Romania

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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Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Friday announced that he received the confirmation the Romanian Ambassador in Pakistan is currently completely out of danger.

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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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Romania's Minister for European Funds, Marius Nica, on Friday confirmed that the EU has temporarily suspended allocation of about 1 billion euro for Romanian projects because of allegations of corruption and other irregularities.

They were "investigating complaints related to alleged irregularities in some human resources, water supply and subway projects," Nica said.

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.

AGERPRES special correspondent Catalin Alexandru reports: Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Thursday said he called on Hungary's Foreign Ministry to forward to the relevant authorities of Hungary Romania's call on Hungary to observe the European legislation in the case of fugitive former MP Marko Attila.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu visited on Thursday the Budapest headquarters of the Danube Commission, expressing on the occasion his belief that in the coming years, the Commission member states will succeed in modernizing this organization so that it be able to make a more substantive contribution to the development of transport in Europe, informs a release of the Ministry of Fore

Romania's High Court on Wednesday freed the former minister and presidential candidate Elena Udrea from detention and placed her under house arrest instead.