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Conference raises 1.8 billion euros for Balkan flood relief
Conference raises 1.8 billion euros for Balkan flood relief
Romania continues to make progress in achieving European Digital Agenda targets
AGERPRES special correspondent Catalina Matei reports: Romania has continued to make progress in achieving the objectives of the European Digital Agenda (DAE) in 2012/2013, a report released on Tuesday by the European Commission referring to the telecommunications market in the EU and the current regulations shows.
PM Ponta: Romania a safe country owing to powerful partners, professional army
Prime Minister Victor Ponta said in this central Romanian city on Tuesday that Romania is a safe country because it has powerful partners and a professional army, as Romania is on the front line of a non-conventional war that the allied countries are waging against the terrorists.
PM Ponta: It's proper time to cut social contributions
Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Romania should cut the social security contributions (CAS) to create new taxable jobs, and now is the good time to do so.
Ponta: Russia, morally and politically responsible for terrorist attack on civil aircraft crashed in Ukraine
Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Tuesday in Sibiu that Romania backed the extension of support to Ukraine, as well as the imposition of sanctions on the Russian Federation, of which he said that it is morally and politically responsible for the terrorist attack on a civil aircraft on Ukraine's territory.
Basescu: We are interested in redefining NATO-Russian Federation relation
President Traian Basescu on Tuesday said that Romania had eight priorities concerning the forthcoming NATO Summit taking place this September, one of these envisaging the redefinition of the relation between the Alliance and the Russian Federation.
President Basescu: The Russian Federation, a partner of terrorist groups
Romania's President Traian Basescu on Tuesday said the Russian Federation is a partner state of terrorist groups operational in eastern Ukraine.
Romanian National Liberals Name Presidential Candidate
The executive board of the opposition centre-right National Liberal Party, PNL, on Monday said Klaus Iohannis would run for the party in the presidential elections in early November.
ForMin Corlatean to participate in Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels
Romania's Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean will participate in a Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting on Tuesday, where the current situation in the region will be discussed, as well as the fact that a Malaysian Airlines aircraft was downed on Ukraine's soil, at the border with the Russian Federation.
Balkan armies promise greater co-operation in catastrophes
Balkan armies promise greater co-operation in catastrophes
Bulgaria-Romania Gas Link Suffers Further Delay
A gas interconnector with Romania being built since 2012 will not be operational before September, sources close to the construction say.
The 25-kilometer-long connection between Bulgaria's city of Ruse and Romanian Gyurgevo was initially scheduled to be ready in end-2013 at the latest, but the deadline was extended over technical difficulties.
UPDATE ROMANIA Victoria Sasu: Romania lacks national program to attract foreign-educated youth to homeland
Although ever more voices are strong in asserting that the young generation is quite unpatriotic, a group of young enthusiasts grouped around the League of Romanian Students Abroad (LSRS) comes to dispel this preconceived idea.
Democratic Liberals approve mergers with Civic Force, Liberal Party
The National Steering College of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) has approved the merger by absorption of the Civic Force (FC), PDL leader Vasile Blaga announced after the Monday's college meeting with the participation of FC head Mihai Razvan Ungureanu.
ForMin Corlatean on welcoming ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda: Romania will stay a staunch supporter of the International Criminal Court
Romania's Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean on Monday welcomed Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda, whom he underscored Romania remaining a staunch supporter of this international jurisdictional body.