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The feature film "Autoportretul unei fete cuminti" (Self-Portrait of Dutiful Daughter), directed by Ana Lungu, won the Best Fiction Film Award in the Crossing Europe Film Festival of Linz, Austria, informs a release of the producer remitted to AGERPRES on Tuesday.

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AGERPRES special correspondent Florentina Peia reports: Romania's President Klaus Iohannis on Monday met his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, the official residence of the Italian president, with Matarella saying the time has come for Romania to be a member of the Schengen Area.

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Prime minister Victor Ponta, chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), declared himself proud that he is one of the 235 parliamentarians who have voted three years ago the censor motion that led to the Ungureanu Government's fall.

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Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu paid an official visit to Norway on Monday, answering an invitation of his Norwegian counterpart Borge Brende, the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) informed AGERPRES in a release.

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Aurescu's agenda included talks with Brende and with the Norwegian Parliament President Olemic Thommessen.

Romania and Bulgaria will cooperate to draw up and implement feasibility studies for two new bridges the two countries intend to build together across the Danube, linking Turnu Magurele (Romania) to Nicopole (Bulgaria), and Calarasi (Romania) to Silistra (Bulgaria) respectively, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration (MDRAP) informed in a release on Monday sent to AGERPR

AGERPRES special correspondent Florentina Peia reports: President Klaus Iohannis, on a two-day official visit in Rome, has met on Monday with his Italian counterpart, Sergio Mattarella.

Presidents Klaus Iohannis and Sergio Mattarella meet at Quirinale Palace in Rome
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Romania's former President Ion Iliescu on Monday said he has in no way confirmed the existence of an illegal CIA prison in Romania in an interview he has recently given to the German publication Der Spiegel.

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President Klaus Iohannis on Monday appreciated that the Republic of Moldova recorded "important progresses" in getting closer to the European Union, five years after the signing of the Declaration on Strategic Partnership between Romania and the Republic of Moldova.

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The accession to the Schengen area and the observance of the rights of Romanians living in Italy are topics on the discussion agenda of President Klaus Iohannis during the official visit he is paying to Italy on Monday and Tuesday.

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Romanian film "Acasa la tata" (At Dad's) directed by Andrei Cohn will be screened on May 7 as a premiere at the opening gala of the 19th edition of the European Film Festival.

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