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Ponta: Romania must have peaceful relations with all countries observing international rules
Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Friday highlighted that Romania, as NATO member state, must have peaceful and good cooperation with all countries observing the international rules.
Wide ethnographic exhibition devoted to Romania, in London
An exhibition called 'Revisiting Romania: Dress and Identity,' including over 500 folk costumes, towels, cloths and household items representing the various ethnographic areas of Romania will open in the Horniman Museum of London on Friday, October 3.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Fourteen candidates in the race for the office of Romania's President
Fourteen candidates are participating in the presidential election of this autumn.
PM Ponta: Romania to call for visa lifting for Ukraine as soon as possible
Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Thursday that Romania will call for visa lifting for the Ukrainian citizens "as soon as possible".
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Prime Minister Victor Ponta has stated, on Thursday, that Romania's role is to be a "regional actor, an exporter of security and stability and, at the same time, a participant in the projects that mean more than solving concrete crises".
PMs Ponta, Yatsenyuk sign Romania-Ukraine small border traffic agreement
Prime Minister Victor Ponta and his Ukrainian counterpart Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Thursday in Kiev signed the small border traffic agreement between Romania's Government and Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers.
World Bank's Capannelli: Romania should invest in education
Romania should invest in education, because 15 to 20 percent of its people lacks elementary education, although excellence areas exist, World Bank Country Manager for Romania Elisabetta Capannelli said on Thursday at the Aspen Institute Romania conference 'Unleashing the Potential of Eurasia. Strategic Choices on the New Silk Road' in Bucharest.
ForMin Corlatean: The anti-missile shield, an essential contribution of Romania to NATO security project
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Titus Corlatean, has stated on Thursday that the missile shield that in the process of implementation at Deveselu (southern Romania) has a defensive nature and represents an essential contribution of Romania to the North Atlantic Alliance's security project.
Romania to Speed Up Highway Construction
Romania plans to build 656km of new highways in the next 15 years, spending around 6.3 billion euro on expanding the country's poor road infrastructure, the Transport Ministry announced in its new "Master Plan".
"Romania needs an extended and better road infrastructure and we are determined to build it," the Transport Minister, Ioan Rus, said.
PM Ponta: Romania's role is to be regional actor, an exporter of security and stability
Prime Minister Victor Ponta has stated, on Thursday, that Romania's role is to be a "regional actor, an exporter of security and stability and, at the same time, a participant in the projects that mean more than solving concrete crises".
Halep quits, Ivanovic through to Beijing WTA semifinal
BEIJING - Serbian female tennis player Ana Ivanovic qualified for the Beijing WTA semifinal on Thursday as her opponent in the quarterfinal match, Romania's Simona Halep, withdrew due to health problems.
In the semifinal match, Ivanovic will cross rackets with the winner of all-Russia match between Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Romanians Still Beating Children, UN Says
More than 12,000 cases of abuse, neglect and child exploitation are officially recorded each year in Romania, but these represent only some of the total number of cases of violence against children, according to a report by the UN's children organisation UNICEF.
Senator Petru Filip, United Arab Emirates ambassador discussed Middle East topics
Senator Petru Filip, chair of the Foreign Policy Committee discussed the situation in Middle East with Sheik Ahmed Ali Hamad Al Mualla, the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Romania, a Senate release informed AGERPRES on Wednesday.
PM Ponta: Romania can be China's gateway to EU in terms of economic relations
Romania can be an important pillar of stability in a region faced with so much turmoil in the recent time, and also China's gateway to EU in terms of economic relations, with China being the second biggest economy of the world, Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday stated at a reception organised by the Chinese Embassy in Bucharest.
EU Envoy Confident Canada Working to Resolve Bulgaria Visa Concerns
The EU has been assured Canada is working to address concerns from Bulgaria and Romania over its entry visa requirement for their nationals, the EU's envoy to Canada has said.
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