US Embassy in Bucharest

Romania's ambassador to Washington, George Maior, a former director of the Romanian intelligence service, faces an uncertain future after MPs grilled him on Wednesday in parliament over his statements about former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and his lobbying activities.

Romania's Ambassador to the US George Cristian Maior believes that it is high time that Romania assumed a more prominent role in redefining the economic development framework in the transatlantic space and that the Strategic Partnership between Romania and the US has the capacity to endorse such a role.

Police in Sighetu Marmatiei in northern Romania on Monday were investigating who was responsible for anti-Semitic graffiti sprayed on Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel's childhood home at the weekend.

Romania and the US are to sign an agreement on cooperation in the prevention of grave crimes such as terrorist offences and will exchange relevant information in this regard, according to media reports.

Among others, the agreement allows mutual access to the national systems for identifying fingerprints and to DNA-related analysis files.

Romanians love sweets in general and pancakes are one of their favourites desserts. That was one reason why Alexandra Lipovan, a young woman from Satu Mare, in northern Romania, three years ago started ClaTos, a food truck from which she sells artisan-style French crepes.

US Embassy to Romania Charge d'Affaires Dean Thompson on Tuesday said that the United States will continue to cooperate with Romania in order to promote freedom and defence against regional and global threats.

The Embassy of the United States of America in Bucharest in a new clarification on Tuesday says that parliamentary immunity shouldn't be used for blocking the legal procedures.

We don't comment upon individual cases. The law must be equally enforced for everyone. Parliamentary immunity shouldn't be used for blocking legal procedures, the US Embassy shows.

Any accusations against government officials on breaking the law must be thoroughly and without interferences investigated and the law must be equally enforced for everybody, the US Embassy in Bucharest pointed out in the context of the request for the approval to open a criminal investigation against Prime Minister Victor Ponta.

The US Embassy in Bucharest on Wednesday announced it will award the May Entrepreneur of the Month to a Cluj-Napoca-based company founded by university students.

Charge d'affaires of the US Embassy in Bucharest Dean Thompson on Friday attended a ceremony that commemorated American soldiers killed in Romania in WWII.

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