduce their dependence on Russian gas supplies, Reuters has reported.
President Iohannis: We want to develop relations with China by diversifying economic cooperation, broadening inter-human ties
President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday that he wants relations with China to develop by the further diversification of economic cooperation and the broadening inter-human ties, as he holds that this way Romania will also contribute to the achievement of the goals of the EU-China 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation.
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Iohannis: Moldova's and Ukraine's European path, one of main foreign policy concerns
President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday said that the European path of the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine represents one of the main foreign policy concerns for Romania, adding that Bucharest will continue to 'firmly' support the efforts in this respect of these two states and of Georgia.
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PM Ponta: Poverty is certainly one of the causes for corruption, system not working
The main challenge for Romania in the years to come is to have the capacity to transform economic growth into a higher balance from a social point of view, said, on Thursday, Prime Minister Victor Ponta at a debate on the topic of fighting poverty.
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Iohannis: Strategic Partnership with the US, paramount landmark of Romania foreign policy
President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday that the Strategic Partnership with the United States of America is a "paramount landmark" of Romania's foreign policy and pronounced for a "dynamic" continuation of the political dialogue and cooperation with Washington.
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Bulgaria Records No Improvement in Freedom House Report
In 2014 Bulgaria has remained in the group of the free countries, but has not shown improvement for the last seven years.
The information was made available through the annual report ''Freedom In The World 2015'', published by Freedom House on Wednesday.
President Iohannis: Romania belongs in Schengen Area, controversies are merely political
President Klaus Iohannis says Romania belongs in the Schengen Area, as it meets the criteria of this free movement space and any controversies about it are merely political.
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Bankers reject conversion of Swiss franc credits by law
Imposing solutions for Swiss franc debtors by law, against the market principles, could result in a lack of predictability in economy and investments and in unfair discrimination among banks' customers, the Council of Bank Owners of Romania (CPBR) stated in a release to AGERPRES on Thursday.
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Brussels Lauds Romania's Reforms to Justice
A new report by the Cooperation and and Verification Mechanism, CVM, issued on Wednesday by the European Commission, said Romania was improving its justice system, but resistance to the integrity and anti-corruption drive had continued.
Bulgaria's Deputy Chief of Defense Dies Aged 53
Deputy Chief of Defense Neyko Nenov passed away on Wednessday, the Defense Ministry has said.
Maj Gen Nenov was suffering from a brain tumor which was the cause of this death despite undergoing surgery last year.
Justice Minister Cazanciuc: CVM Report, the best so far
Minister of Justice, Robert Cazanciuc, on Wednesday said about the CVM [Cooperation and Verification Mechanism] Report, as published earlier in the same day, that it was "the best so far", marking a series of "uncontestable progresses" in key areas such as the fight against corruption and the implementation of the new Codes.
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Bulgaria Deputy PM Vows Govt Action to Address Issues in EU's CVM Report
Bulgaria will take measures to address all issues pointed in the EU Commission's latest report on the country's progress in judicial reform and fighting corruption and organized crime, Deputy PM Meglena Kuneva said on Wednesday.