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Transylvania Named as Essential Tourist Destination
"In the historic Land of Maramures, the hills are alive with ways long forgotten elsewhere in Europe," says the latest issue of US-based travel magazine National Geographic Traveler.
Ponta: We need change of attitude, re-gain credibility
Social Democrat Party (PSD) leader Victor Ponta said on Thursday the party needs a change of attitude rather than a change of people in order to re-gain credibility.
The prime minister announced he had tendered his party leader's position at the PSD National Executive Committee.
Ponta: PSD to have political future, if clearly proving nobody is above law
The Social Democrat Party (PSD) will have a political future inasmuch as it clearly proves that nobody is protected when faced with corruption charges, that nobody is above the law, Prime Minister Victor Ponta, who heads the PSD said on Thursday.
President-elect Klaus Iohannis to step down as Sibiu mayor on Dec. 2
President-elect Klaus Iohannis will step down as mayor of Sibiu City on Tuesday, December 2, the City Hall informed.
Klaus Iohannis has been serving as Sibiu mayor since 2000.
UDMR decides to exit government
Chairman of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) Kelemen Hunor announced his formation will leave the government.
The decision was made in the northwestern city of Cluj-Napoca, by the UDMR Standing Council, after more than five hours of debates.
A final decision will be made by the Union Representatives Council (CRU) to take place on December 13.
ENEL Energie director general Matteo Cassani has passed away
ENEL Energie director general, Matteo Cassani has died on Thursday, after falling from atop of the ENEL building in central Bucharest.
Trips by Bulgarians Abroad Dip in October, Foreigners’ Visits Rise
The number of Bulgarians travelling abroad fell by 1.8% year-on-year in October, reaching 300,900, the statistics office said on Thursday.
While trips by Bulgarians to Serbia, Romania, Italy and Austria decreased last month compared to October 2013, trips to France, Germany, the UK, Greece and Turkey picked up, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a statement.
Bank of Cyprus posts 76 million euro nine-month profit
Cypriot lender Bank of Cyprus posted a profit of 76 million euros ($95 million) in the first nine months of the year, helped by the disposal of assets in Ukraine, Romania and Serbia.
It also said its shares would resume trading in mid December after an 18-month suspension.
Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Invites Deputy to Resign
Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova has expressed hopes that her deputy, Branimir Botev, will step down.
Speaking Thursday in Plovdiv at the opening of the annual international meeting of tour operators, she suggested that Botev had been appointed Deputy Tourism Minister at the insistence of Valeri Simeonov from nationalist formation the Patriotic Front.
Romania PM Plans Government Reshuffle
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta is to reduce the number of posts in his cabinet but also to add a party to his ruling coalition, in a move seen by analysts as a way of securing his position after an unexpected defeat in the recent presidential elections to opposition leader Klaus Iohannis.
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Dusa: Romania is a solid and trustworthy partner of the USA
Minister of National Defence, Mircea Dusa, stated, on Wednesday, that the strategic bilateral partnership is proof of the firm commitment that Romania is a solid and trustworthy partner of the USA, on occasion of the meeting he had with Philip M. Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), a press release of the ministry informs.
PES Leader Stanishev Offers to Help Bulgaria Join Schengen
European socialists' leader Sergey Stanishev has announced he is ready to work with Bulgarian institutions toward Bulgaria's accession into the Schengen area without border control.
Serbia-Romania border checkpoint to boost cultural and commercial ties
Serbia-Romania border checkpoint to boost cultural and commercial ties
RTS symphony orchestra marks WWI centenary
BELGRADE - The Radio-Television of Serbia (RTS) symphony orchestra with its conductor Bojan Sudjic and a guest from Romania, soprano Irina Iordachescu, will hold a concert at the Kolarac Endowment in Belgrade on Thursday evening.
The concert is dedicated to the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War and to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Richard Strauss.
Streinu-Cercel: There are 12,732 HIV/AIDS patients in Romania, 524 of them new cases this year
The number of the Romanian HIV/AIDS patients has reached 12,732, with 524 of them being new cases found this year, Professor Doctor Adrian Streinu-Cercel, the manager of Bucharest-based Matei Bals National Institute of Infectious Diseases announced at a conference on Wednesday.