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PSD's Birchall, Ambassador Brummell discuss situation of Romanian migrants to UK
Social-Democratic deputy and chairperson of the Chamber of Deputies' European Affairs Committee Ana Birchall on Monday met with British Ambassador to Romania Paul Brummell, with whom she discussed the situation of the Romanians who live in the UK, Romania's Schengen accession, as well as the security climate in the region, against the backdrop of the Ukraine conflict.
Agricultures of Romania, Israel are complementary (Israeli ambassador)
The agricultures of Romania and Israel are complementary, and cooperation in this field is a priority, the Israeli ambassador in Bucharest Dan Ben-Eliezer said on Monday at the Romanian-Israeli Agricultural Technologies Forum.
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Azerbaijan's AzerTAc News Agency celebrates 95 years since establishment
March 1 marks the celebration of 95 years since the establishment of AzerTAc, the official Azerbaijan state news agency.
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AzerTAc was established on March 1, 1920, being the first news agency of Azerbaijan.
Five cars registered in Romania burned down in Rome
Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE), through the Romanian Embassy in Rome has taken action in relation to an incident on Sunday morning that involved five cars registered in Romania being burned down in the streets in Italy's capital city.
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Tennis: Patricia Tig, in the finals of ITF Tournament of St. Petersburg
Romanian tennis player Patricia Maria Tig has qualified on Saturday for the finals of the ITF Tournament in St. Petersburg (Russia), with total prizes worth 50,000 dollars, after having defeated in the semifinals Serbian Vesna Dolonc, 7-5, 6-1.
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PM Ponta congratulates Ambassador Ion Jinga, designated "Diplomat of the Year 2015" in House of Commons event
Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Saturday congratulated Romania's Ambassador to the UK Ion Jinga, after the latter was awarded the title "Diplomat of the Year 2015," within an event hosted by the House of Commons.
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Iohannis: Romania's role is that of being a stability and wise political thinking landmark in the area
President Klaus Iohannis on Saturday said that Romania's role in the context of the tensions at the eastern border of the European Union (EU) is that of being "a stability and wise political thinking landmark in the area."
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PM Ponta offers Albania the surplus energy of Romania
Prime Minister Victor Ponta sees Albania as a potential beneficiary of Romania's surplus energy. After meeting his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama on Friday, Ponta declared they have discussed a possibility of 'concrete collaboration' on energy.
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FinMin: Romanians' wages unlike Germans', taxes should not be equal
The tax alleviation programme in the new Fiscal Code aims at reducing some taxes for individuals and introducing several deductions, to correlate the fiscal burden with the wages, finances minister Darius Valcov said in an interview to AGERPRES.
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President Iohannis promises to closely monitor Parliament proceedings on emigration vote
AGERPRES correspondent Florentina Peia reports: The voting procedures for the Romanian citizens abroad is a priority of this session of the Parliament, President Klaus Iohannis declared on Thursday night; he promised to monitor closely 'the way things advance in the Parliament' on this matter.
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