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PM Ponta: Romania a regional market where big companies confidently invest

Romania is a national and regional market where big international companies confidently invest, which is the best signal the country could get, Prime Minister Victor Ponta claimed on Friday, attending the event of rebranding Romtelecom & Cosmote Romania as Telekom Romania.

Liberal Valean: EPP political assembly decides to receive PNL in this pan-European right-wing group

Liberal (PNL) Adina Valean, the vice president of the European Parliament announced the PNL had been received in the European People's Party (EPP) on Thursday, according to a release sent AGERPRES.

Valean took part in the meeting of the EPP Political Assembly.

Palestine Ambassador: We are trying to copy success of Romanian emergency care system

Ambassador of Palestine to Romania, Ahmad Aqel said on Thursday his country is trying to copy the success of the Romanian emergency care system.

During a speech he delivered at a farewell reception, Ahmad Aqel said he has had a good cooperation with the Romanian institutions, giving the example of the cooperation as regards the emergency system.

Intelligence chief: Not even the most important state can avoid catastrophe, unless vigilant

Director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), George Maior told TVR1 public broadcaster late on Thursday that an event similar to the Sept. 11 attacks, when the world changed "radically" is still possible, pointing out there's the need for more attention and vigilance because "not even the most important state can be exempted from a catastrophe."

Austrian DIY Chain bauMax Sells Bulgarian Stores to Haedus JSC

Austrian do-it-yourself chain bauMax has sold its Bulgarian unit comprising eight stores to local investor Haedus JSC.

Romania, Slovakia to cooperate in turning Danube into 'a water highway'

Romania and Slovakia agreed to cooperate in the next period to develop the Danube infrastructure, so that the river will become an important waterway in the future for the European traders, Mihai Daraban, head of Romania's Chamber of Commerce and Industry stated on Wednesday.

TAROM introduces additional flights on four of its existing routes

TAROM Airlines, in a release to AGERPRES on Thursday, informed that it is going to introduce an additional number of flights, during the 2014-2015 winter season, on four of its already existing routes.

Thus, the Bucharest-Rome-Bucharest route will have two extra flights added, reaching thus to six weekly flights.

Serbia has 160 inapplicable strategies - minister

BELGRADE -- Serbia has 160 strategies that remain in force despite being mutually non-compliant and impossible to implement, Kori Udovički said on Thursday.

Udovicki: Serbia has 160 inapplicable strategies

BELGRADE - Serbia has 160 strategies that remain in force despite being mutually non-compliant and impossible to implement, Serbian Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki said on Thursday, adding that the Secretariat for public policies has been established to help solve that problem.

PM Ponta: Romania having the European Commissioner for Regional Policies represents huge advantage

Prime Minister Victor Ponta stated on Thursday, while on a visit to Vrancea County to check the current stage of construction works on the DN2D national road, that the fact Romania was given the portfolio of European Commissioner for Regional Policy represents a huge advantage for the country.

World Tourism Organization: Tourism future is in countries like Romania

The future of tourism is in countries like Romania, a rising star, authentic and with development potential, World Tourism Organization (WTO) Secretary General Taleb Rifai said at the launching conference of the first youth tourism cluster on Thursday.