Leonard Orban

More than anything else, Romania has approached its term at the Presidency of the Council of the EU as a mission in the service of the European citizens, Premier Viorica Dancila said on Friday evening in her address in the opening of the gala concert of the Romanian Youth Orchestra organised at the Romanian Athenaeum to mark the end of Romania's tenure of the EU Presidency.

President Klaus Iohannis welcomed on Wednesday at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who is on an official visit to Romania. Egypt's head of state was welcomed with a military ceremony.

A country cannot be considered a "full member" of the European Union unless it has presided over the EU Council, and Romania has done so very successfully, Romania's Minister-delegate for European Affairs George Ciamba told the "The Europe NEXT Project. A New Europe Political Ambition for Europe" conference on Tuesday.

President of Slovenia Borut Pahor was welcomed on Tuesday morning by his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis with military honours at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace.

The Slovenian high official is on an official visit to Romania, at the invitation of the Romanian president.

"Mr President, we welcome you with a little snow," President Iohannis told his Slovenian counterpart.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila called the first meeting of the national board in charge with Romania's switchover to the single European currency, the euro, that took place on Thursday "an important moment that regards a country project" around which "all the country's forces" should unite.

The first immigrants that Romania has agreed to take in at the EU's request will arrive in November, presidential adviser Leonard Orban, has said, although the government promptly declined to confirm this.

President Klaus Iohannis has received on Wednesday, at the Cotroceni Palace, his Portuguese counterpart, Anibal Cavaco Silva, who is on a state visit to Romania.

President Klaus Iohannis (R) and his wife Carmen flank Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva and his wife Maria while the national anthems of Romania and Portugal are rendered

President Klaus Iohannis welcomed his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Cotroceni Palace on Wednesday, as part of the latter's official visit to Romania.

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President Klaus Iohannis and his wife Carmen Iohannis welcomed the Turkish President and his wife.

President Klaus Iohannis has received on Monday, at the Cotroceni Palace, German Foreign Affairs minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is on an official visit to Romania.

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AGERPRES correspondent Florentina Peia reports: President Klaus Iohannis has arrived in Brussels on Thursday, where he will be paying an official visit until Friday.

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