Klaus Iohannis

President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday said that he took note of Prime Minister Victor Ponta's statements on a possible influence at the Presidential Administration level on the Forestry Code and labelled these statements as surprising and false.

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President Klaus Iohannis will visit on Thursday the Universal Expo 2015 in Milan, and will be received the next day at the Vatican by Pope Francis, the Presidential Administration informs.

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Thousands of Romanians protested in cities across the country on Saturday, calling on the government and parliament to find ways to better protect the country's forests against illegal loggers.

Over 3,000 people gathered in Bucharest, while thousands also demonstrated in the Transylvanian cities of Cluj and Brasov, and in Timisoara, Iasi and Galati.

In a message on Sunday for the opening of the Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi Romanian Cultural Centre in Cernauti, Ukraine, Romania's President Klaus Iohannis says the centre is a reference for Romanians.

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President Klaus Iohannis says May 10 is a day that has to do with Romania's statehood, as it is the day when Romanians celebrate their identity and their joy of being a united and free country in Europe.

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Romania's ambassador to Islamabad, Pakistan, Emilian Ion told AGERPRES on Sunday that he feels physically and mentally good, that he resumed work, blaming the helicopter crash in Pakistan he survived on a technical fault.

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'I am at work. I have resumed work and I am in a very good physical and mental shape,' said Ion.

President Iohannis said on Saturday, at the reception given on Europe Day at the Cotroceni Palace, that Romania will soon be making strides to become a Schengen member.

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President Klaus Iohannis on Friday stated that, in Poland, where he participated in the events marking the 70th anniversary since the end of WWII, he reiterated Romania's commitment to the European project.

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President Klaus Iohannis on Friday extended condolences to the countries whose citizens were killed in a helicopter crash in northern Pakistan.

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The national executive committee of Romania's ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD, on Thursday approved a new pact with a junior party in the governing coalition, aimed at shoring up support for the current centre-left government.