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DefMin Les: Romania will have maintenance centres for Patriot missile systems

Published by Agerpres on Fri, 03/22/2019 - 08:22

Romania will create maintenance centres for the Patriot surface-to-air missile systems, National Defence Minister Gabriel Les announced on Thursday. According to him, the creation of the maintenance centres is part of the contract Romania concluded with the US partners, which also provides industrial cooperation regarding the missile system.

EcoMin Badalau:Romania to associate with Italian firearm producer Beretta to produce two new types of rifles

Published by Agerpres on Fri, 03/22/2019 - 07:41

Romania will associate with the Italian firearms producer Beretta in view of manufacturing, at the Mechanic Plant in Plopeni of Prahova County, two types of weapons, Economy Minister Nicolae Badalau announced on Thursday. According to him, the Romanian state and the Italian company will establish a new company, in which the Romanian side will own 80 percent of the shares.

DNA prosecutors endorse notification of CCR on OUG 7/2019 and request starting a conflict of constitutional nature

Published by Agerpres on Tue, 02/26/2019 - 15:00

The National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) prosecutors convened on Tuesday in a General Assembly meeting and decided to endorse the demarches to notify the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) regarding Government Emergency Ordinance (OUG) No.7/2019 and trigger a legal conflict of constitutional nature between the Government and the judicial authority.

UDMR to have its own candidate for presidential elections

Published by Agerpres on Fri, 02/22/2019 - 15:54

The Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) chairman Kelemen Hunor said on Friday, before the start of the Union's Congress, that his party will have its own candidate for presidential elections. "In the first round we will have a candidate. If we do not win and we do not enter the runoff, we will see. But we will definitely have a candidate," said Kelemen Hunor.

Minister-delegate Ciamba meets Portugal's StateSec Zacarias; discussions focused on EU developments in relation to current agenda

Published by Agerpres on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 07:38

Minister-delegate for European Affairs George Ciamba met on Wednesday with Secretary of State for European Affairs with Portugal's Foreign Affairs Ministry Ana Paula Zacarias. The discussions of the two officials focused on the working programme of Romania's Presidency at the EU Council and the ongoing developments at European level in relation with the current agenda.

Melescanu: Deveselu shield, strictly defensive; Russia seeking excuses not to comply with INF treaty

Published by Agerpres on Fri, 02/08/2019 - 07:43

Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu on Thursday said the ballistic missile shield at Deveselu is a strictly defensive military structure, explaining that his remarks come in relation to the Russian Defence Ministry having asked the US to destroy the Mk-41 launching system in the composition of the Deveselu shield, on the grounds that it would violate the Intermediate-Range Nucle

#Romania2019.eu/Juncker: I was pleading in 2014 that Romania must be part of Schengen; I remain faithful to this promise

Published by Agerpres on Thu, 01/10/2019 - 20:27

UPDATED 22:16

Bucharest, Jan 10 /Agerpres/ - President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said, on Thursday, at the Romanian Athenaeum, that he remains faithful to his belief that Romania should be part of the Schengen space.

Engineer whose building rail-rolling system saved 12 churches from Ceausescu's demolition spree dies aged 89

Published by Agerpres on Sat, 01/05/2019 - 18:25

Engineer Eugeniu Iordachescu, whose building relocation method rescued 12 churches that would have been otherwise slated for demolition by order of Nicolae Ceausescu in the 80s, died on January 4 at the age of 89, the basilica.ro website announced.

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