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UDMR chairman: Romanian society momentarily doesn't accept autonomy as solution to problem of minorities

Chairman of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) Kelemen Hunor said on Friday, while presenting his report to the formation's 12th Congress, that he entertained no illusions that the autonomy project conceived after the previous congress would be accepted, because the Romanian society currently is unwilling to accept cultural autonomy as a solution to the problem of minorities.

Bulgaria to Host Debate on EU's Digital Single Market Plan Next Week

An event focused on promoting the European Commission's plans to create a digital single market of the EU, will take place in Bulgaria next week.

"The first building blocks of the EU's Digital Single Market Strategy could be laid in Bulgaria," the European Commission said in a press release on 17 April.

US President Intends to Drop Cuba From State Sponsors of Terrorism List

US President Barack Obama announced in Congress on Tuesday that he intends to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

This move will be an important step towards restoring diplomatic relations between the two countries, which have been characterised by hostility in the past five decades.

Kerry 'confident' after US Senate compromise on Iran deal

US Secretary of State John Kerry on April 15 welcomed a compromise with Congress on giving lawmakers a say on any final deal on Iran's nuclear programme.

Kerry said the measure approved April 14 by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which raises the threshold for critics in Congress to block any accord with Tehran, made him "confident" ahead of a June 30 deadline.    

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