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European Commissioner Cretu offers mediation between Romania, Hungary on cross-border cooperation

European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu discussed the Interreg V-A Romania-Hungary cross-border cooperation programme on Monday with Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu. She offered her mediation between the governments in Bucharest and Budapest to unblock this programme.

Photo credit: (c) ALEX MICSIK / AGERPRES FLOW

PM Ponta discusses European investment plan with EC Vice President Katainen

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta stressed on Monday that the meeting he had with visiting European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen at Victoria Palace (the Govt's offices) earlier in the day had gone very well and had focused on unveiling the new 315 billion euro investment plan announced by the EU executive's chief Jean-Claude Juncker.

New European Commission approval is vote for Europe, for re-starting European design (ForMin)

The Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry hailed the vote of approval given by the European Parliament to the new European Commission on Wednesday and said the vote is a signal of solid support for the team headed by chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker.

Outgoing Commissioner Ciolos: Romania to be well represented with Cretu holding regional development portfolio

Romania will be well represented with Corina Cretu holding the regional development commissioner's portfolio, said outgoing Agriculture Commissioner Romanian Dacian Ciolos on Sunday, also underscoring a European Commission portfolio is not assigned a member state, but a designated commissioner.

Romanian 'Lover' of Colin Powell Gets Key EU Portofolio

European Comission President Jean-Claude Junker on Wednesday announced that Socialist MEP Romania's Corina Cretu would be European Commissioner for Regional Politics in the new Commission.

Cretu will manage a total budget of about 350 billion euro for the period 2014-2020, which makes this portfolio one of the most important in the structure of the Commission.

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