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The "Greater Union - Romania at 100 Years" AGERPRES documentary was screened on Sunday within the 25th edition of the Medieval Sighisoara Festival.

The movie produced by AGERPRES National News Agency was screened in the Sander Hall, in one of the Old Citadel's buildings.

At meetings on the side-lines of the Pacific Alliance summit held on Monday and Tuesday, Romania's Deputy Prime Minister Ana Birchall reiterated Romania's willingness to deepen political and diplomatic dialogue and trade.

The University of Bucharest (UB) organises the 58th edition of its summer school of Romanian language, culture and civilisation to be attended by 28 foreign students, July 23 - August 6.

Several Romanian diaspora groups that have called for a large anti-government demonstration on August 10 vowed on Thursday to go ahead with the rally after Bucharest City Hall denied them a permit.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila welcomed on Wednesday at the Victoria Palace Austria's Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Karin Kneissl, who is paying a visit to Romania.

Romania's parliament passed legislation to regulate offshore gas exploitation in the Black Sea in an unexpected expedited vote late on Monday evening, after months of negotiations and controversy between the government and investors over its financial framework.

President Klaus Iohannis welcomed visiting Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace on Thursday, to discuss bilateral co-operation, European and security affairs.

Romanian athlete Gabriel Bularda won the gold medal in the juniors' individual competition on Sunday, in the European Mountain Running Championships of Skopje (Macedonia), according to the website of the Romanian Athletics Federation.

Deputy Prime Minister for implementing Romania's strategic partnerships Ana Birchall met on Monday in Washington with Secretary of State of the US Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Energy of the US Rick Perry, occasion on which she conveyed the commitment of the Government in Bucharest for deepening and developing the Strategic Partnership between the US and Romania.

Romania is doing well on average, but regional and social discrepancies are not yet healed and this is because of the public sectors inability to implement policies carrying opportunities for everyone, WB country manager for Romania and Hungary Tatiana Proskuryakova told a conference organized by the institution this Friday.