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President-elect Klaus Iohannis on Sunday is set to take his presidential oath of office in front of the Parliament, following in the same day to undertake his duties as head of state from Traian Basescu, during a handover ceremony to take place at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace.

The historic year 1989 is the year in which the peoples in Central and Eastern Europe took the step towards the free world, Senate Chairman Calin Popescu-Tariceanu told a solemn sitting of the Parliament on Wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the December 1989 Revolution that toppled the communist rule.

The new Government, on Monday night validated by the Romanian Parliament will have a change of attitude, declared Prime Minister Victor Ponta, at the end of the joint Chambers' reunion.

He noticed that the new Gov't formula has passed with an extremely clear, stable majority.

The new Government proposed by Prime Minister Victor Ponta was validated late on Monday at a joint plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate with 377 votes in favour and 134 against.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic received on Monday a delegation of the Senate of the Italian Republic, who once again stressed Italy's support to Serbian EU integration and the opening of negotiation chapters.

Prime minister meets with Italian senators

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vucic informed on Monday a delegation of the Italian Senate about "the tough economic measures that the Serbian government has taken."

It did so, the prime minister said, "in an effort to create an environment conducive to business and attract investors from Italy and other countries."

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic on Monday received a delegation of the Italian Senate, headed by Vannino Chiti, chairman of the committee on EU policy, who said that bilateral relations between the two countries are very good and that Italy is interested in even stronger economic ties.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic informed on Monday a delegation of the Senate of the Italian Republic about the tough economic measures that the Serbian government has taken in an effort to create an environment conducive to business and attract investors from Italy and other countries.

Top US diplomat John Kerry is set to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Rome on Dec. 14, amid anger in Moscow over the prospect of new US sanctions and possible supply of lethal military aid to Ukraine.
      

The US Congress passed a $1.1-trillion spending bill for fiscal year 2015 Dec. 13, capping a week of acrimonious wrangling while averting a government shutdown and sending the measure to President Barack Obama.